Synonyms for tightness

Synonyms for (noun) tightness

Synonyms: tautness, tightness

Definition: lack of movement or room for movement

Similar words: immovability, immovableness

Definition: not capable of being moved or rearranged


Synonyms: tightfistedness, tightness, meanness, closeness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness

Definition: extreme stinginess

Similar words: stinginess

Definition: a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money


Synonyms: concentration, denseness, density, compactness, tightness

Definition: the spatial property of being crowded together

Similar words: spacing, spatial arrangement

Definition: the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them


Synonyms: 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

Similar words: feeling

Definition: a physical sensation that you experience

Usage: he had a queasy feeling; I had a strange feeling in my leg; he lost all feeling in his arm


Synonyms: stringency, tightness

Definition: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

Similar words: deficiency, lack, want

Definition: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Usage: there is a serious lack of insight into the problem; water is the critical deficiency in desert regions; for want of a nail the shoe was lost


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