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close, snug adj.
sealed adj.
stingy adj.
difficult, troublesome adj.
intoxicated adj.

ADJECTIVE

close, snug

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compact cramped fast inflexible narrow quick rigid solid stable steady stiff strained strong sturdy taut tense thick tightened

WEAK

bound clasped close-fitting constricted contracted crowded dense drawn enduring established firm fixed hidebound invulnerable secure set skintight stretched tenacious unbending unyielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

broken calm easy-going flexible intermittent laid-back loose moderate pliable pliant reasonable slack slow soft uncaring uncrowded unfixed unstable untrustworthy weak wobbly yielding

WEAK

comfortable easy free giving open sober unsealed untroubled wide

ADJECTIVE

sealed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

airtight fast short uncomfortable

WEAK

blind blocked bolted choking clumped cramping crushing cutting fastened firm fixed hermetic hermetically sealed impenetrable impermeable impervious locked nailed obstructed padlocked pinching plugged proof secure shrunken shut skintight slammed smothering snapped sound stopped up tied tied up watertight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

loose

WEAK

comfortable easy free giving open slack sober unsealed untroubled wide

ADJECTIVE

stingy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheap

STRONG

WEAK

grasping mean miserly parsimonious penny-pinching penurious sparing tightfisted

Antonyms

WEAK

comfortable easy free giving loose open slack sober unsealed untroubled wide

ADJECTIVE

difficult, troublesome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

precarious rough tense tough tricky

STRONG

WEAK

arduous critical dangerous distressing disturbing exacting hazardous near perilous punishing sticky ticklish trying upsetting worrisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm definite easy nice

WEAK

comfortable free giving loose open slack sober unsealed untroubled wide

ADJECTIVE

intoxicated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

high

WEAK

boozy buzzed drunk drunken inebriated loaded pickled plastered smashed stewed stoned tipsy under the influence

Antonyms

WEAK

comfortable easy free giving loose open slack sober unsealed untroubled wide

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The formal declaration of Fujimori's win brings one of Peru's tightest leadership contests of all time to a close and ushers in the Andean nation's ninth president in a decade.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

It was the tightest of calls, with Khalilzadeh's toe marginally ahead of the penultimate defender.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

But it was also one of the tightest ensembles in show business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

“Not the positronic brain, sir. Too many factors are involved in that, and there is the tightest possible government supervision.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov