dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/tig_MWT.json

{
  "tightfistedness":{
    "the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "longing for the occasional luxury, they bitterly complained about their father's tightfistedness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bountifulness",
        "bounty",
        "generosity",
        "largesse",
        "largess",
        "liberality",
        "openhandedness",
        "openheartedness",
        "philanthropy",
        "unselfishness",
        "extravagance",
        "lavishness",
        "dissipation",
        "improvidence",
        "prodigality",
        "squandering",
        "wastefulness"
      ],
      "related":[
        "conserving",
        "economizing",
        "economy",
        "frugality",
        "husbandry",
        "providence",
        "scrimping",
        "skimping",
        "thrift",
        "conservation",
        "saving",
        "husbanding",
        "managing"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cheapness",
        "cheeseparing",
        "closeness",
        "miserliness",
        "niggardliness",
        "parsimony",
        "penny-pinching",
        "penuriousness",
        "pinching",
        "stinginess",
        "tightness"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tightened":{
    "as in stiff , inflexible":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "firm",
        "inflexible",
        "stiff",
        "unrelaxed",
        "unyielding",
        "rigid",
        "taut",
        "tense",
        "tight"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "lax",
        "loose",
        "slack",
        "drooping",
        "droopy",
        "flaccid",
        "floppy",
        "hanging",
        "lank",
        "limp",
        "loosened",
        "relaxed",
        "sagging",
        "slackened",
        "yielding",
        "elastic",
        "flexible",
        "pliant",
        "resilient",
        "springy",
        "stretchy",
        "supple"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to draw tight":{
      "examples":[
        "tighten the straps on the backpack so that the load doesn't shift while hiking"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "strained",
        "stretched",
        "tautened",
        "tensed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "elongated",
        "extended",
        "lengthened",
        "cinched",
        "constricted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "eased",
        "relaxed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "loosened",
        "slacked",
        "slackened"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tight-lipped":{
    "tending not to speak frequently (as by habit or inclination)":{
      "examples":[
        "the cabinet official is usually tight-lipped about her private life"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "closemouthed",
        "dumb",
        "laconic",
        "reserved",
        "reticent",
        "silent",
        "taciturn",
        "uncommunicative"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aloof",
        "indrawn",
        "inhibited",
        "introverted",
        "restrained",
        "sedate",
        "self-contained",
        "sober",
        "staid",
        "backward",
        "bashful",
        "coy",
        "demure",
        "diffident",
        "modest",
        "retiring",
        "self-effacing",
        "sheepish"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "free-spoken",
        "outspoken",
        "vocal",
        "gossipy",
        "talebearing",
        "diffuse",
        "long-winded",
        "prolix",
        "rambling",
        "verbose",
        "windy",
        "wordy",
        "extroverted",
        "extraverted",
        "gregarious",
        "outgoing",
        "sociable"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "blabby",
        "chatty",
        "communicative",
        "conversational",
        "gabby",
        "garrulous",
        "loquacious",
        "motormouthed",
        "mouthy",
        "talkative",
        "talky",
        "unreserved"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "tightness":{
    "the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
      "examples":[
        "a man of legendary tightness , he has plenty of money in his savings account"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cheapness",
        "cheeseparing",
        "closeness",
        "miserliness",
        "niggardliness",
        "parsimony",
        "penny-pinching",
        "penuriousness",
        "pinching",
        "stinginess",
        "tightfistedness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conserving",
        "economizing",
        "economy",
        "frugality",
        "husbandry",
        "providence",
        "scrimping",
        "skimping",
        "thrift",
        "conservation",
        "saving",
        "husbanding",
        "managing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bountifulness",
        "bounty",
        "generosity",
        "largesse",
        "largess",
        "liberality",
        "openhandedness",
        "openheartedness",
        "philanthropy",
        "unselfishness",
        "extravagance",
        "lavishness",
        "dissipation",
        "improvidence",
        "prodigality",
        "squandering",
        "wastefulness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tightwad":{
    "a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
      "examples":[
        "you're always such a tightwad when charity comes calling"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cheapskate",
        "churl",
        "hunks",
        "miser",
        "niggard",
        "penny-pincher",
        "piker",
        "scrooge",
        "skinflint"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hoarder",
        "pack rat",
