tight
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tight |
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Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, afflicted, airtight, all ataunto, anal, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, aposiopestic, arduous, ataunt, austere, autocratic, avaricious, ballproof, bent, binding, boiled, bombed, bombproof, bonded, boozy, brief, brusque, bulletproof, bungup and bilge-free, burglarproof, canned, cemented,
cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy,
chintzy, circumscribed, clipped,
close-fitting, close, closefisted,
closely, cockeyed, cockeyed drunk,
compact, compactly, compendious,
compressed, concise, condensed, confined, connected, consecutive, consistent, constricted, continuous, contracted, corrosionproof, cramp, cramped, crisp, critical, crocked, crocko, crowded, curt, cut, dampproof, dangerous, dear, dense, densely, difficult, dinky, distressing, disturbing, docked, dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drunk, drunken, dustproof, dusttight, elevated, elliptic, elongated, epigrammatic, exacting, exiguous, expensive, extended, fast, fastened,
fire-resisting, fireproof, firm,
firmly, fixed, fixedly,
flameproof, foolproof, fried, fuddled, gasproof, gastight,
glued, gnomic, half-seas over, hard and fast, hardfisted, harsh, hazardous, hermetic, hermetically sealed,
high, holeproof, illiberal,
illuminated, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, impervious to, incapacious, incommodious, inebriated, inflexible, infrequent, inseparably, intoxicated, isthmian, isthmic, jammed, joined, laconic, leakproof, lengthened, lightproof,
lighttight, limited, lit,
lit up, loaded, lubricated, lushy, meager, mean, mingy, miserly, muzzy, narrow, near, neat,
niggardly, noiseproof, oiled,
oilproof, oiltight, orderly, organized, parsimonious, penny-pinching,
penurious, perilous, pickled, piddling, pie-eyed, pinchfisted, pinching, pissed, pissy-eyed, pithy, plastered, pointed, pokerlike, polluted, poor, potted, precarious,
problematic, prolongated, prolonged,
proof, proof against, protracted,
pruned, pulled, punctureproof,
punishing, raddled, rainproof,
raintight, ramrodlike, rare, renitent, reserved, resistant,
restricted, restrictive, rigid, rigorous, risky, rodlike, rough, rustproof, save-all,
scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping, scrimpy, sealed, secure,
secured, securely, seldom met with, seldom
seen, sententious, sequent, sequential, serial, set, severe, shatterproof, shellacked, shellproof, shipshape, short, short and sweet, shortened, shut fast, skimping, skimpy, skintight, skunk-drunk,
sleek, slender, slick, slim, smart, smashed, smokeproof, smoketight, snug, soaked, solid, solidly, soundproof, soused, sparse, spotty, sprinkled, spruce, spun out, squiffy, starched, starchy, staunch, steadfast, steadfastly, stern, stewed, sticky, stiff, stiff as buckram, stingy, stinko, stormproof, stormtight, straggling, strained, strait, stretched, stretched out, strict, stringent, strung out, stuck, succinct, summary, swacked, synopsized, taciturn, tanked, taped, taut, tenacious, tense, terse, thick,
thin, ticklish, tiddly, tidy, tight-fisted, tightened,
tightfisted, tightly, tipsy, to the point, touch-and-go, touchy, tough, tricksy, tricky, trig, trim, truncated,
trying, uncompromising, under the influence, ungenerous, uninterrupted,
unrelaxed, unyielding, upsetting, virgate, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight, weatherproof, wedged, well-cared-for, well-groomed, windproof, windtight, woozy
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sit tight |
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abide, await, be incognito,
bide, bide the issue, burrow,
dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, disappear, drop from sight, go into hiding, go to ground, go underground,
hang about, hang around, hide, hide away, hide out, hold
everything, hold on, hold your horses, hole up, lie, lie close, lie doggo, lie hid, lie low, lie snug,
linger, loiter, mark time, masquerade, play peekaboo, remain
anonymous, retire from sight, sit up, stay, stay in hiding, stay up, stick around, take cover, take time, tarry, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, wear a mask
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tight spot |
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bind, clutch, complication, crunch, cubby, cubbyhole, doghouse, embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how-do-you-do, hell to pay, hobble, hole, hot water, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, jam, mess, mix, morass,
parlous straits, pass, pickle,
pigeonhole, pinch, playhouse, plight, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, quagmire, quicksand, scrape, slough, spot, squeeze,
stew, sticky wicket, strait, straits, swamp, tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess
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tight squeeze |
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bind, broken fortune, close call, close shave, close squeak, closeness, clutch, complication, confinement, crowdedness, crunch, cubby, cubbyhole, difficulties, distress, doghouse, embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how-do-you-do, genteel poverty, hair, hairbreadth, hairbreadth escape, hairsbreadth, hard pinch,
hardship, hell to pay, hobble, hole, hot water, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, incapaciousness, incommodiousness, insolvency,
jam, light purse, limitation,
mess, mix, morass, narrow escape, narrow gauge, narrow means, narrow squeak, narrowness, near go, near miss, near thing, nearness, parlous straits, pass, pickle, pigeonhole, pinch, playhouse,
plight, poorness, poverty,
predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, quagmire, quicksand,
restrictedness, restriction, scrape,
slender means, slenderness, slough, spot, squeeze, stew,
sticky wicket, strait, straitened
circumstances, straitness, straits, strictness, swamp, tight spot, tightness, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess, unprosperousness, voluntary poverty, vows of
poverty
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tight-lipped |
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brief, brusque, close-tongued, close, closemouthed, concise, curt, dumb, economical of words, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, short, silent, snug,
sparing of words, speechless, taciturn, terse, tongue-tied, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound, wordless
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Main entries similar to: tight
abbreviated, abridged, afflicted, airtight, anal,
aphoristic, avaricious, bent, brief, brusque, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, clipped, close, closefisted, cockeyed, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, confined, connected, consecutive, consistent, constricted, continuous, contracted, cramp, cramped, crisp, crowded, curt, cut, dense, dinky, docked, dragged out, drawn, drawn-out, drunk, economical, elevated, elliptic, elliptical, elongated, exiguous, extended, fast, fastened, fireproof, firm, firmly, fixed, flameproof, foolproof, fried, fuddled, gnomic, grasping, greedy, hermetic, high, high-strung, illiberal, illuminated, impervious, incommodious, infrequent, intoxicated, jammed, joined, laconic, leakproof, lengthened, lightproof, limited, lit, loaded, meager,
mean, miserly, muddled, muzzy, narrow, narrow gauge, near, neat, niggard, niggardly, noiseproof, orderly, organized, penny-pinching, penurious,
petty, pickled, piddling, pie-eyed, pinching, pissed, pithy, plastered, pointed, polluted, poor, potted, prolonged, proof, protracted, pruned, punctureproof, raddled, rare, renitent, reserved, resistant, restricted, rigid, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping, sealed, secure, selfish, sententious, sequential, serial, set, severe, shatterproof, shipshape, short, shortened, skimping, skimpy, sleek, slender, slick, slim, small,
smart, smashed, snug, soaked, soundproof, soused, sparing, sparse, Spartan, special, spotty, sprinkled, spruce, starched, starchy, staunch, stewed, stiff,
stingy, stinko, straggling, strained, strait, stretched, stretched out, strung out, stuck, succinct, summary, taciturn, tanked, taut, tenacious, tense, terse, thin,
tidy, tipsy, to the point, trig, trim, truncated, unconquerable, ungenerous, ungiving, uninterrupted, unrelaxed, waterproof, watertight, weatherproof, wedged, well-groomed, well-kept, windproof, zonked
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