All tight synonyms
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T t adjective tight
- niggard β an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- closefisted β stingy
- incapacious β Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- impliable β (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- wedged β having the shape of a wedge.
- yawner β a person who yawns.
- watertight β constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- niggardly β reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- immalleable β (archaic) Not malleable.
- heavy β of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- moneygrubbing β Alternative spelling of money-grubbing.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- fast β moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- wrecker β a person or thing that wrecks.
adv tight
- fixedly β fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.
- firmly β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
adj tight
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- brassbound β inflexibly entrenched
- claustrophobic β You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- frugal β economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- arthritic β Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- immotile β not able to move; not motile.
- lousy with β infested with lice.
- in one's cups β a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- familiar β well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- compact β Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- drunk β being in a temporary state in which one's physical and mental faculties are impaired by an excess of alcoholic drink; intoxicated: The wine made him drunk.
- conversable β easy or pleasant to talk to
- in-compliant β not compliant; unyielding.
- ironfisted β ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- impervious β not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- hard as nails β tough, durable
- close-fisted β very careful with money; mean
- half-seas over β drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- money-grubbing β a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- in-satiable β not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
- drunk as a skunk β (Colloquial) (simile) Highly inebriated.
- costive β having constipation; constipated
- looped β having or consisting of loops; loopy.
- mingy β mean and stingy; niggardly.
- close-grained β (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- draggy β moving or developing very slowly.
- inebriated β to make drunk; intoxicate.
- free-and-easy β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- solid β having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- in state β to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
adverb tight
- durably β In a durable manner.