Synonyms for tightness
tight·ness

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1. stringency, tightnessnoun

   a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

   Synonyms:
   tautness, parsimoniousness, strictness, constriction, parsimony, stringency, niggardliness, denseness, closeness, tightfistedness, compactness, concentration, minginess, meanness, niggardness, density

   Antonyms:
   play, looseness

2. constriction, tightnessnoun

   a tight feeling in some part of the body

   "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"

   Synonyms:
   tautness, parsimoniousness, coarctation, constriction, parsimony, chokepoint, closeness, stringency, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, compactness, minginess, bottleneck, meanness, niggardness, density

   Antonyms:
   looseness, play

3. concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactnessnoun

   the spatial property of being crowded together

   Synonyms:
   immersion, tautness, parsimoniousness, absorption, constriction, parsimony, closeness, assiduousness, stringency, assiduity, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, dumbness, compactness, slow-wittedness, minginess, engrossment, meanness, niggardness, density

   Antonyms:
   play, looseness

4. meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closenessnoun

   extreme stinginess

   Synonyms:
   nearness, tautness, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching, constriction, parsimony, closeness, stringency, stuffiness, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, beastliness, familiarity, compactness, secretiveness, minginess, intimacy, meanness, niggardness, density

   Antonyms:
   play, looseness

5. tightness, tautnessnoun

   lack of movement or room for movement

   Synonyms:
   tautness, parsimoniousness, tension, tensity, constriction, parsimony, closeness, stringency, tenseness, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, compactness, minginess, meanness, niggardness, density

   Antonyms:
   play, looseness

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1. List of paraphrases for "tightness":

   leakproofness, oppression, waterproofing, stiffness, tighten, tightening

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1. Guillaume Perret:

   In a counter-intuitive way, the market is showing persistent tightness whereas coal demand is falling in most parts of the world, we think the current rally is overshooting, in a similar way as prices overshot on the way down in January 2016. It is not fueled by a genuine increase in demand but rather by a short- to medium-term delay for spare supply capacity to adjust to demand.

2. Daniel Silver:

   It supports our view that the tightness in the labor market is generating upward pressure on compensation.

3. Arindrajit Dube:

   An increasing tightness in the labor market means its $ 15 minimum wage is decreasingly effective at recruitment and retention of qualified workers, and a substantial raise can help with that.

4. Oliver Nugent:

   You've got this big China pull, really extreme China tightness at the moment, but there's a very big quality deferential between the metal that's attracted into China and most of the metal that's left on the LME.

5. David Fyfe:

   There is no shortage of geopolitical risk among producers but at the moment that is providing a floor to prices because otherwise the market is very well supplied, you morph from premium in times of tightness in the market to a concept of risk floor and that is clearly where we are at the moment.