Synonyms for tighten
ˈtaɪt ntight·en

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1. tightenverb

   To make tighter.

   Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.

   Antonyms:
   loosen

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1. tighten, fastenverb

   make tight or tighter

   "Tighten the wire"

   Synonyms:
   fasten, tighten up, fix, constrain, reduce, secure, stiffen

2. tightenverb

   become tight or tighter

   "The rope tightened"

   Synonyms:
   fasten, stiffen, constrain, reduce, tighten up

3. stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrainverb

   restrict

   "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

   Synonyms:
   fasten, restrain, tighten up, encumber, constrain, cumber, reduce, stiffen

4. reduce, tightenverb

   narrow or limit

   "reduce the influx of foreigners"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, constrain, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, stiffen, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, fasten, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, tighten up, deoxidise, reduce, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress

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1. tightenverb

   Synonyms:
   make tight

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1. tightenverb

   Synonyms:
   straiten

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1. List of paraphrases for "tighten":

   torque, tightening, squeeze, fasten, retighten, re-tighten, pinch, strengthen, tightens, tightness, toughen, shake

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How to use tighten in a sentence?

1. Prime Minister Manuel Valls:

   The terrorism threat is at an unprecedented level, nowadays, only one out of two people who go to Syria have been detected before they leave. We need to tighten the net on the surveillance of radicalized and dangerous people.

2. Steven Englander:

   The FOMC's biggest worry is not lift off and its market and economic implications, but what happens if the economic recovery dies of old age without the Fed having done anything to tighten, right now the rates market builds in very gradual policy rate normalization, with increasing uncertainty about the date of lift off.

3. England Deputy Governor Minouche Shafik:

   We are over time seeing a situation where there are recruitment difficulties in many parts of the country, employers are having to bid up wages, i do think that the labour market will start to tighten over the coming months.

4. Zhiwei Zhang:

   The COVID outbreak has forced more cities to tighten travel restrictions, which will likely affect the service sector adversely in November. The property sector slowdown is getting worse.

5. William Schaffner:

   I think we need to just get our mind set that the virus is still in control. I don't care about your covid fatigue, we're going to have to deal with this in an ongoing way very, very seriously. ... Tighten your seat belts.