tight

tight is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Tie. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 28 senses

Definitions

1. of Tie
2. p. p. of Tie.
3. superlative. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
4. superlative. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
5. superlative. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
6. superlative. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
7. superlative. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
8. superlative. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
9. superlative. Handy; adroit; brisk.
10. superlative. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
11. superlative. Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
12. transitive verb. To tighten.
13. adjective. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow

    "tight money"

    "a tight market"

14. adjective. packed closely together

    "they stood in a tight little group"

    "hair in tight curls"

15. adjective. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

    "rigorous discipline"

    "tight security"

    Synonyms: rigorous, stringent

16. adjective. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

    "a nasty problem"

    "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"

    Synonyms: nasty

17. adjective. very drunk

    Synonyms: besotted, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed

18. adjective. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched

    "a close contest"

    "a close election"

    Synonyms: close

19. adjective. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

    "a mean person"

    "he left a miserly tip"

    Synonyms: mean, mingy, miserly

20. adjective. of such close construction as to be impermeable

    "a tight roof"

    "warm in our tight little house"

21. adjective. closely constrained or constricted or constricting

    "tight skirts"

    "he hated tight starched collars"

22. adjective. pressed tightly together

    "with lips compressed"

    Synonyms: compressed

23. adjective. securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid

    "the bolts are tight"

24. adjective. of textiles

    "a close weave"

    "smooth percale with a very tight weave"

    Synonyms: close

25. adjective. pulled or drawn tight

    "taut sails"

    "a tight drumhead"

    Synonyms: taut

26. adjective. set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration

    "in tight formation"

    "a tight blockade"

27. adverb. firmly or closely

    "held fast to the rope"

    "her foot was stuck fast"

    Synonyms: fast

28. adverb. in an attentive manner

    "he remained close on his guard"

    Synonyms: close, closely

Synonyms

rigorous, stringent, nasty, besotted, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, wet, close, mean, mingy

Common word forms

tights, tighten, tighter, tightly, tightest, tightness

Words from these letters

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