tiger | (noun) large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered | Synonyms: Panthera tigris |
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(noun) a fierce or audacious person | - |
tigerish | (adjective) resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy | - |
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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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tiglon | (noun) offspring of a male tiger and a female lion | Synonyms: tigon |
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tigon | (noun) offspring of a male tiger and a female lion | Synonyms: tiglon |
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tigress | (noun) a female tiger | - |
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