- taut, tight - pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
Antonym: lax (indirect, via tense)
- drawn, taut - subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
Antonyms: relaxed, at ease (indirect, via tense)