Main entry: tautness, tightness
Definition: lack of movement or room for movement
Main entry: tightfistedness, tightness, meanness, closeness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness
Definition: extreme stinginess
Main entry: concentration, denseness, density, compactness, tightness
Definition: the spatial property of being crowded together
Main entry: constriction, tightness
Definition: a tight feeling in some part of the body
Usage: he felt a constriction in her chest; she felt an alarming tightness in her chest; emotion caused a constriction of his throat
Main entry: stringency, tightness
Definition: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit