tightknit

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A form of tight-knit — Strongly pulled together or connected, tightly knit.

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Meanings

adjectivetightknit (comparative more tightknit, superlative most tightknit)

comparative more tightknit · superlative most tightknit

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of tight-knit.

    “It’s night and day,” she said of the tightknit feel of the neighborhood then, compared with today.

    2009 January 22, Ken Belson, “A Little Help Can Ease Concern About the Last Days”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Origin

From tight + knit.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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