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TIGHTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of movement or room for movement
Synonyms:
tautness; tightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tightness" is a kind of...):
immovability; immovableness (not capable of being moved or rearranged)
Antonym:
looseness (movement or space for movement)
Derivation:
tight (pulled or drawn tight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Extreme stinginess
Synonyms:
closeness; meanness; minginess; niggardliness; niggardness; parsimoniousness; parsimony; tightfistedness; tightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tightness" is a kind of...):
stinginess (a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tightness"):
littleness; pettiness; smallness (lack of generosity in trifling matters)
miserliness (total lack of generosity with money)
Derivation:
tight ((used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The spatial property of being crowded together
Synonyms:
compactness; concentration; denseness; density; tightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tightness" is a kind of...):
spacing; spatial arrangement (the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them)
Derivation:
tight (set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A tight feeling in some part of the body
Example:
emotion caused a constriction of his throat
Synonyms:
constriction; tightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tightness" is a kind of...):
feeling (a physical sensation that you experience)
Derivation:
tight (closely constrained or constricted or constricting)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
Synonyms:
stringency; tightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tightness" is a kind of...):
deficiency; lack; want (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable)
Derivation:
tight (affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow)
Context examples:
Symptoms of asthma include: • Wheezing • Coughing, especially early in the morning or at night • Chest tightness • Shortness of breath
(Asthma, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Signs and symptoms include shortness of breath, wheezing, productive cough, and chest tightness.
(Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NCI Thesaurus)
At the new moon on February 23, Uranus will be divinely angled to both the Sun and new moon in a very tight mathematical aspect. (The tightness of the aspect is significant.)
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Symptoms of acute inhalation injuries may include: • Coughing and phlegm • A scratchy throat • Irritated sinuses • Shortness of breath • Chest pain or tightness • Headaches • Stinging eyes • A runny nose • If you already have asthma, it may get worse.
(Inhalation Injuries, Environmental Protection Agency)
