tight-knit
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3.6
- adjective
- /taɪt nɪt/
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- Seems like a pretty tight-knit community.
- a tight-knit community
- a tight-knit family
- a tight-knit group
She comes to this tiny town in Texas and she just raises a family and it's a very complicated but tight knit family.
- She comes to this tiny town in Texas and she just raises a family and it's a very complicated but tight knit family.
- He was playing FIFA and he he's got his tight knit group of friends.
- I was born in my Mamedi's hospital and it was a very interesting tight knit family group.
- Louis has an extended family that they're very tight knit.
- Yeah I think tight knit group around him so I think he was always surrounded by honesty.
- Being in the Marines, we're all together and there's this tight knit bond that you you just don't expect to have.
- And I understand that because the circles are very tight knit and everyone has a high trust culture because we talk about such difficult things.
- And yeah, it's really a a tight knit community.
Examples
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New Haven used to have a pretty tight-knit community of booksellers.
Blog text (34) -
You guys are like a tight-knit unit now, this is great.
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So it's a, it's a yeah, it's a, it's a, it's a tight knit community.
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Um, I find it a rather tight-knit community.
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And I had this really good, you know, tight knit group of my high school buddies.
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Coming from where I'm from it's crazy to see how tight-knit everyone was.
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Mr. Marchek is a beloved member of a very large, tight-knit family.
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Country folk are very tight-knit, and it is difficult to assimilate into the community.
Blog text (9) -
In the tight-knit fraternity of American Latin teachers, Foster's summer course has become legendary.
Academic text (1994) -
The local artists formed a tight-knit group that supports each other's work.
Synonyms
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3.9
A group of people with strong caring ties who support each other
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3.7
A group whose members are close and support each other
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3.7
A group of people who help and support each other
Closely joined or organized so the parts form a strong whole
Antonyms
How Close
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Morphology
Etymology
Tight-knit comes from putting together tight ('close' or 'firm') and knit ('to join threads' like in knitting). A helpful image is a sweater: the loops are tightly joined, so a tight-knit group is people who are closely connected and support each other.