Synonyms for Tighten:

• n.

  •
  • grab,
  • carry,
  • reinforce,
  • cradle,
  • keep hold of something,
  • grasp,
  • grip,
  • strengthen,
  • hold on,
  • clutch,
  • hang on,
  • hold tight.
  •
  • muscular,
  • motor,
  • smooth,
  • cartilaginous,
  • spasm,
  • pull,
  • overstretched,
  • reflex.
  •
  • slip,
  • unwind,
  • slacken.
  •
  • creep,
  • clear,
  • furrow,
  • crumple,
  • crease,
  • gleam,
  • cross,
  • express,
  • flash,
  • falter.
  •constrain (noun)
  • constrain.
  •tighten (noun)
  • tighten up.

• v.

  •adjust (verb)
  • bringing in to line,
  • readjust,
  • calibrating,
  • over hauls,
  • put working order,
  • bringing into line,
  • calibrate,
  • re pairs,
  • troubleshoot,
  • over-hauls,
  • putting in working order,
  • re-paired,
  • re adjust,
  • puts working order,
  • calibrates,
  • re-pairs,
  • re-adjusted,
  • brought into line,
  • re adjusting,
  • over-hauling,
  • over-haul,
  • troubleshooted,
  • over haul,
  • re adjusts,
  • over hauling,
  • improve accommodate,
  • brought in to line,
  • bring in to line,
  • re pairing,
  • grind,
  • re pair,
  • squared,
  • re-adjusts,
  • puts in working order,
  • put in working order,
  • brings into line,
  • re-pair,
  • re adjusted,
  • over-hauled,
  • fine tune,
  • calibrated,
  • putting working order,
  • re-adjusting,
  • finetune,
  • improving accommodate,
  • re paired,
  • over hauled,
  • readjusted,
  • improved accommodate,
  • improves accommodate,
  • troubleshooting,
  • serviced,
  • bring into line,
  • servicing,
  • troubleshot,
  • re-adjust,
  • troubleshoots,
  • re-pairing,
  • brings in to line.
  •attach, tie up (verb)
  • secure.
  •batten (verb)
  • boards up,
  • nails down,
  • boarded up,
  • clamps down,
  • boarding up,
  • nailing down,
  • clamped down.
  •brace (verb)
  • pre-paring,
  • pre-pared,
  • pre pared,
  • re-adies,
  • readies,
  • up-holds,
  • pre-pare,
  • girt,
  • steady,
  • up held,
  • steadied,
  • pre-pares,
  • pre paring,
  • up-holding,
  • steadying,
  • steadies,
  • up hold,
  • up holding,
  • pre pare,
  • up holds,
  • Propping,
  • re adies,
  • up-hold,
  • pre pares,
  • fortify,
  • up-held.
  •change (verb)
  • reduce,
  • tighten.
  •compact, condense (verb)
  • compress.
  •compress (verb)
  • syncopate,
  • press together,
  • boils down,
  • de-creased,
  • forces into space,
  • force in to space,
  • making brief,
  • boiling down,
  • Syncopating,
  • presses together,
  • telescope,
  • de-hydrated,
  • forcing in to space,
  • densify,
  • re duce,
  • make brief,
  • forced in to space,
  • densen,
  • telescoped,
  • de creased,
  • tele scoping,
  • Squashing,
  • de-creases,
  • forced into space,
  • densens,
  • de hydrated,
  • de hydrate,
  • re duces,
  • syncopated,
  • de-hydrate,
  • squash,
  • forces in to space,
  • de creases,
  • forcing into space,
  • boil down,
  • telescopes,
  • re-duce,
  • de-creasing,
  • boiled down,
  • densifies,
  • pressing together,
  • Wedging,
  • densened,
  • re-duces,
  • Telescoping,
  • re strict,
  • de hydrating,
  • de-hydrates,
  • pressed together,
  • de creasing,
  • densifying,
  • syncopates,
  • tele scoped,
  • tele-scoping,
  • wedge,
  • re-strict,
  • de-crease,
  • de-hydrating,
  • densified,
  • de hydrates,
  • made brief,
  • densening,
  • wedged,
  • tele-scoped,
  • force into space,
  • makes brief,
  • de crease.
  •constrict (verb)
  • fix,
  • clench,
  • screw,
  • cramp,
  • narrow,
  • stretch,
  • strain,
  • tense,
  • pressure,
  • harden,
  • bind,
  • toughen,
  • congeal,
  • stiffen,
  • pinch,
  • condense,
  • rigidify,
  • strangle.
  •contract (verb)
  • constrict.
  •draw together; wrinkle (verb)
  • pucker.
  •edit (verb)
  • re phrase,
  • re hashed,
  • bluepencilling,
  • re-arrange,
  • blue penciling,
  • dis-cards,
  • pre-scribing,
  • re arranged,
  • re calibrating,
  • blue-pencils,
  • wrote over,
  • blue pencilling,
  • write over,
  • blue penciled,
  • dis cards,
  • dis card,
  • pre scribe,
  • re-hash,
  • re hashing,
  • re calibrated,
  • re hash,
  • fly specked,
  • bluepencil,
  • re-porting,
  • re arranges,
  • dis-card,
  • re-phrased,
  • redact,
  • bluepenciled,
  • re arranging,
  • blue-penciled,
  • blue-pencilled,
  • re-hashes,
  • recalibrating,
  • redacted,
  • blue pencilled,
  • fly speck,
  • pre-scribes,
  • blue pencil,
  • re phrasing,
  • re-arranged,
  • dis carding,
  • re-arranging,
  • re-phrase,
  • re porting,
  • re phrases,
  • bluepencils,
  • recalibrates,
  • re-calibrate,
  • pre-scribed,
  • re arrange,
  • redacting,
  • fly specking,
  • re-calibrating,
  • re ported,
  • blue-pencilling,
  • fly specks,
  • blue pencils,
  • writ over,
  • re calibrate,
  • re-calibrates,
  • re-phrases,
  • writes over,
  • re-calibrated,
  • re calibrates,
  • re phrased,
  • bluepenciling,
  • recalibrated,
  • blue-pencil,
  • pre scribing,
  • dis carded,
  • dis-carded,
  • dis-carding,
  • re-hashing,
  • re-phrasing,
  • re-ported,
  • re-hashed,
  • re-arranges,
  • put together,
  • pre-scribe,
  • re hashes,
  • recalibrate,
  • writing over,
  • blue-penciling,
  • bluepencilled,
  • redacts.
  •fasten (verb)
  • co-heres,
  • in-fixing,
  • tacked on,
  • in fix,
  • hitches on,
  • in-fix,
  • in fixing,
  • co-here,
  • hitching on,
  • staid put,
  • froze to,
  • hooking up,
  • in fixes,
  • stayed put,
  • tacking on,
  • stays put,
  • in fixed,
  • co hering,
  • co here,
  • freezing to,
  • co-hering,
  • co heres,
  • freezes to,
  • hitched on,
  • in-fixed,
  • making firm,
  • in-fixes,
  • tacks on,
  • makes firm,
  • hooks up,
  • rivetting,
  • rivetted.
  •fasten securely (verb)
  • batten.
  •harmonize (verb)
  • tune up.
  •mechanically alter, especially to (verb)
  • adjust.
  •narrow (verb)
  • slim,
  • thin,
  • slenderize.
  •peg (verb)
  • makes fast,
  • making fast.
  •press together (verb)
  • purse.
  •pucker (verb)
  • Cockled,
  • furrowed,
  • ruckled,
  • ruckle,
  • rucks up,
  • Cockling,
  • Furrowing,
  • ruckles,
  • rucked up,
  • ruck up,
  • ruckling,
  • rucking up.
  •revise (verb)
  • re-done,
  • re-style,
  • de-bugs,
  • re drawing,
  • re wrought,
  • up grading,
  • re vise,
  • re draws,
  • re-considers,
  • re consider,
  • re casting,
  • re worked,
  • re drafts,
  • re-drew,
  • re viewing,
  • re drawn,
  • re writes,
  • clean up,
  • re-write,
  • re views,
  • recast,
  • re cast,
  • re-writing,
  • re organized,
  • re-considered,
  • re considered,
  • cleans up,
  • looking over,
  • re-organize,
  • re-worked,
  • re draft,
  • redrafting,
  • re-writes,
  • re-views,
  • re styled,
  • revise,
  • de bugging,
  • up dated,
  • looks over,
  • re-examine,
  • cleaning up,
  • re-wrote,
  • re considering,
  • re styles,
  • up grades,
  • up-grading,
  • re wrote,
  • re-vamp,
  • re casts,
  • de-bug,
  • re-casting,
  • re-drafts,
  • Redrew,
  • de bugged,
  • re vamps,
  • re-vamping,
  • re-styling,
  • cleaned up,
  • re organize,
  • re-examines,
  • re-examining,
  • de-bugged,
  • re draw,
  • re-draws,
  • re vamped,
  • re-view,
  • restyle,
  • recasts,
  • re examined,
  • re drew,
  • restyles,
  • recasting,
  • re written,
  • re-styles,
  • re-vising,
  • re-organized,
  • re-casts,
  • re examine,
  • re organizing,
  • re drafted,
  • re view,
  • re-wrought,
  • restyled,
  • re does,
  • re write,
  • re-cast,
  • re-vamps,
  • redrafted,
  • re vising,
  • re-working,
  • re done,
  • re works,
  • re-organizing,
  • re writing,
  • re-viewed,
  • re examines,
  • up date,
  • up-dates,
  • re-work,
  • Redrawing,
  • re examining,
  • re doing,
  • re did,
  • de bugs,
  • re-draft,
  • re-styled,
  • redraws,
  • de bug,
  • re-did,
  • re styling,
  • re drafting,
  • up grade,
  • redrafts,
  • re-doing,
  • re-consider,
  • up dating,
  • re viewed,
  • up dates,
  • re style,
  • Redraw,
  • looked over,
  • re-organizes,
  • re-considering,
  • re-drawing,
  • look over,
  • re-drafted,
  • up-date,
  • re organizes,
  • re considers,
  • re-works,
  • re-vise,
  • up graded,
  • de-bugging,
  • re-vamped,
  • re-does,
  • Redrawn,
  • re vised,
  • re-draw,
  • re-drafting,
  • re-drawn,
  • up-graded,
  • re-written,
  • re working,
  • up-grades,
  • re-vised,
  • re work,
  • re-examined,
  • redraft,
  • restyling.
  •rewrite, refine (verb)
  • edit.
  •screw (verb)
  • spiraled,
  • spiralled,
  • spiralling,
  • spiraling.
  •secure (verb)
  • Padlocked,
  • batten down,
  • ties down,
  • locking up,
  • hook on,
  • button down,
  • pinions,
  • battened down,
  • padlocks,
  • hooked on,
  • lock up,
  • tied down,
  • pinioned,
  • buttoning down,
  • Padlocking,
  • hooks on,
  • battens down,
  • hooking on,
  • pinion,
  • battening down,
  • tying down,
  • buttons down,
  • buttoned down,
  • padlock,
  • locked up,
  • tie down,
  • Pinioning.
  •strain (verb)
  • draw tight,
  • over exert,
  • dis tending,
  • over taxes,
  • over-taxed,
  • over work,
  • ex tends,
  • overtaxing,
  • over-tax,
  • draws tight,
  • Spraining,
  • ex-tending,
  • dis tends,
  • dis-torts,
  • dis-tends,
  • dis tended,
  • over-exerting,
  • over-exerted,
  • over taxing,
  • pushes the limit,
  • over worked,
  • dis-tending,
  • dis tend,
  • over exerts,
  • pushing to limit,
  • over taxed,
  • pushing limit,
  • pushed limit,
  • ex tended,
  • ex-tended,
  • overtaxed,
  • over-wrought,
  • pushed to limit,
  • over-work,
  • overtax,
  • pushed the limit,
  • pushing the limit,
  • over working,
  • drew tight,
  • pushed to the limit,
  • over exerting,
  • over tax,
  • overexerts,
  • pushes limit,
  • dis-tort,
  • over-exert,
  • over-works,
  • pushes to limit,
  • push limit,
  • over-working,
  • over works,
  • dis torts,
  • over-worked,
  • overexert,
  • over exerted,
  • overexerting,
  • ex tend,
  • push to limit,
  • dis-tend,
  • drawing tight,
  • overtaxes,
  • dis tort,
  • over-taxes,
  • ex-tend,
  • overexerted,
  • over-exerts,
  • push the limit,
  • pushes to the limit,
  • pushing to the limit,
  • dis-tended,
  • ex-tends,
  • ex tending,
  • over-taxing,
  • push to the limit.
  •stretch (verb)
  • makes tense,
  • over-lap,
  • over-lapped,
  • un rolling,
  • pro longs,
  • making taut,
  • pro-tract,
  • un folding,
  • re-posed,
  • un-rolls,
  • pro tracts,
  • un-rolling,
  • pro-long,
  • over lap,
  • re-ached,
  • make taut,
  • crane,
  • made tense,
  • spin out,
  • pyramidding,
  • bursting forth,
  • strings out,
  • string out,
  • re posed,
  • pro-longs,
  • lies out,
  • strung out,
  • pro-longed,
  • un rolled,
  • re-aching,
  • re-pose,
  • burst forth,
  • stringing out,
  • bursted forth,
  • un-fold,
  • un rolls,
  • branch out,
  • re ached,
  • un-roll,
  • re cline,
  • re-clines,
  • springing up,
  • lied out,
  • cranes,
  • re pose,
  • spinning out,
  • over laps,
  • re clines,
  • sprang up,
  • un-folded,
  • stretching,
  • bursts forth,
  • pro tract,
  • over-lapping,
  • span out,
  • pro long,
  • sprung up,
  • spring up,
  • shot up,
  • over lapping,
  • made taut,
  • lying out,
  • spreads out,
  • un-rolled,
  • un-folds,
  • overlapping,
  • re aching,
  • stringed out,
  • pro-longing,
  • Spanned,
  • un folds,
  • re-cline,
  • spun out,
  • spins out,
  • Craning,
  • un roll,
  • springs up,
  • lie out,
  • makes taut,
  • making tense,
  • over lapped,
  • Craned,
  • over-laps,
  • pro-tracts,
  • un-folding,
  • pyramidded,
  • pro longing,
  • make tense,
  • spread out,
  • shoots up,
  • un folded,
  • un fold.
  •tauten (verb)
  • going rigid,
  • went rigid,
  • goes rigid.
  •tie (verb)
  • made a knot,
  • making a knot,
  • made knot,
  • makes a hitch,
  • making hitch,
  • making a hitch,
  • makes a bow,
  • makes bow,
  • made a bow,
  • made hitch,
  • makes hitch,
  • making bow,
  • making knot,
  • made a hitch,
  • make bow,
  • makes a knot,
  • make knot,
  • makes knot,
  • make hitch,
  • made bow,
  • making a bow.
  •tighten (verb)
  • firm.
  •tune/tune up (verb)
  • co ordinate,
  • co-ordinate,
  • pro-portioned,
  • Co-ordinates,
  • pro-portions,
  • co ordinates,
  • pro portion,
  • pro-portioning,
  • pro portions,
  • Proportioning,
  • pro portioned,
  • pro-portion.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rarefy,
  • Clinging,
  • constringe,
  • Untighten,
  • jam-pack,
  • unclasp,
  • tauten,
  • unceremoniousness,
  • unloosen,
  • casualness,
  • unloose,
  • naturalness,
  • twitchy,
  • laid-back.
  •
  • spontaneous,
  • lax,
  • squeeze,
  • confining,
  • unrestrained,
  • packed,
  • cram,
  • press,
  • cinch,
  • constriction,
  • undo.
  •
  • rare,
  • take up,
  • flock,
  • stuff,
  • jam,
  • tie,
  • restless.
  •
  • snug,
  • tight.
  •
  • thick.
  •
  • close,
  • freedom.
  •
  • easy.
  •
  • knot,
  • natural,
  • full.
  •
  • crush,
  • fast.
  •attach
  • peg.
  •batten
  • cover up,
  • clamping down,
  • board up,
  • covering up,
  • clamp down,
  • covers up,
  • covered up.
  •bend
  • flex.
  •contract
  • wrinkle,
  • draw in,
  • falling away,
  • recede,
  • grows less,
  • Waned,
  • grow less,
  • falls away,
  • become smaller,
  • fall away,
  • became smaller,
  • drew in.
  •fasten
  • leash,
  • staying put,
  • girthed,
  • Embedding,
  • strung,
  • Mortising,
  • Mortised,
  • hook up,
  • tack on,
  • mortises,
  • solder,
  • trussed,
  • Moored,
  • make firm,
  • girthing,
  • freeze to,
  • Gluing,
  • glued,
  • buttoned,
  • roping,
  • moor,
  • girth,
  • mortise,
  • stay put,
  • made firm,
  • Trussing,
  • Riveted,
  • hitch on,
  • Roped,
  • Buttoning,
  • Stringing,
  • Stringed.
  •narrow
  • tapers.
  •peg
  • make fast,
  • made fast,
  • Pegged.
  •support
  • brace.
  •tauten
  • go rigid.
  •tie
  • Cinched,
  • make a knot,
  • splice,
  • make a bow,
  • tied,
  • make a hitch,
  • Cinching.

