Antonyms for tight
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1. tightadjective

   Antonyms:
   badly, fitfully, loosely, rubbish, relaxed, spacious, saggy, roomy, capacious, wide, open, loose, baggy, pathetic, naff, sagging, sloppy, broad, slack, crap, slapdash

   Synonyms:
   well, firmly, fast, soundly, securely, intimate, polished, tension, cool, narrow, precise, rad, close, slick, serried, tense, close-knit, fab, ace, tight-fitting, taut

2. tightadjective

   Miserly or frugal.

   He's a bit tight with his money

   Antonyms:
   slapdash, roomy, naff, spacious, broad, baggy, sloppy, crap, rubbish, sagging, pathetic, saggy, wide, open, loose, relaxed, capacious, slack

   Synonyms:
   cool, intimate, polished, tight-fitting, tense, ace, fab, serried, narrow, slick, close-knit, tension, close, taut, precise, rad

3. tightadjective

   Scarce, hard to come by.

   I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do.

   Antonyms:
   rubbish, relaxed, capacious, crap, naff, broad, wide, spacious, baggy, sagging, open, saggy, slapdash, pathetic, roomy, slack, loose, sloppy

   Synonyms:
   tense, intimate, cool, slick, close, fab, serried, precise, narrow, tension, rad, close-knit, tight-fitting, taut, ace, polished

4. tightadjective

   A player who plays very few hands

   Antonyms:
   broad, loose, wide, crap, rubbish, baggy, sagging, spacious, pathetic, relaxed, capacious, naff, roomy, open, slapdash, slack, saggy, sloppy

   Synonyms:
   rad, taut, narrow, tension, polished, slick, serried, cool, ace, close, fab, close-knit, tense, precise, intimate, tight-fitting

5. tightadverb

   A strategy which involves playing very few hands

   Antonyms:
   naff, saggy, spacious, sagging, roomy, loose, baggy, slack, broad, wide, relaxed, capacious, slapdash, sloppy, pathetic, crap, rubbish, open

   Synonyms:
   slick, tension, polished, serried, rad, narrow, intimate, close-knit, close, tense, precise, cool, ace, fab, tight-fitting, taut

6. tightadverb

   Pushed or pulled together.

   My socks are too tight.

   Antonyms:
   badly, fitfully, loosely, broad, baggy, crap, wide, sagging, roomy, sloppy, capacious, slack, rubbish, relaxed, naff, open, saggy, slapdash, loose, pathetic, spacious

   Synonyms:
   well, firmly, fast, soundly, securely, precise, cool, serried, intimate, polished, ace, taut, narrow, tight-fitting, close-knit, tense, rad, tension, slick, close, fab

7. tightadjective

   Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.

   Good night, sleep tight.

   Antonyms:
   fitfully, loosely, badly, baggy, saggy, spacious, naff, broad, open, wide, sloppy, sagging, slapdash, pathetic, crap, rubbish, slack, relaxed, loose, roomy, capacious

   Synonyms:
   soundly, firmly, securely, fast, well, narrow, intimate, cool, precise, tension, slick, tense, serried, ace, polished, taut, close-knit, close, tight-fitting, rad, fab

8. tightadjective

   Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.

   The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners.

   Antonyms:
   capacious, roomy, broad, baggy, pathetic, slack, saggy, naff, spacious, loose, wide, sloppy, sagging, rubbish, crap, slapdash, open, relaxed

   Synonyms:
   cool, fab, narrow, intimate, close, slick, close-knit, ace, precise, polished, tension, taut, tense, tight-fitting, rad, serried

9. tightadjective

   Under high tension.

   Make sure to pull the rope tight.

   Antonyms:
   pathetic, broad, crap, open, roomy, loose, wide, baggy, slack, slapdash, relaxed, saggy, naff, capacious, sagging, spacious, sloppy, rubbish

   Synonyms:
   taut, tight-fitting, precise, polished, cool, tense, fab, close, ace, slick, narrow, tension, serried, intimate, rad, close-knit

10. tightadjective

    Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.

    Their marching band is extremely tight.

    Antonyms:
    sagging, crap, relaxed, rubbish, pathetic, roomy, spacious, slack, naff, baggy, saggy, slapdash, sloppy, loose, capacious, open, broad, wide

    Synonyms:
    cool, narrow, intimate, slick, polished, tension, tense, precise, close, rad, ace, taut, fab, close-knit, serried, tight-fitting

11. tightadjective

    Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.

    We went drinking and got tight.

