tightening

Speech parts

1. tightening - Noun

2. tightening - Verb

Meaning

of Tighten

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

increase increasing press screwing reduce contract narrow compression stretch pressing contraction stretching strengthening restraint contracting
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Antonyms

loosening development growth increase expansion evolution
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Hypernyms

modification adjustment alteration

Hyponyms

take-up

Phrases with the word

budget belt-tightening painful tightening of a muscle electoral tightening tightening in the chest

Examples

You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants. Navjot Singh Sidhu

Again, the American people expect us to do what they are doing. It's tightening the belt, it's learning how to do more with less. That's a reality today, and we've got to do that in order to get the private sector growing. Eric Cantor

This deadly impasse, the tightening of the corporate totalitarian noose, would have continued if Snowden had not jolted the nation awake by disclosing the massive crimes of the prerogative state. Chris Hedges

"Now, you have to tighten your belts, because we, your leaders, mis-spent your hard-earned money." Know what would make tightening my belt a little easier? If I could tighten it around Jesse Helms' scrawny little chicken-neck. Bill Hicks

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same. Ann Kirkpatrick

Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies. Michael McCaul

Close letter words and terms

tighten your belt tightenable tightener tightening gel tightening in the chest tightening screw