        "saver"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "prodigal",
        "profligate",
        "spender",
        "spendthrift",
        "squanderer",
        "waster",
        "wastrel"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tight-knit":{
    "used to describe a group of people who care about each other and who are very friendly with each other":{
      "examples":[
        "We are a tight-knit community."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clannish",
        "close-knit",
        "bosom",
        "buddy-buddy",
        "chummy",
        "close",
        "especial",
        "familiar",
        "friendly",
        "inseparable",
        "intimate",
        "inward",
        "near",
        "thick",
        "tight",
        "affable",
        "boon",
        "companionable",
        "convivial",
        "cordial",
        "genial",
        "gracious",
        "hearty",
        "gregarious",
        "sociable",
        "social",
        "comfortable",
        "cozy",
        "easy",
        "snug",
        "amicable",
        "neighborly",
        "confidential",
        "secretive",
        "adoring",
        "affectionate",
        "dear",
        "devoted",
        "fond",
        "loving",
        "tender",
        "tenderhearted",
        "warm"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aloof",
        "antisocial",
        "cold",
        "cool",
        "detached",
        "distant",
        "frosty",
        "remote",
        "reserved",
        "standoffish",
        "unfriendly",
        "unsociable",
        "withdrawn",
        "distant"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "tighten":{
    "to draw tight":{
      "examples":[
        "tighten the straps on the backpack so that the load doesn't shift while hiking"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "strain",
        "stretch",
        "tauten",
        "tense"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "elongate",
        "extend",
        "lengthen",
        "cinch",
        "constrict"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ease",
        "relax"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "loosen",
        "slack",
        "slacken"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tight-mouthed":{
    "given to keeping one's activities hidden from public observation or knowledge":{
      "examples":[
        "the studio has been tight-mouthed about how the show's cliff-hanger season finale will be resolved"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "close",
        "closemouthed",
        "dark",
        "reticent",
        "secretive",
        "uncommunicative"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "quiet",
        "reserved",
        "silent",
        "taciturn",
        "tight-lipped",
        "discreet",
        "prudent",
        "clandestine",
        "covert",
        "furtive",
        "hugger-mugger",
        "secret",
        "sneak",
        "sneaky",
        "stealthy",
        "surreptitious",
        "undercover",
        "underhand",
        "underhanded"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "candid",
        "frank",
        "honest",
        "out-front",
        "up-front",
        "blunt",
        "outspoken",
        "tactless"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "communicative",
        "open"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "tiger":{
    "an aggressive and fiercely determined person":{
      "examples":[
        "even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barracuda",
        "fire-breather",
        "fire-eater",
        "pit bull"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attack dog",
        "hatchet man",
        "aggressor",
        "bully",
        "shark",
        "go-getter",
        "hustler",
        "live wire",
        "self-starter",
        "battler",
        "fighter",
        "scrapper",
        "diehard",
        "militant"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pushover",
        "pussycat",
        "reed",
        "softy",
        "softie",
        "weakling",
        "wimp"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "milquetoast"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tightens":{
    "to draw tight":{
      "examples":[
        "tighten the straps on the backpack so that the load doesn't shift while hiking"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "strains",
        "stretches",
        "tautens",
        "tenses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "elongates",
        "extends",
        "lengthens",
        "cinches",
        "constricts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "eases",
        "relaxes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "loosens",
        "slackens",
        "slacks"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tigers":{
    "an aggressive and fiercely determined person":{
      "examples":[
        "even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "barracuda",
        "barracudas",
        "fire-breathers",
        "fire-eaters",
        "pit bulls"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "attack dogs",
        "hatchet men",
        "aggressors",
        "bullies",
        "sharks",
        "go-getters",
        "hustlers",
        "live wires",
        "self-starters",
        "battlers",
        "fighters",
        "scrappers",
        "diehards",
        "militants"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "pushovers",
        "pussycats",
        "reeds",
        "softies",
        "weaklings",
        "wimps"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "milquetoasts"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tightfisted":{
    "giving or sharing as little as possible":{
      "examples":[
        "the company is pretty tightfisted when it comes to bonuses"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cheap",
