Another word for tighten | Synonyms for tighten

Another word for tighten

tighten Synonyms

tighten

v.

To make tight
compress, condense, squeeze, bind, contract, strangle, constrict, crush, cramp, pinch, grip more tightly, clench, screw down, add pressure; see also stretch 2.
Antonyms loosen*, relax, unloose.
To become tight
contract, harden, congeal, stiffen, toughen, become more disciplined, become stricter.
Antonyms melt, soften*, liquefy.

Search Thesaurus

WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"tighten." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/tighten>.

APA Style

tighten. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/tighten

Another word for tighten

verb

To make or become tight or tighter:
reinforce, strengthen. See tighten
To make or become tense:
stiffen, tauten, tense. See tighten

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"tighten." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/tighten>.

APA Style

tighten. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/tighten

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

She watched him tighten a strap around the horse's belly.
Meanwhile on land Suleiman had taken full advantage of the European situation to tighten his grip on Hungary.
A bridge of this pattern has the advantage that the insertion or removal of a plug in the measuring arm does not tend to tighten or loosen all the rest of the plugs; moreover, there are fewer plugs to manipulate, and each plug is occupied.
To tighten the bond with Leon, Alphonso of Castile married his daughter Berengaria to its king Alphonso (1188-1230), the son of his uncle Fernando.
I'd better get a screwdriver and tighten that ladder before you fall and break your neck.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR tighten IN THE THESAURUS