Definition of 'tightness'

Noun

1. a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
      Synonyms: stringency
2. a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"
      Synonyms: constriction
3. the spatial property of being crowded together
      Synonyms: concentration density denseness compactness
      Antonyms: distribution dispersion
4. extreme stinginess
      Synonyms: meanness minginess niggardliness niggardness parsimony parsimoniousness tightfistedness closeness
5. lack of movement or room for movement
      Synonyms: tautness
      Antonyms: looseness play

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