tight

Adverb

• in an attentive manner
  • he remained close on his guard
    

• firmly or closely
  • held fast to the rope
    
  • her foot was stuck fast
    
  • held tight
    

Adjective

• packed closely together
  • they stood in a tight little group
    
  • hair in tight curls
    
  • the pub was packed tight
    

• demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  • rigorous discipline
    
  • tight security
    
  • stringent safety measures
    

• exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
  • a nasty problem
    
  • a good man to have on your side in a tight situation
    

• very drunk

• (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
  • a close contest
    
  • a close election
    
  • a tight game
    

• securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
  • the bolts are tight
    

• of textiles
  • a close weave
    
  • smooth percale with a very tight weave
    

• of such close construction as to be impermeable
  • a tight roof
    
  • warm in our tight little house
    

• affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
  • tight money
    
  • a tight market
    

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  • a mean person
    
  • he left a miserly tip
    

• pressed tightly together
  • with lips compressed
    

• set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
  • in tight formation
    
  • a tight blockade
    

• pulled or drawn tight
  • taut sails
    
  • a tight drumhead
    
  • a tight rope
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  close , closely , fast , rigorous , stringent , nasty , besotted , blind drunk , blotto , crocked , cockeyed , fuddled , loaded , pie-eyed , pissed , pixilated , plastered , slopped , sloshed , smashed , soaked , mean , mingy , miserly , compressed , taut
• Antonyms: 
  leaky , loose