English-Swedish translations for tight

• trång
  För det första är det uppenbart att vår budgetkostym har skurits till mycket snävt, dvs. den är mycket trång.Firstly, it is clear that our budgetary cloth has been cut very closely, i.e. it is a very tight fit.
  Unionen bör inte låta sig tvingas in i en konstitutionell tvångströja som skulle bli för trång om bara några år.The Union should not let itself be forced into a constitutional corset that could become too tight for it in just a few years' time.
  Det är trångt hemma hos mig; om alla ska få plats vore det bättre att hyra en lokal.
• snäv
  Men det är en snäv ram, så snäv att den klämmer.The framework is tight, however; so tight that it pinches.
  20 dagar är en mycket snäv tidsram.Twenty days is in fact already very tight.
  Jag tycker att det är bra att det är en ganska snäv ram.I think it is good that it is a very tight limit.
• tajt
  Vi befinner oss dock återigen i en situation med ett mycket tajt tidsschema: kommissionens mandat går ut i slutet av 2008 och det är mycket viktigt att rådet godkänner förslagen i slutet av oktober.However, once again, we are up against a tight schedule; the Commission's mandate expires at the end of 2008 and it is essential that the Council approve these proposals at the end of October.

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