tight
45
7.7
- adjective
- /taɪt/
- Informal
:
tacaño
- People were very tight with their pocketbooks.
- tight-fisted
- tight with money
Stop tightening so much, you tight wads.
- Stop tightening so much, you tight wads.
- They're not like tight, they're not like mean about money.
- And I feel like sometimes in America, they're so they got they're, they're tight asses sometimes.
Examples
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With respect to people who are tight with money, Tatzel (2002) distinguished between value seekers and non-spenders.
Academic text (2006) -
Plus I do not think Texas is as tight with their cash now as we are.
Blog text (33) -
Very free with their talk, but very tight when it came to tipping.
Fiction book (1994) -
They're not like tight, they're not like mean about money.
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Topapat was said to have been extremely tight-fisted and niggardly in putting his wealth to helping others.
Academic text (1999) -
Despite his wealth, he is quite tight when it comes to donating to charity.
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The company's manager was tight with the budget, refusing to approve extra spending.
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She called him tight for not buying the team lunch after they won the game.
Synonyms
199
6.5
Not willing to spend money even when needed
3
7.9
Not willing to spend or give money even when they have enough
1
8.0
A person who does not like to spend money
1
7.5
Not willing to spend much money
Not willing to spend or give money
Not willing to spend or share money
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
40
6.3
In American football, a player on offense who lines up next to the tackle and blocks and catches passes
How Generous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tight can describe a person who holds things close, which led to the meaning 'not willing to spend'. Think of keeping your money 'tight' in your hand or 'tight' purse strings, so being tight with money means being stingy.