- tightened - made tight or tighter; "the tightened ropes"; "a tightened bolt"
Antonym: insecure (indirect, via secure)
- tightened - made tighter or more stringent; "endured tightened economic controls"
Antonym: undemanding (indirect, via demanding)
- tighten, fasten - make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun tightening1
Somebody ----s something
- tighten - become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
--2 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
--3 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- reduce, tighten - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
--4 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"