Paraphrases for Tighten:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    tightening.
  • Proper noun, singular
    tightens, tightening, tightened.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tightening.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    increases, rulings, Judgments, clauses, awards.
  • Verb, base form
    restrict, augment, entrench, upgrade, confine.

• Other Related

  • Coordinating conjunction
    squeeze.
  • Adjective
    strengthen, strengthening.
  • Proper noun, singular
    stresses, Narrows, judgements, sentences, strengthen, strengthening.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tightness.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    strengthen, squeeze.
  • Verb, base form
    toughen, retighten, sharpen, heighten, loosen, harden, exacerbate, strengthen, squeeze, aggravate, bolster, worsen, emphasize, fortify, reinvigorate, streamline, restrain, narrow, accelerate, fine-tune, Re-enforce, curtail.

Antonyms for Tighten:

• v.

  • constrict
    free, compress, concentrate, help, allow, lose, loosen, increase, enlarge, loose, let go, relax, expand, extend, give, lengthen, melt, uncompress, release, untie, unfasten, stretch, open.
  • Other antonyms:
    ease, slack.

Homophones for Tighten:

• titan.

Hypernym for Tighten:

• v.

  • change
    contract, tauten, compress, wind, wind up, narrow, strain, compact, tense, firm, screw, constrict, constringe, squeeze, frap, press.

Hyponym for Tighten:

• v.

  • change
    alter, trammel, confine, restrict, bound, limit, throttle, modify, change.