tightness

Other forms of tightness

plural

tightnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tightness

What does tightness mean?

tightness means "a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tightness?

tightness has 2 syllables: tight-ness. The stress falls on "tight". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪtnəs/.

What is another word for tightness?

Close synonyms include stringency, constriction, concentration, density, denseness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of tightness?

The recorded antonyms are looseness.

Is tightness a common word?

tightness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.