Definition of Tight

1. Adverb. Firmly or closely. "Held tight"

Exact synonyms: Fast

2. Adjective. Closely constrained or constricted or constricting. "A tight feeling in his chest"

3. Adverb. In an attentive manner. "He remained close on his guard"
Exact synonyms: Close, Closely
Partainyms: Close

4. Adjective. Pulled or drawn tight. "A tight rope"
Exact synonyms: Taut
Similar to: Tense
Derivative terms: Tautness, Tightness

5. Adjective. Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration. "A tight blockade"
Similar to: Invulnerable
Derivative terms: Tightness

6. Adjective. Pressed tightly together. "With lips compressed"
Exact synonyms: Compressed
Similar to: Closed, Shut

7. Adjective. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. "He left a miserly tip"
Exact synonyms: Mean, Mingy, Miserly
Similar to: Stingy, Ungenerous
Derivative terms: Meanness, Meanness, Minginess, Miser, Miserliness, Tightness

8. Adjective. Affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow. "A tight market"
Category relationships: Economic Science, Economics, Political Economy
Similar to: Scarce
Derivative terms: Tightness

9. Adjective. Of such close construction as to be impermeable. "Warm in our tight little house"

10. Adjective. Of textiles. "Smooth percale with a very tight weave"
Exact synonyms: Close
Similar to: Fine

11. Adjective. Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid. "The bolts are tight"
Similar to: Secure

12. Adjective. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched. "A tight game"
Exact synonyms: Close
Similar to: Equal

13. Adjective. Very drunk.

14. Adjective. Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent. "A good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
Exact synonyms: Nasty
Similar to: Difficult, Hard

15. Adjective. Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures. "Stringent safety measures"
Exact synonyms: Rigorous, Stringent
Similar to: Demanding
Derivative terms: Rigor, Rigorousness, Stringency

16. Adjective. Packed closely together. "The pub was packed tight"
Similar to: Compact

Definition of Tight

1. a. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

2. v. t. To tighten.

Definition of Tight

1. Adjective. Pushed or pulled together. ¹

2. Adjective. Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it. ¹

3. Adjective. Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult. ¹

4. Adjective. Under high tension. ¹

5. Adjective. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution. ¹

6. Adjective. (slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk. ¹

7. Adjective. (colloquial) Intimately friendly. ¹

8. Adjective. (slang) Extraordinarily great or special. ¹

9. Adjective. (slang British) Unfair; unkind. ¹

10. Adjective. (slang usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal. ¹

11. Adjective. (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by. ¹

12. Adjective. (poker) A player who plays very few hands ¹

13. Adjective. (poker) A strategy which involves playing very few hands ¹

14. Adverb. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily. ¹

15. Adverb. Soundly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tight

1. firmly or closely fixed in place [adj TIGHTER, TIGHTEST] : TIGHTLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tight

tigerism
tigerisms
tigerlike
tigerly
tigers
tigerstripe
tigerstripes
tigerwood
tigery
tiges
tigged
tigging
tiggy
tigh
tighs
tight (current term)
tight-fisted
tight-fitting
tight-knit
tight-laced
tight-lipped
tight-lippedness
tight-rope
tight as a duck's arse
tight as a tick
tight end
tight ends
tight five
tight fives
tight junction

Literary usage of Tight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"The precise objection to the reissued specification is that it states that the tube which is to replace the driven rod is "made air-tight throughout its ..."

2. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"Whistling, humming, drinking, drumming, Light, tight, and airy ! TWAS at the town of nate Clogheen That Serjeant Snap met Paddy Carey ; A claner boy was ..."

3. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"tight-LACING. It is a frequent matter of astonishment, why females should persist in tight-lacing when so much is said against it, and how it happens that ..."

4. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"If one were only describing the attractive wild flowers, the stick-tight would certainly be omitted, as its appearance is not ..."

5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"Now, SIT tight THIS TIME, CHARLE? ... the tight-rope, at a dangerous elevation, were exhibitions of High Art, calculated rather to gratify, than to elevate ..."

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