Words that are spelled similarly to tightening:
tightening, lightening, lightning, frightening, heightening, brightening, lightering, tighting.
Words that rhyme with tightening:
lightning, lightening, enlightening, frightening, whitening, bolt of lightning, heightening, brightening, chain lightning, heat lightning, forked lightning.
Adjectives that are often used to describe tightening:
further, monetary, general, sudden, fiscal, final, slight, gradual, excessive, progressive, significant, initial, familiar, subsequent, considerable, severe, sharp, recent, involuntary, quick, additional, strange, proper, horizontal, over, steady, substantial, painful, drastic, grim, periodic, immediate, consequent, occasional, slow, perceptible, constant, mere, curious, imperceptible, faint, temporary, abdominal, momentary, improper, necessary, future, queer, rapid, frequent, marked, net, slightest, lateral, simultaneous, modest, overall, uneven, muscular, corresponding, convulsive, dramatic, continual, moderate, extreme, subtle, continued, definite, premature, odd, successive, self, alternate, medial, voluntary, instinctive, noticeable, capsular, nervous, administrative.
Nouns that are often described by the adjective tightening:
measures, circle, grip, circles, policies, blockade, noose, spiral, procedure, exercises, web, policy, program, collar, control, ring, procedures, net, vise, effect, regulations, market, process, campaign, device, restrictions, standards, controls, budgets, efforts, constraints, gear, grasp, vice, hold, sequence, laugh, embrace, screw, action, moves, regime, coils, frosts, ecstasies, budget, bonds, shock, network, exercise, screws, measure, knot, cams, bond, squeeze, episodes, legislation, operations, spirals, operation, rules, sensation, effort, laws, rings, knots, link, requirements, economy, bands, reforms, bolts, move, attempts, band, stuff, lotion, torques, mechanism, actions, fear, austerity, trap, folds, sea, strategy, regulation, jaws, cycle.
Consonant match to tightening:
tautening.
Words that sound like tightening:
tightening, heightening, tottenham, whitening, titling, two-timing, two timing, lightening, widening, deadening, detaining, tighten up, titanous, titans, tightens, titan, titanic, tighten, tightened, tattling, tidying, tattooing, tunning, toughening, titaness, totalling, totaling, tightener, tetany, tie one on, titanite, tokening, tootling, fattening, twinning, destining, wizening, titanium, tetanus, tight end, tinning, twining, tetons, tottenville, teutons, timing, training, tanning, tuning, tutoring, toting, tooting, tiding, toning, teetering, teton, teutonic, tating, straightening, tottering, tauten, toten, totten, touting, tatting, tittering, tutting, totting, tonguing, totemic, taken in, tutton, totton, titin, stationing, tight knit, toponym, buttoning, tatton, tattering, tutino, titone, tight-knit, turtling, tight money, tettering, terpening, tightknit, battening, touton, tensioning, towton, tautened, titano, toadying, toe dancing, two-toned, antonym, heartening, antonin.