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. James Liu:

   The bottom line is a June (rate hike) is still in play and even doves need to tighten at some point when the numbers start looking good, the economy is improving, things are picking up, they need to get the ball rolling on this.

2. Arthur Alan Wolk:

   The only way to really improve it…is to have competition, the only other thing that works, I’m loathe to say, is for the regulatory environment to tighten up the service regulations that apply to the airlines.

3. Yellen Fed:

   Financial conditions could tighten.

4. Eric Schmidt:

   What we do is, we match ads and the content, but because we source the ads from everywhere, every once in a while somebody gets underneath the algorithm and they put in something that doesn’t match, we’ve had to tighten our policies and actually increase our manual review time and so I think we’re going to be okay.

5. Jasper Lawler:

   British corporate executives will be sweating before the release (of Labour's manifesto), the more extreme the Labour manifesto, the more volatility we'd expect to see in the pound and UK shares when the polls tighten closer to election day. We still favour a break above 1.30 in sterling but stand ready to reverse that call if Labour's manifesto can capture the public's imagination.