tight
Meaning of tight
adjective
- fixed, fastened, or closed firmly; hard to move, undo, or open.
she twisted her handkerchief into a tight knot
I prised the tight lid off with my knife
- (of a rope, fabric, or surface) stretched so as to leave no slack; not loose.
the drawcord pulls tight
- (of an area or space) having or allowing little room for manoeuvre.
a tight parking spot
it was a tight squeeze in the tiny vestibule
- (of a formation or group) closely or densely packed together.
he levered the bishop out from a tight knot of clerical wives
- (of a game or contest) with evenly matched competitors; very close.
he won in a tight finish
- not willing to spend or give much money; mean.
he is tight with his money
- drunk.
he got tight on brandy
- very firmly, closely, or tensely.
he went downstairs, holding tight to the bannisters
Middle English (in the sense ‘healthy, vigorous’, later ‘firm, solid’): probably an alteration of thight ‘firm, solid’, later ‘close-packed, dense’, of Germanic origin; related to German dicht ‘dense, close’.
Information about tight
- The plural form of tight is: tights.
- Languages in which tight is used:
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Hyphenation of tight
tight
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- tight is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tight synonyms
Meaning taut:
Meaning compressed:
Meaning mean:
Meaning close:
Meaning besotted:
besotted, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tipsy, wet
Meaning nasty:
Meaning rigorous:
Meaning fast:
Meaning closely and neatly packed together; dense:
Meaning firmly packed or pressed together; compressed:
Meaning having the constituent parts crowded closely together:
Meaning solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced:
Meaning (of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid:
Meaning firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid:
Meaning unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible:
Meaning (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid:
Meaning (of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking:
Meaning showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness:
Meaning experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension:
Meaning of a size that is less than normal or usual:
Meaning very small:
Meaning of small width in relation to length:
Meaning (of a room or building) uncomfortably small and cramped:
Meaning restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short:
Meaning limited in extent, number, scope, or action:
Meaning (of a space) restricted in area or volume; cramped:
Meaning uncomfortably small or restricted:
Meaning narrowed, especially by encircling pressure:
Meaning causing or feeling slight pain or physical discomfort:
Meaning of a minimum amount, quantity, or degree; negligible:
Meaning thinly dispersed or scattered:
Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:
Meaning (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped:
Meaning causing inconvenience or discomfort:
Meaning flat and smooth:
Meaning very unwilling to spend money or use resources:
Meaning unwilling to spend money; mean:
Meaning not generous; mean:
Meaning opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour:
Meaning mean; ungenerous:
Meaning miserly:
Meaning (of a person) mean; miserly:
Meaning affected by alcohol to the extent of losing control of one's faculties or behaviour:
Meaning drunk or intoxicated:
Meaning drunk; intoxicated:
Meaning drunk or under the influence of drugs:
Meaning unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed:
Meaning unable to do or achieve (something):
Meaning self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental:
Meaning drink alcohol, especially habitually:
Meaning drink alcohol to excess, especially on a regular basis:
Meaning cheerful and lively:
Meaning unsteady, dizzy, or dazed:
Meaning having been wrecked:
Meaning intoxicated by drink or drugs:
Meaning (of food or drink) preserved or supplied in a sealed can:
Meaning (of food) cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan:
Meaning (of food) preserved in vinegar or brine:
Meaning (of an area or building) subjected to bombing:
Meaning very drunk:
Meaning used to express annoyance:
Meaning under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs:
Meaning making use of computers to transfer or receive information, especially by means of the internet:
Meaning wind something on to a reel by turning the reel:
Meaning under the influence of drugs or alcohol:
Meaning extremely drunk:
stinko, paralytic, bladdered, trolleyed, steamed, slaughtered
Meaning having no legs:
Meaning giving off steam:
Meaning having consumed a lot of alcohol; drunk:
Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:
Meaning having eyelashes of a specified kind:
Meaning inebriated; drunk:
Meaning containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space:
Meaning drunk:
Meaning the firing of a gun or cannon:
Meaning mark (words or a design) with ink:
Meaning good; pleasant:
Meaning under the influence of drugs, especially cannabis:
Meaning drink alcohol habitually:
Meaning (of the paper of old books or prints) discoloured with brown spots:
Meaning (of a bolt or other device) having a helical ridge or thread running around the outside:
Meaning relating to the drinking of alcohol or drunkenness:
Meaning caused by or showing the effects of alcohol:
Meaning excessively fond of drinking alcohol:
Meaning drunken or intoxicated:
tight antonyms
Meaning not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached:
Meaning not taut or held tightly in position; loose:
Meaning showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected:
Meaning (especially of accommodation) having plenty of room; spacious:
Meaning allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked:
Translation of tight
- Spanish: tenso, apretada, apretado, tensa, riguroso, rigurosa, severo, severa, ajustado
- French: tendu, sévère, serré
- Italian: teso, rigoroso, stretto, attillato
- German: gespannt, straff, eng
- Portuguese: esticado, rigoroso
Words that rhyme with tight
costraight, noncostraight, overstraight, straight, unstraight, upstraight, bight, adight, bedight, benedight, dight, misdight, overdight, undight, Creight, Speight, Weight, affreight, aheight, airfreight, bantamweight, befreight, birthweight, bodyweight, breastheight, catchweight, countersleight, counterweight, cruiserweight, deadweight, downweight, eight, featherweight, flyweight, freight, heavyweight, height, hundredweight, inweight, keight, letterweight, lightweight, liveweight, makeweight, middleweight, outweight, overfreight, overheight, overweight, paperweight
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