What is another word for tighten?
850 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ tˈa͡ɪtən], [ tˈaɪtən], [ t_ˈaɪ_t_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for tighten:- constrain (noun)
- tighten (noun)
- adjust (verb)
- attach, tie up (verb)
- batten (verb)
- brace (verb)
- change (verb)
- compact, condense (verb)
- compress (verb)
- constrict (verb)
- contract (verb)
- draw together; wrinkle (verb)
- edit (verb)
- fasten (verb)
- fasten securely (verb)
- harmonize (verb)
- mechanically alter, especially to (verb)
- narrow (verb)
- peg (verb)
- press together (verb)
- pucker (verb)
- revise (verb)
- rewrite, refine (verb)
- screw (verb)
- secure (verb)
- strain (verb)
- stretch (verb)
- tauten (verb)
- tie (verb)
- tighten (verb)
- tune/tune up (verb)
- other synonyms
- attach
- batten
- bend
- contract
- fasten
- narrow
- peg
- support
- tauten
- tie
Synonyms for Tighten:
n.
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- grab,
- carry,
- reinforce,
- cradle,
- keep hold of something,
- grasp,
- grip,
- strengthen,
- hold on,
- clutch,
- hang on,
- hold tight.
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- muscular,
- motor,
- smooth,
- cartilaginous,
- spasm,
- pull,
- overstretched,
- reflex.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- fix,
- clench,
- screw,
- cramp,
- narrow,
- stretch,
- strain,
- tense,
- pressure,
- harden,
- bind,
- toughen,
- congeal,
- stiffen,
- pinch,
- condense,
- rigidify,
- strangle.
- 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.
- 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.
- slim,
- thin,
- slenderize.
- Cockled,
- furrowed,
- ruckled,
- ruckle,
- rucks up,
- Cockling,
- Furrowing,
- ruckles,
- rucked up,
- ruck up,
- ruckling,
- rucking up.
- 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.
- edit.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- firm.
Other synonyms:
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- rarefy,
- Clinging,
- constringe,
- Untighten,
- jam-pack,
- unclasp,
- tauten,
- unceremoniousness,
- unloosen,
- casualness,
- unloose,
- naturalness,
- twitchy,
- laid-back.
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- spontaneous,
- lax,
- squeeze,
- confining,
- unrestrained,
- packed,
- cram,
- press,
- cinch,
- constriction,
- undo.
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- thick.
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- easy.
- peg.
- flex.
- wrinkle,
- draw in,
- falling away,
- recede,
- grows less,
- Waned,
- grow less,
- falls away,
- become smaller,
- fall away,
- became smaller,
- drew in.
Paraphrases for Tighten:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
tightening.
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Proper noun, singular
tightens, tightening, tightened.
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Noun, singular or mass
tightening.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Other Related
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Coordinating conjunction
squeeze.
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Adjective
strengthen, strengthening.
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Proper noun, singular
stresses, Narrows, judgements, sentences, strengthen, strengthening.
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Noun, singular or mass
tightness.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
strengthen, squeeze.
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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.
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Coordinating conjunction
Antonyms for Tighten:
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v.
Homophones for Tighten:
Hypernym for Tighten:
v.