Defenition of the word taut

• Defenition of the word taut

  • subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
  • pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
  • pulled or drawn tight
  • subjected to great tension; stretched tight

Synonyms for the word taut

• • anxious
  • drawn
  • extended
  • firm
  • inflexible
  • nervous
  • on edge
  • pulled straight
  • rigid
  • stiff
  • stretched tight
  • strung out
  • tense
  • tight
  • wired
  • worried

Similar words in the taut

• • taut
  • tauted
  • tauter
  • tautest
  • tauting
  • tautly
  • tautness
  • tautological
  • tautologies
  • tautology
  • tautology's
  • tauts
  • tense

Antonyms for the word taut

• • relaxed
  • slack

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