tightness

/tˈaɪtnəs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
2. a tight feeling in some part of the body
   “he felt a constriction in her chest”
3. the spatial property of being crowded together
4. extreme stinginess
5. lack of movement or room for movement

Synonyms for tightness

• stringency
• constriction
• concentration
• density
• denseness
• compactness
• meanness
• minginess
• niggardliness
• niggardness
• parsimony
• parsimoniousness
• tightfistedness
• closeness
• tautness

Antonyms of tightness

• looseness

Words that rhyme with tightness

• lightness
• rightness
• brightness
• whiteness
• politeness
• forthrightness