close-fitting

adjective

Snug, tight, form-fitting.

“Her close-fitting clothes showed off her assets.”

Meanings

adjectiveclose-fitting (comparative more close-fitting, superlative most close-fitting)

comparative more close-fitting · superlative most close-fitting · alternative closefitting

  1. Snug, tight, form-fitting.

    Her close-fitting clothes showed off her assets.

    1 more example

    Though this arrangement was a vast improvement on what had gone before, the engine crew were still very conscious of a side wind round their legs, and it was not until 1892 that R. J. Billinton rectified this, when he built his "D3" Class 0-4-4 bogie tank engines Nos. 363-398, and provided them with waist-high close-fitting cab doors.

    1945 November and December, A. B. MacLeod, “Development of the L.B.S.C.R. Driver's Cab”, in Railway Magazine, pages 335–336

    Synonyms: clingy, figure-hugging, as tight as Dick's hatband, body-hugging, bodycon, clingsome, form-fitting, skinny

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefitting closely but comfortably

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian тесен, впит
  • тесен (tesen)tight
  • впит (vpit)tight
Esperanto strikta
  • striktatight
French serré
  • serrétight
Greek εφαρμοστός
  • εφαρμοστός (efarmostós)tight
Icelandic þröngur, aðskorinn
  • þröngurtight
  • aðskorinntight
Norwegian Bokmål tettsittende
  • tettsittendetight
Polish ciasny, przyciasny
  • ciasnytight
  • przyciasnytight
  • obcisłytight
  • opiętytight
Portuguese justo
  • justotight
Russian облега́ющий
  • облега́ющий (oblegájuščij)tight
Swedish åtsittande
  • åtsittandetight
Turkish dar, sıkı
  • dartight
  • sıkıtight
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APA

close-fitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-fitting

MLA

“close-fitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-fitting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “close-fitting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-fitting.

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