Definition of tight

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  • tight is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • tight is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
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Definition of tight

  • very drunk (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. besotted
    2. blind drunk
    3. blotto
    4. cockeyed
    5. crocked
    6. fuddled
    7. loaded
    8. pie-eyed
    9. pissed
    10. pixilated
    11. plastered
    12. slopped
    13. sloshed
    14. smashed
    15. soaked
    16. soused
    17. sozzled
    18. squiffy
    19. stiff
    20. wet
  • of textiles (adjective)

    Examples

    1. smooth percale with a very tight weave

    Synonyms

    1. close
  • (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. mean
    2. mingy
    3. miserly
  • demanding strict attention to rules and procedures (adjective)

    Examples

    1. tight security

    Synonyms

    1. rigorous
    2. stringent
  • in an attentive manner (adverb)

    Synonyms

    1. close
    2. closely
  • pressed tightly together (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. compressed
  • firmly or closely (adverb)

    Examples

    1. held tight

    Synonyms

    1. fast
  • pulled or drawn tight (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a tight drumhead
    2. a tight rope

    Synonyms

    1. taut
  • exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a good man to have on your side in a tight situation

    Synonyms

    1. nasty
  • (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a tight game

    Synonyms

    1. close
  • affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow (adjective)

    Examples

    1. tight money
    2. a tight market
  • closely constrained or constricted or constricting (adjective)

    Examples

    1. tight skirts
    2. he hated tight starched collars
    3. fingers closed in a tight fist
    4. a tight feeling in his chest
  • of such close construction as to be impermeable (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a tight roof
    2. warm in our tight little house
  • packed closely together (adjective)

    Examples

    1. they stood in a tight little group
    2. hair in tight curls
    3. the pub was packed tight
  • securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the bolts are tight
  • set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration (adjective)

    Examples

    1. in tight formation
    2. a tight blockade

See definition of tight in Merriam Webster