Synonyms of tighten

1 Syllable

grip, strain, pinch, stretch, cramp, clench, bind, peg, screw, crush, fix, flex, strung

2 Syllables

straining, stiffen, contract, braced, redraw, tense, congeal, close, craned, narrow, harden, battens, pegging, craning, pursed, toughen, batten, fasten, tuned, pegged, redrawn, compress, flexing, cockled, constrict, screwing, cockling, densen, crane, strangle, screwed, stretched, fastens, edit, stringing, squeeze, flexed, ruckling, stretching, tuning, flexes, tauten, stringed, girthed

3 Syllables

tautening, constringed, edited, astringe, constringe, condense, battened, constricted, contracted, pressure, battening, troubleshoot, redrawing, compresses, contracting, compressed, secure, restyle, redrafted, constringing, compressing, revising, restyled, narrowed, editing, astringed, constricting, troubleshot

4 Syllables

telescope, rigidify, telescoping, troubleshooted, syncopated, overexert, syncopate

5 Syllables

overexerted