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away with anything under such tight regulations. I have a tight
schedule next week. 4 Chiefly nautical taut, (well-)disciplined,
orderly, neat, well-organized, trim, tidy, smart: He runs a
tight ship. 5 stingy, niggardly, mean, penurious, miserly,
parsimonious, penny-pinching, tight-fisted, close-fisted, Colloq
Brit mingy: Glenn is much too tight to buy anyone a drink. 6
close, (almost) even, (highly) competitive, neck and neck,
evenly matched: It is going to be a tight race. 7 difficult,
trying, dangerous, perilous, risky, hazardous, touchy,
problematic, sticky, tricky, ticklish, precarious, touch-and-go:
The strike has created a tight situation at the office. 8
tipsy, drunk, intoxicated, Colloq high, woozy, under the
influence, Brit tiddly: When I saw her, she was too tight to
drive. 9 scarce, scanty, hard to find or come by, rare; dear,
expensive: Entrepreneurs have found investment money to be
pretty tight this year.
--adv. 10 tightly, securely, firmly; closely: Keep this door
closed tight. Hold me tight. Her hands were clasped tight in
prayer. 11 compactly, densely, solidly, firmly, closely: We
were packed so tight in the bus that no one could move.
tighten v. 1 Sometimes, tighten down or up. anchor, fasten, fix, tense,
secure: Tighten those last two screws and you're finished. 2
make tighter or tenser or stronger, strengthen: He tightened
his grip on my hand. 3 Sometimes, tighten up. make more
rigorous or strict or stringent or severe or restrictive, close
gaps in: We ought to tighten security at the warehouse. 4
Sometimes, tighten up. tauten, stiffen, tense, close: I felt
the noose begin to tighten round my neck.
tight-lipped
adj. close-mouthed, silent, quiet, mum, mute, close-lipped,
noncommittal, reticent, secretive, taciturn, unforthcoming,
uncommunicative, reserved: He remained tight-lipped about his
activities during the war.
tightly adv. closely, tensely, vigorously, rigorously: It was a
tightly fought race.
tights n.pl. US and Canadian and New Zealand panty hose, Australian
and US also pantihose: It was much too hot to wear tights.