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tightness
[tahyt] 
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constriction
[kuhn-strik-shuhn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage |
| Synonyms: | binding, choking, compression, constraint, contraction, cramp, impediment, limitation, narrowing, pressure, reduction, restriction, squeezing, stenosis, stricture, tightness |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immovability |
| Synonyms: | durability, solidity, soundness, stability, steadiness, strength, substantiality, tautness, tension, tightness |
| Antonyms: | infirmity, instability, movability |
| Main Entry: | shortage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficiency |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness |
| Antonyms: | abundance, ample, enough, sufficiency |
| Main Entry: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental pressure |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, alarm, albatross, anxiety, apprehensiveness, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, fearfulness, ferment, flutter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervous tension, nervousness, oppression, overextension, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry |
| Antonyms: | indifference, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | stricture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constriction |
| Synonyms: | astringency, binding, choking, compression, contraction, narrowing, restraint, shrinking, squeezing, strangulation, tightening, tightness |
| Main Entry: | compactness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thickness |
| Synonyms: | closeness, concentration, denseness, density, solidity, solidness, tightness |
| Main Entry: | scantiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scantness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scarceness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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