Definition of tightness

noun (n)

• a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit (noun.state)

  Synonym: stringency
  

  source: wordnet30
• a tight feeling in some part of the body (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: constriction
  

  Example:
  She felt an alarming tightness in her chest.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the spatial property of being crowded together (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: compactness, concentration, denseness, density
  Antonym: dispersion, distribution
  

  source: wordnet30
• extreme stinginess (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness
  

  source: wordnet30
• lack of movement or room for movement (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: tautness
  Antonym: looseness, play
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality or condition of being tight. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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