clumped

ADJECTIVE

knotted

Synonyms

STRONGEST

braided bunched clustered coiled snarled tangled

STRONG

banded bent clinched engaged entangled fastened gnarled hitched intertwined lashed lassoed linked looped meshed perplexed seized snagged spliced twisted warped whirled

WEAK

knotty

Antonyms

STRONG

straight untwisted

WEAK

free loose separate

ADJECTIVE

tight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

airtight fast short uncomfortable

WEAK

blind blocked bolted choking 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

open slack unsealed

Example Sentences

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But the extra dark matter would tend to make the mature universe clumpier than it is, Vagnozzi says.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 31, 2023

They also tend to be much clumpier than most galaxies today.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016