uptight

Other forms of uptight

comparative

uptighter·

superlative

uptightest·

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 uptight

What does uptight mean?

uptight means "being in a tense state".

How many syllables are in uptight?

uptight has 2 syllables: up-tight. The stress falls on "tight". In IPA it is /əpˈtaɪt/.

What is another word for uptight?

Close synonyms include edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy. 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.

Is uptight a common word?

uptight is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with uptight?

13 words rhyme with uptight. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.