1. Closely constrained, constricted or constricting
   "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"
    
2. Pulled or drawn tight
   "a tight drumhead";
   - taut
    
3. Pressed tightly together
   "with lips tight";
   - compressed
    
4. Packed closely together
   "the pub was packed tight"; "they stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"
    
5. Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration
   "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"
    
6. (of textiles) having little space between threads; dense
   "smooth percale with a very tight weave";
   - close
    
7. Of such close construction as to be impermeable
   "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"
    
8. Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid
   "the bolts are tight"
    
9. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
   "a tight game";
   - close
    
10. (economics) affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
    "tight money"; "a tight market"
     
11. (used of persons or behaviour) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
    "He was known for being tight with money";
    - mean, mingy, miserly
     
12. Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
    "tight security";
    - rigorous, stringent
     
13. Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
    "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation";
    - nasty
     
14. [informal] Very drunk
    "I had travelling money and got tight in the bar downstairs";
    - besotted [archaic], blind drunk [informal], blotto [informal], crocked [N. Amer, informal], cockeyed [informal], fuddled [informal], loaded [N. Amer, informal], pie-eyed [informal], pissed [Brit, informal], pixilated [informal], plastered [informal], sloshed [informal], smashed [informal], soaked [informal], soused [informal], sozzled [informal], stiff [informal], wet [informal], drunk, bombed [informal], three sheets to the wind [informal], off one's face [Brit, informal], pickled [informal], stinko [informal], fried [N. Amer, informal], legless [Brit, informal], blootered [UK, dialect], paralytic [Brit, informal], stewed [informal], liquored up [N. Amer], swacked [N. Amer, informal], steaming [informal], trashed [informal], trolleyed [Brit, informal], bladdered [Brit, informal], mullered [Brit, informal], trollied [Brit, informal], tanked up [informal], screwed [informal], lit up [slang], wasted [informal], out of it [Brit, informal], hammered [informal], blitzed [informal], stonkered [Austral, NZ, informal], juiced [N. Amer, informal], wrecked [Brit, informal], bevvied [Brit, informal], pixillated, half-seas-over [Brit, informal]

1. Firmly or closely
   "held tight";
   - fast, fastly [archaic]
    
2. In an attentive manner
   "he remained tight on his guard";
   - close, closely

Derived forms: tighter, tightest

See also: airtight, air-tight, choky, clenched, close, closed, close-fitting, compact, demanding, difficult, dripless, drunk, equal, exacting, fine, form-fitting, gas-tight, gone, hard, hermetic, impermeable, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, invulnerable, leakproof, rainproof, ripped [informal], scarce, seaworthy, secure, shut, skinny, skintight, skin-tight, skunked [informal], snug, stingy [informal], tense, tightfitting, tight-fitting, ungenerous, viselike, waterproof, waterproofed, watertight

Antonym: leaky, loose

Encyclopedia: Tight, Gary