Dictionary Definition
tightening n : the act of making something
tighter; "the tightening of economic controls" [ant: loosening]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- That is becoming more tight.
Verb
tightening- present participle of tighten
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accelerando, acceleration, aggravation, beefing-up,
blowing up, blowup,
clamping, clamping
down, compression,
concentration,
condensation,
consolidation,
crescendoing,
crescent, crush, deepening, enhancement, exacerbation, exaggeration, expanding, explosion, growing, heating-up, heightening, increasing, incremental, information
explosion, intensification,
intensifying,
lengthening,
magnification,
multiplying,
nip, on the increase,
pickup, pinch, population explosion,
press, pressure, proliferating, redoubling, reinforcement, snowballing, speedup, spreading, squeeze, squeezing, step-up, strengthening, swelling, tweak, waxing