    Antonyms:
    broad, naff, baggy, wide, pathetic, relaxed, sloppy, crap, saggy, slack, spacious, slapdash, open, rubbish, roomy, capacious, sagging, loose

    Synonyms:
    close-knit, tight-fitting, tense, cool, slick, tension, rad, intimate, fab, narrow, taut, precise, serried, close, ace, polished

12. tightadjective

    Intimately friendly.

    We've grown tighter over the years.

    Antonyms:
    loose, slack, sloppy, capacious, rubbish, relaxed, baggy, broad, wide, spacious, saggy, crap, open, sagging, pathetic, naff, slapdash, roomy

    Synonyms:
    close, taut, narrow, tense, fab, ace, cool, polished, slick, serried, rad, precise, close-knit, intimate, tension, tight-fitting

13. tightadjective

    Extraordinarily great or special.

    That is one tight bicycle!

    Antonyms:
    broad, slapdash, capacious, sloppy, crap, roomy, wide, loose, spacious, slack, pathetic, baggy, saggy, sagging, relaxed, naff, rubbish, open

    Synonyms:
    close, taut, tight-fitting, fab, ace, close-knit, tension, tense, narrow, intimate, serried, precise, polished, slick, cool, rad

14. tightadjective

    Unfair; unkind.

    Don't do that. That's tight.

    Synonyms:
    intimate, polished, tense, tight-fitting, precise, close-knit, narrow, tension, slick, serried, ace, rad, close, taut, cool, fab

    Antonyms:
    slapdash, sloppy, rubbish, pathetic, slack, sagging, broad, loose, capacious, crap, saggy, spacious, wide, roomy, open, naff, baggy, relaxed

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1. tight

   Antonyms:
   loose, incompact, open, flowing, loose-fitting, large, untidy, lax, relaxed

   Synonyms:
   firm, compact, fast, close, tidy, neat, smart, natty, tense, stretched

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. tightadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   opened, oozy, leaky, vulnerable, loose, unequal, easy, holey, insecure, sober, seeping, sloppy, oozing, coarse, draughty, harsh, abundant, baggy, loose-fitting, drafty, porous, drippy, generous, flyaway, undemanding, open, lax

   Synonyms:
   fuddled, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, stiff, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, nasty, soaked, close, besotted, slopped, loaded, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, rigorous, pissed, blind drunk, sloshed, sozzled, soused, pixilated

2. taut, tightadjective

   pulled or drawn tight

   "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"

   Antonyms:
   sloppy, unequal, porous, lax, drippy, seeping, vulnerable, undemanding, loose-fitting, loose, opened, holey, coarse, oozy, open, drafty, flyaway, insecure, draughty, harsh, leaky, baggy, sober, abundant, easy, generous, oozing

   Synonyms:
   fuddled, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, stiff, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, nasty, soaked, close, besotted, slopped, loaded, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, rigorous, pissed, blind drunk, sloshed, sozzled, soused, pixilated

3. tightadjective

   set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration

   "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"

   Antonyms:
   harsh, loose, generous, porous, sober, seeping, abundant, drippy, holey, drafty, oozing, lax, undemanding, leaky, oozy, easy, baggy, draughty, unequal, coarse, loose-fitting, flyaway, vulnerable, insecure, opened, sloppy, open

   Synonyms:
   fuddled, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, stiff, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, nasty, soaked, close, besotted, slopped, loaded, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, rigorous, pissed, blind drunk, sloshed, sozzled, soused, pixilated

4. compressed, tightadjective

   pressed tightly together

   "with lips compressed"

   Antonyms:
   abundant, oozing, sloppy, undemanding, loose, lax, baggy, sober, harsh, draughty, drippy, porous, oozy, coarse, vulnerable, insecure, flyaway, seeping, holey, opened, unequal, loose-fitting, drafty, leaky, easy, generous, open

   Synonyms:
   fuddled, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, stiff, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, nasty, soaked, close, besotted, slopped, loaded, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, rigorous, flat, blind drunk, pissed, sloshed, sozzled, soused, pixilated

5. mean, mingy, miserly, tightadjective

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

   "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"

   Antonyms:
   flyaway, seeping, coarse, sober, loose, drippy, holey, draughty, drafty, harsh, baggy, easy, unequal, porous, opened, sloppy, oozing, generous, abundant, insecure, undemanding, loose-fitting, oozy, vulnerable, lax, open, leaky

