English-Finnish translations for tight

• ahdas
  Euroopan parlamentin sosialistiryhmä on ehdottanut, että maatalousbudjetin käyttämättä jääneitä varoja siirrettäisiin aloille, joilla budjettikehys on liian ahdas. The Socialist Group in the European Parliament has proposed transferring underspends from the agriculture budget to the areas in which the budgetary framework is too tight.
• kapea
  Tie on kapea.
• kireä
  Tiedämme, että aikataulu on varsin kireä, mutta toivomme voivamme pysyä siinä. We know that this is a very tight schedule, but we hope to be able to keep to it.
• tiukka
  Kehys on tästä huolimatta tiukka, jopa ahdistavan tiukka. The framework is tight, however; so tight that it pinches.
  Sen pitää olla tiukka ja sen pitää olla oikeudenmukainen. It must be tight, and it must be fair.
  Aikataulu on erittäin haastava ja tiukka. The schedule is very challenging and tight.
• timmi
  timmi perse

Definition of tight

• Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open
• Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it
• Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution
• Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk
• Extraordinarily great or special
• Mean; unfair; unkind
• Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy
• Handy; adroit; brisk
• Of a player, who plays very few hands.
• Firmly, so as not to come loose easily
• Soundly
• To tighten

Synonyms

• tension

Examples

• tight cloth; a tight knot
• tight control on a situation
• Make sure to pull the rope tight
• I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do
• Weve grown tighter over the years
• Hes a bit tight with his money
• The passageway was so tight we could barely get through
• They flew in a tight formation
• a tight coat; My socks are too tight
• The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners
• Their marching band is extremely tight
• We went drinking and got tight
• That is one tight bicycle!
• Make sure the lid is closed tight.
• Good night, sleep tight.

Related words

• tights
• tightly
• tightwad
• uptight
• tightness
• tighten
• airtight
• tightening
• tightened