Synonyms and Antonyms of tight
1
not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light)
- the lid forms a tight seal with the canister that will keep the spices fresh
2
firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge
- a tight screw that won't come loose
bonded, cemented, glued
anchored, clamped
embedded (also imbedded), entrenched (also intrenched), impacted, implanted
attached, bound, fastened, secured
immovable, unyielding
3
giving or sharing as little as possible
- is fairly tight with his money
cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty
acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordid
begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful
inhospitable
altruistic, selfless, unselfish
extravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse
beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)
compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted
thriftless, unthrifty
dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting
