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- [tahyt]
- /taɪt/
- /taɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tahyt]
- /taɪt/
Definitions of tight word
- adjective tight firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot. 1
- adjective tight drawn or stretched so as to be tense; taut. 1
- adjective tight affording little or no extra room; fitting closely, especially too closely: a tight collar. 1
- adjective tight difficult to deal with or manage: to be in a tight situation. 1
- adjective tight of such close or compacted texture, or fitted together so closely, as to be impervious to water, air, steam, etc.: a good, tight roof. 1
- adjective tight concise; terse: a tight style of writing. 1
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Origin of tight
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English, sandhi variant of Middle English thight dense, solid, tight < Old Norse thēttr (cognate with Old English -thiht firm, solid, Dutch, German dicht tight, close, dense)
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Parts of speech for Tight
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tight popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tight usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tight
adj tight
- amiable — Someone who is amiable is friendly and pleasant to be with.
- appressed — pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface
- arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
adv tight
- firmly — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- fixedly — fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid.
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
adjective tight
- choking — causing breathing difficulties; suffocating
- clasped — a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing: a clasp for paper money; a clasp on a necklace.
- closefisted — stingy
- clumped — a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
adverb tight
- durably — In a durable manner.
- enduringly — In an enduring manner or fashion; such as to endure.
- motionlessly — In a motionless manner; without moving.
Antonyms for tight
adj tight
- at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
- baggy — If a piece of clothing is baggy, it hangs loosely on your body.
- 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.
- bulgy — having a bulge or bulges
- distent — distended.
adjective tight
- giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- irresilient — Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
- limp — to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
- nonspecific — Not detailed or exact; general.
- wide — having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard.
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