        "chintzy",
        "close",
        "closefisted",
        "mean",
        "mingy",
        "miserly",
        "niggard",
        "niggardly",
        "parsimonious",
        "penny-pinching",
        "penurious",
        "pinching",
        "pinchpenny",
        "spare",
        "sparing",
        "stingy",
        "stinting",
        "tight",
        "uncharitable",
        "ungenerous"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "careful",
        "chary",
        "conserving",
        "economical",
        "economizing",
        "frugal",
        "saving",
        "scrimping",
        "skimping",
        "thrifty",
        "acquisitive",
        "avaricious",
        "avid",
        "coveting",
        "covetous",
        "desirous",
        "grasping",
        "greedy",
        "hoggish",
        "itchy",
        "mercenary",
        "rapacious",
        "selfish",
        "shabby",
        "small",
        "sordid",
        "begrudging",
        "envious",
        "grudging",
        "resentful",
        "inhospitable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "altruistic",
        "selfless",
        "unselfish",
        "extravagant",
        "free",
        "handsome",
        "lavish",
        "overgenerous",
        "profuse",
        "beneficent",
        "benevolent",
        "hospitable",
        "humanitarian",
        "philanthropic",
        "philanthropical",
        "compassionate",
        "good-hearted",
        "greathearted",
        "kindly",
        "magnanimous",
        "openhearted",
        "thriftless",
        "unthrifty",
        "dissipating",
        "frittering",
        "prodigal",
        "profligate",
        "spendthrift",
        "splurging",
        "squandering",
        "wasteful",
        "wasting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bounteous",
        "bountiful",
        "charitable",
        "freehanded",
        "generous",
        "liberal",
        "munificent",
        "openhanded",
        "unsparing",
        "unstinting"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "tight":{
    "not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light)":{
      "examples":[
        "the lid forms a tight seal with the canister that will keep the spices fresh"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "impenetrable",
        "impermeable",
        "impervious"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "close",
        "compact",
        "dense",
        "snug",
        "thick",
        "airtight",
        "hermetic",
        "hermetical",
        "leakproof",
        "watertight",
        "lightproof",
        "soundproof",
        "waterproof"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "absorbent",
        "leaky",
        "porous",
        "unsealed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "penetrable",
        "permeable",
        "pervious"
      ]
    },
    "firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{
      "examples":[
        "a tight screw that won't come loose",
        "a jar with a tight lid"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fast",
        "firm",
        "frozen",
        "jammed",
        "lodged",
        "set",
        "snug",
        "stuck",
        "wedged"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bonded",
        "cemented",
        "glued",
        "anchored",
        "clamped",
        "embedded",
        "imbedded",
        "entrenched",
        "intrenched",
        "impacted",
        "implanted",
        "attached",
        "bound",
        "fastened",
        "secured",
        "immovable",
        "unyielding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "detached",
        "dislodged",
        "freed",
        "loosened",
        "unattached",
        "unbound",
        "undone",
        "unfastened",
        "unsecured",
        "movable",
        "moveable",
        "yielding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "insecure",
        "loose"
      ]
    },
    "giving or sharing as little as possible":{
      "examples":[
        "is fairly tight with his money"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cheap",
        "chintzy",
        "close",
        "closefisted",
        "mean",
        "mingy",
        "miserly",
        "niggard",
        "niggardly",
        "parsimonious",
        "penny-pinching",
        "penurious",
        "pinching",
        "pinchpenny",
        "spare",
        "sparing",
        "stingy",
        "stinting",
        "tightfisted",
        "uncharitable",
        "ungenerous"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "careful",
        "chary",
        "conserving",
        "economical",
        "economizing",
        "frugal",
        "saving",
        "scrimping",
        "skimping",
        "thrifty",
        "acquisitive",
        "avaricious",
        "avid",
        "coveting",
        "covetous",
        "desirous",
        "grasping",
        "greedy",
        "hoggish",
        "itchy",
        "mercenary",
        "rapacious",
        "selfish",
        "shabby",
        "small",
        "sordid",
        "begrudging",
        "envious",
        "grudging",
        "resentful",
        "inhospitable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "altruistic",
        "selfless",
        "unselfish",
        "extravagant",
        "free",
        "handsome",
        "lavish",
        "overgenerous",
        "profuse",
        "beneficent",
        "benevolent",
        "hospitable",
        "humanitarian",
        "philanthropic",
        "philanthropical",
        "compassionate",
        "good-hearted",
        "greathearted",
        "kindly",
        "magnanimous",
        "openhearted",
        "thriftless",
        "unthrifty",
        "dissipating",
        "frittering",
        "prodigal",
