tight

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Synonyms: light, right, wight, fight, sight, might, bight, night, dight, eight, ight

Antonyms: light, right, wight, fight, sight, might, bight, night, dight, eight, ight

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Adjective

1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
   • a tight sponge; a tight knot
   • Pull your seatbelts tight before takeoff.
   • tight control on a situation
   • Make sure to pull the rope tight.
   • I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do.
   • We've grown tighter over the years.
   • He's a bit tight with his money.
2. Unyielding or firm.
   • tight control on a situation
3. Under high tension; taut.
   • Make sure to pull the rope tight.
4. Scarce, hard to come by.
   • I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do.
5. Intimate, close, close-knit, intimately friendly.
   • We've grown tighter over the years.
6. Miserly or frugal.
   • He's a bit tight with his money.
7. Short of money.
8. Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
   • The passageway was so tight we could barely get through.
   • They flew in a tight formation.
   • tight clothing; a tight coat; My socks are too tight.
   • The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners.
9. Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
   • tight clothing; a tight coat; My socks are too tight.
10. Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
    • The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners.
11. Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
12. Close, very similar in a value such as score or time.
13. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
    • Their marching band is extremely tight.
14. Not conceding many goals.
15. Intoxicated; drunk.
    • We went drinking and got tight.
16. Extraordinarily great or special.
    • That is one tight bicycle!
17. Mean; unfair; unkind.
18. Limited or restricted.
    • We had a very tight schedule.
19. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
20. Handy; adroit; brisk.
21. Of a player, who plays very few hands.
    • He is a very tight player and folds over 80% of his hands.
22. Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
    • The tight-aggressive poker strategy requires folding a lot of hands, but betting big when playing them.
23. With understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
24. Angry or irritated.
25. Of a person, having a tight vagina or anus.

Adverb

1. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
   • Hold on tight to the rope.
2. Soundly.
   • Good night, sleep tight.

Verb

1. To make tight; tighten.
2. To make water-tight.

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