tighten

Meaning

1. To make tighter.
2. To become tighter.
3. To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
4. To raise short-term interest rates.

Synonyms

fasten

strain

squeeze

tense

stretch

stress

tauten

strengthen

wind up

strech

rack

tie

bind

harden

press

make tight

clench

constrict

contract

stiffen

reduce

strangle

reinforce

draw tight

pinch

shrink

oppress

take in

confine

constrain

screw tight

tighten up

fortify

be stretched tight

distend

stow

strangulate

compress

pull

bandage

put away

turn

twist

become taut

enclose

condense

make firm

make taut

lock up

cramp

shut up

squash

restraint

retrench

screw

screw up

seal

🦭

secure

seize up

sell

shake hands

shut

spread

stain

starve

stay

straiten

support

temper

tie down

tie up

tight

toughen

turn on

warm up

wrench

🔧

wring

be tightened

draw tighter

press hard

fasten tightly

squeeze together

as in

close tightly

tie fast

become tight

squeeze for

twist tight

screw home

abstain

have a boner

alone

austerity

beef up

bend

blackjack

blackmail

blindfold

brace

cable

clamp

🗜️

clasp

clenched

climb

clinch

clip

complexify

compression

condensation

confirm

diet

drag

draw close

draw together

enfold

extort

extract

fast

firm

flex

follow through

frap

go around

go back

grip

gripe

heat

intensify

keep

lace

lean

lock

🔒

loosen

make

make smaller

narrow

outstretch

pack

press firmly

promote

pull together

repress

Translations

tensar

serrer

apretar

straffen

anziehen

spannen

raidir

spannen

anspannen

opwinden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaɪ.tən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tighten

Inherited from Old English: tyhtan

In summary

Equivalent to tight + -en. From Middle English tighten, from Old English tyhtan.