        "profligate",
        "spendthrift",
        "splurging",
        "squandering",
        "wasteful",
        "wasting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bounteous",
        "bountiful",
        "charitable",
        "freehanded",
        "generous",
        "liberal",
        "munificent",
        "openhanded",
        "unsparing",
        "unstinting"
      ]
    },
    "having little space between items or parts":{
      "examples":[
        "the traffic on the freeway was so tight we couldn't get over to the exit we wanted"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "close",
        "compact",
        "crowded",
        "dense",
        "jam-packed",
        "packed",
        "serried",
        "thick"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crammed",
        "jammed",
        "overcrowded",
        "crushed",
        "massed",
        "pressed",
        "squeezed",
        "wall-to-wall",
        "airtight",
        "snug",
        "compacted",
        "compressed",
        "condensed",
        "congested",
        "firm",
        "hard",
        "solid",
        "impenetrable",
        "impermeable",
        "impervious"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "commodious",
        "roomy",
        "spacious"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "airy",
        "loose",
        "open",
        "uncrowded"
      ]
    },
    "showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
      "examples":[
        "a tight race for governor"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "close",
        "down-to-the-wire",
        "hairbreadth",
        "narrow",
        "neck and neck",
        "nip and tuck"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crowded"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "stretched with little or no give":{
      "examples":[
        "the rope was pulled tight"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "rigid",
        "taut",
        "tense"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "firm",
        "inflexible",
        "stiff",
        "tightened",
        "unrelaxed",
        "unyielding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drooping",
        "droopy",
        "flaccid",
        "floppy",
        "hanging",
        "lank",
        "limp",
        "loosened",
        "relaxed",
        "sagging",
        "slackened",
        "yielding",
        "elastic",
        "flexible",
        "pliant",
        "resilient",
        "springy",
        "stretchy",
        "supple"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "lax",
        "loose",
        "slack"
      ]
    },
    "closely acquainted":{
      "examples":[
        "supposedly he and the rock star have been totally tight since they went to high school together"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bosom",
        "buddy-buddy",
        "chummy",
        "close",
        "especial",
        "familiar",
        "friendly",
        "inseparable",
        "intimate",
        "inward",
        "near",
        "thick"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clannish",
        "close-knit",
        "tight-knit",
        "affable",
        "boon",
        "companionable",
        "convivial",
        "cordial",
        "genial",
        "gracious",
        "hearty",
        "gregarious",
        "sociable",
        "social",
        "comfortable",
        "cozy",
        "easy",
        "snug",
        "amicable",
        "neighborly",
        "confidential",
        "secretive",
        "adoring",
        "affectionate",
        "dear",
        "devoted",
        "fond",
        "loving",
        "tender",
        "tenderhearted",
        "warm"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aloof",
        "antisocial",
        "cold",
        "cool",
        "detached",
        "distant",
        "frosty",
        "remote",
        "reserved",
        "standoffish",
        "unfriendly",
        "unsociable",
        "withdrawn"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "distant"
      ]
    },
    "being under the influence of alcohol":{
      "examples":[
        "a few of the bar's patrons spent several hours getting tight without the bartender cutting them off"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "besotted",
        "blasted",
        "blind",
        "blitzed",
        "blotto",
        "bombed",
        "boozy",
        "canned",
        "cockeyed",
        "crocked",
        "drunk",
        "drunken",
        "fried",
        "gassed",
        "hammered",
        "high",
        "impaired",
        "inebriate",
        "inebriated",
        "intoxicated",
        "juiced",
        "lit",
        "lit up",
        "loaded",
        "looped",
        "oiled",
        "pickled",
        "pie-eyed",
        "plastered",
        "potted",
        "ripped",
        "sloshed",
        "smashed",
        "sottish",
        "soused",
        "sozzled",
        "squiffed",
        "squiffy",
        "stewed",
        "stiff",
        "stinking",
        "stoned",
        "tanked",
        "tiddly",
        "tipsy",
        "wasted",
        "wet",
        "wiped out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "maudlin",
        "beery",
        "befuddled",
        "bleary-eyed",
        "crapulous",
        "dopey",
        "dopy",
        "rocky",
        "strung out",
        "stupefied",
        "debauched",
        "dissipated",
        "dissolute",
        "alcoholic",
        "bibulous",
        "dipsomaniacal"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abstemious",
        "abstinent",
        "dry",
        "temperate",
        "teetotal",
        "clearheaded",
        "cool",
        "level",
        "steady"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "sober",
        "straight"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}