tightness

noun

1. a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

Similar word(s): stringency

Definition categories: state, deficiency, lack, want

2. a tight feeling in some part of the body

- she felt an alarming tightness in her chest

Similar word(s): constriction

Definition categories: thought, feeling

3. the spatial property of being crowded together

Similar word(s): compactness, concentration, denseness, density

Definition categories: attribute, spacing

4. extreme stinginess

Similar word(s): closeness, meanness, niggardliness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, tightfistedness

Definition categories: attribute, stinginess

5. lack of movement or room for movement

Similar word(s): tautness

Definition categories: attribute, immovability, immovableness