tighter

Speech parts

1. tighter - Noun

2. tighter - Adjective

3. tighter - Adverb

Meaning

A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

even small difficult limited close FAST firm closer narrow strict compact friendly dense rigid tiny
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Antonyms

limper

Phrases with the word

tighter than Dick's hatband become tighter make tighter

Examples

I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie. Edith Wharton

I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again, on my own, and I know, that I'm strong enough to mend, and every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith, and I live one more day and I make it through the rain. Mariah Carey

The Golden Straitjacket is the defining political-economic garment of globalization. [...] The tighter you wear it, the more gold it produces. Thomas Friedman

The older the goat the tighter the rope. Lithuanian Proverb

Tighter than a needle's eye. Arabic Proverb

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. Zen Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tightening in the chest tightening screw tighteningly tighter than Dick's hatband tighter than wallpaper tightfisted