Definition for Tightening:

• the act of making something tighter; " the tightening of economic controls"

Synonyms for Tightening:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • tightening.
  •contraction (noun)
  • deflation,
  • deflations,
  • reducing,
  • tensing,
  • elisions,
  • elision,
  • drawing together,
  • lessening,
  • shrinking,
  • decreasings.
  •shortening (noun)
  • narrowing.
  •stricture (noun)
  • tightnesses,
  • squeezings,
  • strangulations.

• v.

  •tightening (verb)
  • Securing,
  • firming,
  • stiffening.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • adjustment,
  • alteration,
  • astringency,
  • contraction,
  • modification,
  • strangulation,
  • stricture,
  • tightness,
  • astringencies,
  • chokings.

Paraphrases for Tightening:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    tighten.
  • Proper noun, singular
    tighten.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Toughening, tighten.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    tight.
  • Proper noun, singular
    tight.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tight.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tightening-up, strenghtening.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    tough.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    streamlining, Enhancing, deepening, restricting, restriction, curing, worsening, increase, restraint, constraint, resurgence, deterioration, setting, adjustment, stiffener, Adjusting, fine-tuning, strictest.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Consolidating, hastening, Furthering, entrenching, broadening, energizing, augmenting, Enriching, minimizing, diminishing, increasing, tying, solidifying, supervising, Enforcing, refining, realigning, insisting, renewing, impeding, leveraging, better, penalising, complementing, delimiting, Promoting, Cementing, clarifying, limiting, Underpinning, advancing, curbing, Stepping, pressing, Empowering, snapping, reducing, Repairing, Bridging, forging, biting, declining, compressing, urging, controlling, crushing, tailoring, ruling, assuring, growing, Adapting, demanding, supporting, closing, armouring, focusing, Applying, keeping, resulting, Forming, falling, Enhancing, deepening, restricting.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    tightened.
  • Proper noun, singular
    tightened.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hardening, tightness, narrowing, intensification, stringency, contraction, squeeze, reinforcement, retrenchment, exacerbation, austerity, strengthen, stricter, enhancement, crunch, inflexibility, aggravation, escalation, upsurge, strictness, recrudescence, constriction, emphasis, curtailment.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reinvigorating, reinforces, Sharpening, accelerating, exacerbating, Bolstering, emphasizing, fine-tune, Boosting, constraining, governing, punishing, underlining, underscoring, shaking, squeezing, torquing, stressing, pushing, unwinding, Clamping, sentences, hardening, Toughening, making, narrowing, streamlining, curing, worsening, setting, Adjusting, strenghtening.

Antonyms for Tightening:

• n.

  • act
    loosening.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    laxation.

Tightening Sentence Examples:

• The girl had plenty of courage, but she was almost afraid of him now, for there was a strength and grimness in his bronzed face which she had never seen in that of any Denham, and the tightening grip of his ploughman's fingers bruised her shoulder cruelly.

• Miniquan now saw that the only chance of saving his relative was to alarm the village; so, tightening his belt, he set off with the speed of the hunted deer in the direction of the camp.

Hypernym for Tightening:

• n.

  • act
    take-up.

Hyponym for Tightening:

• n.

  • act
    alteration, modification, adjustment.