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tightest

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

Example Sentences

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We saw some of the tightest security in recent years and witnessed the frenzied panic after one Oscar award became two when those vying for best short action film was announced as a historic tie.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Khamenei lives under the tightest security, and his relatively infrequent public appearances are never announced in advance or broadcast live.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

“We’ve stayed the tightest because we all still spend way too much time together.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

In some cases, their tightest sections measure only a few angstroms across, roughly the width of individual atoms.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

That crazy woman woke up this morning, squoze into the tightest pink sweater she has, which is saying something, and hollered, “I’m going to Elizabeth Leefolt’s. Right now, while I got the nerve, Minny.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett