tightness

/ˈtaɪɾnɪs/

/ˈtaɪtnɛs/

Definitions of tightness

1. noun

   lack of movement or room for movement
   synonyms: tautness

   antonyms:

   looseness

   movement or space for movement

   type of:

   immovability, immovableness

   not capable of being moved or rearranged
2. noun

   the spatial property of being crowded together
   synonyms: compactness, concentration, denseness, density

   type of:

   spacing, spatial arrangement

   the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
3. noun

   a tight feeling in some part of the body
   “she felt an alarming tightness in her chest”

   synonyms: constriction

   type of:

   feeling

   a physical sensation that you experience
4. noun

   a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
   synonyms: stringency

   type of:

   deficiency, lack, want

   the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
5. noun

   extreme stinginess
   synonyms: closeness, meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness

   types:

   littleness, pettiness, smallness

   lack of generosity in trifling matters

   miserliness

   total lack of generosity with money

   type of:

   stinginess

   a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money