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Synonyms for tightness
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Princeton's WordNet
stringency, tightnessnoun
a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
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tautness, parsimoniousness, strictness, constriction, parsimony, stringency, niggardliness, denseness, closeness, tightfistedness, compactness, concentration, minginess, meanness, niggardness, densityconstriction, 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"
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tautness, parsimoniousness, coarctation, constriction, parsimony, chokepoint, closeness, stringency, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, compactness, minginess, bottleneck, meanness, niggardness, densityconcentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactnessnoun
the spatial property of being crowded together
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immersion, tautness, parsimoniousness, absorption, constriction, parsimony, closeness, assiduousness, stringency, assiduity, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, dumbness, compactness, slow-wittedness, minginess, engrossment, meanness, niggardness, densitymeanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closenessnoun
extreme stinginess
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nearness, tautness, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching, constriction, parsimony, closeness, stringency, stuffiness, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, beastliness, familiarity, compactness, secretiveness, minginess, intimacy, meanness, niggardness, densitytightness, tautnessnoun
lack of movement or room for movement
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tautness, parsimoniousness, tension, tensity, constriction, parsimony, closeness, stringency, tenseness, niggardliness, denseness, concentration, tightfistedness, compactness, minginess, meanness, niggardness, density
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "tightness":
leakproofness, oppression, waterproofing, stiffness, tighten, tightening
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#3925 | density | |
#4321 | concentration | |
#7946 | tension | |
#9691 | absorption | |
#18200 | immersion | |
#18852 | oppression | |
#18908 | familiarity | |
#20144 | intimacy | |
#21758 | thrift | |
#21844 | tighten | |
#23226 | stiffness | |
#26269 | tightening | |
#30426 | bottleneck | |
#33163 | waterproofing | |
#39155 | closeness | |
#40994 | tightness | |
#56975 | constriction | |
#59430 | compactness | |
#70151 | parsimony | |
#78566 | nearness | |
#94594 | stringency | |
#94809 | strictness | |
#99321 | meanness | |
#131304 | coarctation | |
#139750 | engrossment | |
#185823 | stuffiness | |
#188748 | dumbness | |
#228057 | tensity | |
#248070 | assiduity | |
#270065 | tenseness | |
#326183 | secretiveness |
How to use tightness in a sentence?
I managed to finish the match, had a little bit of tightness in my elbow but hopefully everything will be fine for tomorrow.
These figures and labor market tightness and the behavior of housing markets and asset prices are all rising in a more concerning way than I worried about a few months ago, this raises my degree of concern about an economic overheating scenario. There are huge uncertainties in the outlook, but I do believe the focus of concern right now should be on overheating.
Maya still has CP, she still has the damage in her brain and she still has some tightness in her legs. … She’s going to continue with physical therapy five days a week, just like we’ve been doing, and get stronger and practice her skill of walking. But to just have those first steps and knowing that it’s possible is so great for her and our family.
We are trying to take the correct decisions now early in the year so as not to put myself in any harm, it was a bit chilly this entire week prepping and coming through here as well it was quite cold and it caused bit of tightness in my leg. We decided to not risk it.
U.S. data has remained on the weak side, despite tightness in the labour market. This allows the FOMC (Fed) to remove the patience language and remain dovish in the statement tomorrow, that so much discussion around the economy is still warranted whilst equity price performance marches on toward imperious new highs is clear evidence that assets are out- performing underlying economics.
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