   Synonyms:
   close, pissed, blind drunk, base, mean(a), besotted, slopped, rigorous, mingy, blotto, average, squiffy, pixilated, hateful, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, soused, compressed, meanspirited, sozzled, taut, nasty, plastered, miserly, stiff, stringent, pie-eyed, bastardly, sloshed, smashed, mean, soaked, loaded, wet, beggarly

6. tightadjective

   affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow

   "tight money"; "a tight market"

   Antonyms:
   draughty, sloppy, unequal, open, oozy, porous, opened, insecure, abundant, loose, leaky, holey, lax, harsh, easy, generous, flyaway, sober, baggy, drafty, oozing, undemanding, coarse, vulnerable, loose-fitting, drippy, seeping

   Synonyms:
   fuddled, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, stiff, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, nasty, soaked, close, besotted, slopped, loaded, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, rigorous, pissed, blind drunk, sloshed, sozzled, soused, pixilated

7. tightadjective

   of such close construction as to be impermeable

   "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"

   Antonyms:
   porous, open, undemanding, vulnerable, coarse, oozy, loose, flyaway, baggy, generous, harsh, leaky, loose-fitting, unequal, drafty, seeping, opened, oozing, lax, draughty, drippy, easy, holey, abundant, sober, sloppy, insecure

   Synonyms:
   fuddled, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, stiff, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, nasty, soaked, close, besotted, slopped, loaded, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, rigorous, pissed, blind drunk, sloshed, sozzled, soused, pixilated

8. close, tightadjective

   of textiles

   "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"

   Antonyms:
   open, opened, abundant, oozy, seeping, vulnerable, porous, insecure, loose-fitting, harsh, generous, sloppy, drafty, lax, sober, unequal, loose, undemanding, oozing, flyaway, baggy, drippy, easy, holey, draughty, leaky, coarse

   Synonyms:
   close, pissed, cheeseparing, blind drunk, close-fitting, besotted, rigorous, slopped, nigh, soused, mingy, blotto, faithful, squiffy, pixilated, cockeyed, secretive, tightlipped, crocked, fuddled, snug, stiff, airless, skinny, mean, compressed, sozzled, closemouthed, taut, nasty, plastered, miserly, closelipped, sloshed, stringent, stuffy, pie-eyed, unaired, smashed, soaked, penny-pinching, wet, loaded, near, confining

9. tightadjective

   securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid

   "the bolts are tight"

   Antonyms:
   seeping, sloppy, opened, loose, harsh, draughty, easy, oozing, loose-fitting, leaky, abundant, sober, holey, open, oozy, undemanding, insecure, coarse, drafty, flyaway, lax, porous, generous, unequal, drippy, baggy, vulnerable

   Synonyms:
   fuddled, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, stiff, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, nasty, soaked, close, besotted, slopped, loaded, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, rigorous, pissed, blind drunk, sloshed, sozzled, soused, pixilated

10. close, tightadjective

    (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched

    "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game"

    Antonyms:
    open, loose, drafty, leaky, insecure, generous, oozing, coarse, porous, oozy, loose-fitting, seeping, sloppy, sober, baggy, abundant, vulnerable, draughty, flyaway, undemanding, drippy, lax, harsh, easy, holey, unequal, opened

    Synonyms:
    close, pissed, cheeseparing, blind drunk, close-fitting, besotted, rigorous, slopped, nigh, soused, mingy, blotto, faithful, squiffy, pixilated, cockeyed, secretive, tightlipped, crocked, fuddled, snug, stiff, airless, skinny, mean, compressed, sozzled, closemouthed, taut, nasty, plastered, miserly, closelipped, sloshed, stringent, stuffy, pie-eyed, unaired, smashed, soaked, penny-pinching, wet, loaded, near, confining

11. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wetadjective

    very drunk

    Antonyms:
    loose, abundant, sloppy, harsh, holey, open, sober, generous, insecure, drippy, baggy, seeping, oozy, coarse, undemanding, oozing, flyaway, easy, vulnerable, draughty, drafty, leaky, lax, unequal, porous, loose-fitting, opened

    Synonyms:
    stiff, affluent, stringent, rigorous, fuddled, skew-whiff, flush, laughable, ladened, plastered, smashed, steamed, ludicrous, blotto, firm, unbendable, blind drunk, unwavering, impish, roiled, soaked, miffed, loaded, riled, steady, buckram, nasty, strong, pie-eyed, crocked, irritated, cockeyed, derisory, potent, puckish, slopped, wet, close, nonsensical, wealthy, sealed, awry(p), prankish, soused, unshakable, pixilated, wicked, pissed, peeved, askew, sozzled, wonky, mean, implike, miserly, besotted, squiffy, slicked, compressed, idiotic, nettled, laden, stung, taut, arch, ridiculous, starchy, mischievous, steadfast, absurd, preposterous, pissed off, sloshed, rigid, annoyed, moneyed, lopsided, mingy, lactating, unfaltering

12. nasty, tightadjective

    exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

    "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"

    Antonyms:
    undemanding, easy, seeping, insecure, generous, draughty, leaky, harsh, vulnerable, sober, flyaway, loose-fitting, opened, unequal, porous, drafty, baggy, loose, open, drippy, oozy, sloppy, oozing, holey, abundant, coarse, lax

    Synonyms:
    filthy, close, pissed, blind drunk, besotted, awful, slopped, rigorous, mingy, blotto, squiffy, foul, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, soused, compressed, cruddy, sozzled, taut, nasty, plastered, miserly, smutty, stiff, stringent, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, mean, soaked, loaded, wet

13. rigorous, stringent, tightadjective

    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

    "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"

    Antonyms:
    opened, draughty, drippy, harsh, lax, undemanding, seeping, abundant, insecure, sober, oozing, drafty, loose, holey, unequal, porous, easy, generous, flyaway, oozy, loose-fitting, open, baggy, sloppy, leaky, coarse, vulnerable

    Synonyms:
    fuddled, nasty, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, strict, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, sozzled, soaked, close, stiff, besotted, slopped, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, loaded, blind drunk, pissed, sloshed, rigorous, soused, pixilated

14. tightadverb

    packed closely together

    "they stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"

    Antonyms:
    vulnerable, unequal, easy, sloppy, oozing, seeping, lax, loose, harsh, porous, insecure, open, coarse, undemanding, leaky, baggy, drippy, abundant, sober, holey, oozy, loose-fitting, draughty, opened, drafty, flyaway, generous

    Synonyms:
    fuddled, squiffy, crocked, plastered, mean, mingy, smashed, wet, stiff, miserly, compressed, cockeyed, taut, nasty, soaked, close, besotted, slopped, loaded, pie-eyed, stringent, blotto, rigorous, pissed, blind drunk, sloshed, sozzled, soused, pixilated

15. fast, tightadverb

    firmly or closely

    "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

    Antonyms:
    insecure, unequal, loose, baggy, abundant, seeping, drippy, lax, harsh, coarse, undemanding, holey, draughty, porous, leaky, loose-fitting, sober, flyaway, vulnerable, oozy, drafty, oozing, opened, easy, open, generous, sloppy

    Synonyms:
    close, fast, closely

16. close, closely, tightadverb

    in an attentive manner

    "he remained close on his guard"

    Antonyms:
    baggy, undemanding, generous, draughty, drafty, porous, loose, opened, sloppy, oozy, loose-fitting, seeping, insecure, flyaway, sober, open, drippy, oozing, coarse, lax, easy, vulnerable, abundant, harsh, unequal, holey, leaky

    Synonyms:
    nigh, fast, close, nearly, near, intimately, closely

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1. tightadjective

   Synonyms:
   taut, tense, snug, close-fitting, close, penurious, stingy, parsimonious, stringent, (Slang) tipsy, boozy, fuddled, intoxicated, drunk

How to use tight in a sentence?

1. Purvi Raniga:

   Sometimes life throws big challenges, every next move seems to be hard. In such times we have to hold tight and keep sailing. Right things will happen. Keep faith.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   She could have been better, she made us wait over an hour for her. I understand she is on a tight schedule, but she could have at least apologized for being late.

3. Michael McMillan:

   I think this is going to be a tight race, i think what we've seen play out in relation to the Adani mine will have an influence through the election process. Every job counts. When you have potential parties opposed to mining, that will be considered come polling day.

4. Wayne Brady:

   I was Goofy and Tigger, especially the Tigger outfit was exactly like wearing the fox outfit with the head and the line of visibility and there was this belt wrapped around your midsection attached to this PVC pipe which is the Tigger tail and the Tigger outfit fit skin-tight.

5. Adrian Zenz:

   Driven by multi-billion dollar budgets, tight deadlines, and sophisticated digital database systems, this unprecedented campaign has enabled Xinjiang's government to assimilate and indoctrinate children in closed environments by separating them from their parents, this separation can take various forms and degrees, including full daycare during work days, entire work weeks, and longer-term full-time separation.

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