What is another word for tighten?
Synonyms for tighten
ˈtaɪt ntight·en
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Wiktionary
tightenverb
To make tighter.
Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
Antonyms:
loosen
Princeton's WordNet
tighten, fastenverb
make tight or tighter
"Tighten the wire"
Synonyms:
fasten, tighten up, fix, constrain, reduce, secure, stiffentightenverb
become tight or tighter
"The rope tightened"
Synonyms:
fasten, stiffen, constrain, reduce, tighten upstiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrainverb
restrict
"Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
Synonyms:
fasten, restrain, tighten up, encumber, constrain, cumber, reduce, stiffenreduce, tightenverb
narrow or limit
"reduce the influx of foreigners"
Synonyms:
bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, constrain, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, stiffen, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, fasten, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, tighten up, deoxidise, reduce, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress
Dictionary of English Synonymes
tightenverb
Synonyms:
make tight
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
tightenverb
Synonyms:
straiten
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "tighten":
torque, tightening, squeeze, fasten, retighten, re-tighten, pinch, strengthen, tightens, tightness, toughen, shake
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#1204 | contract | |
#1300 | secure | |
#1324 | cut | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2464 | fix | |
#4349 | thin | |
#5998 | trim | |
#6310 | slim | |
#7738 | strengthen | |
#8150 | shake | |
#9196 | concentrate | |
#11135 | torque | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#21844 | tighten | |
#26128 | shorten | |
#26269 | tightening | |
#28687 | dilute | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#31363 | constrain | |
#36307 | fasten | |
#40994 | tightness | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#56729 | tightens | |
#66240 | quash | |
#78986 | stiffen | |
#82163 | abbreviate | |
#92134 | toughen | |
#98831 | encumber | |
#101576 | abridge | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#202907 | cumber |
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Father Josiah Trenham said. The incident took place on April 12, some four months after a terror attack left 14 dead in nearby San Bernardino, and just over three months before a French priest was killed by ISIS-linked jihadists in his church. The events, whether far or near, underscore a grim new reality for pastors such as Father Josiah Trenham : Instead of offering sanctuary from evil, churches could in fact be attractive targets for terror. Many churches are now hiring self-defense instructors for classes or security guards that include off-duty police, said Ryan Mauro, a professor of Homeland Security at Liberty University and national security analyst for the Clarion Project. If you are an Islamist terrorist seeking self-glory, executing a priest will bring you more attention than executing an average civilian. While no lethal terror attacks have occurred inside a U.S. church to date, experts like Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern, notes the threat tally is growing. I'm pretty sure there will be attacks in the future, until [ radical Islam is defeated ], we can expect Christians, including in the West, to rationally tighten security measures and try to protect themselves from attack. In February, Khial Abu-Rayyan, 21, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., was arrested after Khial Abu-Rayyan told an undercover The FBI agent Khial Abu-Rayyan was preparing to shoot up a major church near Khial Abu-Rayyan home on behalf of ISIS. A month earlier, the Rev. Roger Spradlin of Valley Baptist Church – one of the biggest congregations in Bakersfield, Calif. – told attendees that they had received a threat written in Arabic. Undercover officers were then placed during worship services.
Yellen will have a noticeable faction of the committee that's anxious to tighten again, they will need to be persuaded that the process is still in place, that this is not an indefinite pause.
If they concluded the virus was from China, they would have had to tighten quarantine measures on the border area in a further setback to North Korea-China trade.
It’s pretty revolutionary, i think it’s the only noninvasive way to really lift and tighten the skin.
(Oil inventory) is tight and the U.S. will probably tighten sanctions on Venezuela which will make the Venezuela situation worse and which means we can expect continued falling Venezuelan production, combined with expectations for falling Iranian production as the U.S. pressures allies to reduce their imports, this will push crude oil prices up to $80 a barrel and we think it can go higher.
Translations for tighten
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- dotáhnout, utáhnoutCzech
- σφίγγωGreek
- tensarse, tensarSpanish
- tiukentaa, korottaa, kiristyä, tiukentua, kiristääFinnish
- taux, se resserrer, serrer, resserrerFrench
- dlúthaighIrish
- feszülHungarian
- stringereItalian
- zacieśniać się, zacieśniaćPolish
- strângeRomanian
- затяну́ться, натя́гивать, затя́гиваться, натяну́ть, натя́гиваться, затяну́ть, натяну́ться, затя́гиватьRussian
- shtrëngojAlbanian
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