Meaning of 'tight'

adverb

firmly or closely

Synonyms: fast

adverb

in an attentive manner

Synonyms: closely close

adjective

affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow

Example: "tight money"

adjective

packed closely together

Example: "they stood in a tight little group"

adjective

demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

Synonyms: rigorous stringent

adjective

exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

Synonyms: nasty

adjective

very drunk

Synonyms: stiff loaded besotted blind drunk blotto crocked cockeyed fuddled pie-eyed pissed pixilated plastered slopped sloshed smashed soaked soused sozzled squiffy wet

adjective

(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched

Synonyms: close

adjective

(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

Synonyms: mean

adjective

of such close construction as to be impermeable

Example: "a tight roof"

adjective

closely constrained or constricted or constricting

Example: "tight skirts"

adjective

pressed tightly together

Synonyms: compressed

adjective

securely or solidly fixed in place

adjective

of textiles

Synonyms: close tweedy slubbed corded twilled homespun nubby nubbly

adjective

pulled or drawn tight

Synonyms: taut

adjective

set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration

Example: "in tight formation"