Synonyms for up-tight
- adjective
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Adjective
tight-assed informal, tight-arsed UK, nervy, edgy, jittery, jumpy, high-strung, restive, tense, uneasy, overstrung rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light.
Related words
- Other spellings
- uptight
Example sentences
- jittery Tom didn't seem to be as jittery as Mary seemed to be.
- jumpy Tom and Mary seemed a little jumpy, didn't they?
By length
- 4 letters
- edgy2
- 5 letters
- tense1, jumpy2, nervy2
- 6 letters
- uneasy3
- 7 letters
- jittery3, restive2
- 10 letters
- overstrung
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (edgy2 = 2 syllables).