Synonyms: tight
Definition: affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
Usage: tight money; a tight market
Similar words: scarce
Definition: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
Usage: fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
Synonyms: tight
Definition: packed closely together
Usage: they stood in a tight little group; hair in tight curls; the pub was packed tight
Similar words: compact
Definition: closely and firmly united or packed together
Usage: compact soil; compact clusters of flowers
Synonyms: tight, stringent, rigorous
Definition: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
Usage: rigorous discipline; tight security; stringent safety measures
Similar words: demanding
Definition: requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
Usage: found the job very demanding; a baby can be so demanding
Definition: exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
Usage: a nasty problem; a good man to have on your side in a tight situation
Similar words: difficult, hard
Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Usage: a difficult task; nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access; difficult times; why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, stiff, tight, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, wet, squiffy, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, crocked
Definition: very drunk
Similar words: drunk, inebriated, intoxicated
Definition: stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Usage: a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors; helplessly inebriated
Definition: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
Usage: a close contest; a close election; a tight game
Similar words: equal
Definition: having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
Usage: on equal terms; all men are equal before the law
Synonyms: mingy, miserly, mean, tight
Definition: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
Usage: a mean person; he left a miserly tip
Similar words: ungenerous, stingy
Definition: unwilling to spend
Usage: she practices economy without being stingy; an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds
Synonyms: tight
Definition: of such close construction as to be impermeable
Usage: a tight roof; warm in our tight little house
Similar words: gas-tight, air-tight, airtight
Definition: not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
Similar words: dripless
Definition: designed to prevent dripping
Usage: a dripless faucet; dripless candles
Similar words: hermetic
Definition: completely sealed; completely airtight
Similar words: leakproof
Definition: not subject to leaks
Similar words: waterproof, waterproofed, rainproof
Definition: not permitting the passage of water
Similar words: snug
Definition: well and tightly constructed
Usage: a snug house; a snug little sailboat
Similar words: watertight
Definition: not allowing water to pass in or out
Synonyms: tight
Definition: closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Usage: tight skirts; he hated tight starched collars; fingers closed in a tight fist; a tight feeling in his chest
Similar words: choky
Definition: so tight as to tend to choke
Usage: a choky collar
Similar words: clenched, clinched
Definition: closed or squeezed together tightly
Usage: a clenched fist; his clenched (or clinched) teeth
Similar words: close, close-fitting, snug
Definition: fitting closely but comfortably
Usage: a close fit
Similar words: skin-tight, skintight
Definition: so tight as to cling to the skin
Usage: skintight jeans
Similar words: skinny, tight fitting, tight-fitting, tightfitting, tightly fitting
Definition: fitting snugly
Usage: a tightly-fitting cover; tight-fitting clothes
Similar words: viselike
Definition: clamped as in a vise
Usage: a viselike grip
Synonyms: compressed, tight
Definition: pressed tightly together
Usage: with lips compressed
Definition: used especially of mouth or eyes
Usage: he sat quietly with closed eyes; his eyes were shut against the sunlight
Synonyms: tight
Definition: securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
Usage: the bolts are tight
Similar words: secure
Definition: not likely to fail or give way
Usage: the lock was secure; a secure foundation; a secure hold on her wrist
Definition: of textiles
Usage: a close weave; smooth percale with a very tight weave
Similar words: fine
Definition: of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
Usage: wood with a fine grain; fine powdery snow; fine rain; batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave; covered with a fine film of dust
Definition: pulled or drawn tight
Usage: taut sails; a tight drumhead; a tight rope
Synonyms: tight
Definition: set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
Usage: in tight formation; a tight blockade
Similar words: invulnerable
Definition: immune to attack; impregnable
Usage: gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs