2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tightness \Tight"ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being tight.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tightness
n 1: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of
credit [syn: {stringency}]
2: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess}, {niggardliness},
{niggardness}, {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness}, {tightfistedness},
{closeness}]
3: lack of movement or room for movement [syn: {tautness}]
[ant: {looseness}]
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