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- [tawt]
- /tɔt/
- /tɔːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tawt]
- /tɔt/
Definitions of taut word
- adjective taut tightly drawn; tense; not slack. 1
- adjective taut emotionally or mentally strained or tense: taut nerves. 1
- adjective taut in good order or condition; tidy; neat. 1
- adjective taut tightly drawn, tight 1
- adjective taut emotionally tense 1
- adjective taut muscles: kept in shape 1
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Origin of taut
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; earlier taught, Middle English tought; akin to tow1
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Parts of speech for Taut
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
taut popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for taut
adj taut
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- buckram — cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc
- butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
adjective taut
- flexed — (of a human leg) depicted as bent at the knee.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- knotted — having knots; knotty.
Antonyms for taut
adj taut
- at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- easy going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- easy-going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- flabby — hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid.
adjective taut
- irresilient — Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
- limp — to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
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