tight

Meanings

• closely constrained or constricted or constricting
  • "tight skirts"
  • "he hated tight starched collars"
  • "fingers closed in a tight fist"
  • "a tight feeling in his chest"
• pulled or drawn tight
  • "a tight drumhead"
  • "a tight rope"
• set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
  • "in tight formation"
  • "a tight blockade"
• pressed tightly together
• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
• affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
  • "tight money"
  • "a tight market"
• of such close construction as to be impermeable
  • "a tight roof"
  • "warm in our tight little house"
• of textiles
  • "smooth percale with a very tight weave"
• securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
  • "the bolts are tight"
• (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
  • "a tight game"
• very drunk
• exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
  • "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  • "tight security"
• packed closely together
  • "they stood in a tight little group"
  • "hair in tight curls"
  • "the pub was packed tight"
• firmly or closely
  • "held tight"
• in an attentive manner

Synonyms

besotted, blind drunk, blotto, close, closely, cockeyed, compressed, crocked, fast, fuddled, loaded, mean, mingy, miserly, nasty, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, rigorous, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, stringent, taut, wet