Meanings
comparative more close-fitting · superlative most close-fitting · alternative closefitting
- 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 335–336Synonyms: clingy, figure-hugging, as tight as Dick's hatband, body-hugging, bodycon, clingsome, form-fitting, skinny
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSnug, tight, form-fitting.
More synonyms by meaning
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
Cite this entry
close-fitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-fitting
“close-fitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-fitting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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