| airtight | (adjective) having no weak points | Synonyms: air-tight |
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| (adjective) not allowing air or gas to pass in or out | Synonyms: air-tight, gas-tight |
| skintight | (adjective) so tight as to cling to the skin | Synonyms: skin-tight |
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| steamtightness | (noun) The property of being being sealed in such a way that steam cannot leak out. | - |
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| sticktight | (noun) parasitic on especially the heads of chickens | Synonyms: Echidnophaga gallinacea, sticktight flea |
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| (noun) any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing | Synonyms: beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold |
| tight | (adjective) closely constrained or constricted or constricting | - |
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| (adjective) of such close construction as to be impermeable | - |
| (adjective) pressed tightly together | Synonyms: compressed |
| (adjective) packed closely together | - |
| (adjective) demanding strict attention to rules and procedures | Synonyms: rigorous, stringent |
| (adjective) exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent | Synonyms: nasty |
| (adjective) (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched | Synonyms: close |
| (adjective) of textiles | Synonyms: close |
| (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, wet |
| (adjective) set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration | - |
| (adjective) affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow | - |
| (adjective) securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid | - |
| (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity | Synonyms: mean, mingy, miserly |
| (adjective) pulled or drawn tight | Synonyms: taut |
| (adverb) firmly or closely | Synonyms: fast |
| (adverb) in an attentive manner | Synonyms: close, closely |
| tighten | (verb) become tight or tighter | - |
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| (verb) make tight or tighter | Synonyms: fasten |
| (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: constrain, stiffen, tighten up |
| (verb) narrow or limit | Synonyms: reduce |
| tightening | (noun) the act of making something tighter | - |
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| tightfisted | (adjective) unwilling to part with money | Synonyms: closefisted, hardfisted |
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| tightfistedness | (noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightness |
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| tightfitting | (adjective) fitting snugly | Synonyms: skinny, tight-fitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting |
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| tightlipped | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive |
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| tightly | (adverb) securely fixed or fastened | - |
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| (adverb) in a tight or constricted manner | - |
| tightness | (noun) lack of movement or room for movement | Synonyms: tautness |
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| (noun) extreme stinginess | Synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness |
| (noun) the spatial property of being crowded together | Synonyms: compactness, concentration, denseness, density |
| (noun) a tight feeling in some part of the body | Synonyms: constriction |
| (noun) a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit | Synonyms: stringency |
| tightrope | (noun) tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground | - |
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| tights | (noun) skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls | Synonyms: leotards |
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| tightwad | (noun) a miserly person | Synonyms: cheapskate |
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| uptight | (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive |
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| watertight | (adjective) without flaws or loopholes | Synonyms: bulletproof, ironclad, unassailable, unshakable |
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| (adjective) not allowing water to pass in or out | - |
| watertightness | (noun) The condition of being so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape. | Synonyms: waterproofness |
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