sat tight
The phrase “sat tight” has 2 syllables: sat tight
It's pronounced as /sæt taɪt/
What is synonym and antonym for sat tight?
In the thesaurus, “sat tight” has 28 synonyms and 5 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for sat tight along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for sat tight
- anticipated
- avoided
- awaited
- bided
- bode
- eluded
- evaded
- expected
- held on
- hid
- holed up
- hung around
- lay
- lay low
- lingered
- lurked
- remained
- reposed
- skulked
- slinked
- slunk
- sneaked
- snuck
- stayed
- stood by
- stuck around
- tarried
- waited
Antonyms for sat tight
- appeared
- came out
- materialized
- showed up
- turned up
Example Sentences
- The passengers sat tight as the turbulence shook the plane.
- We sat tight in the car, waiting for the heavy rain to stop.
- He sat tight, hoping for good news from the doctor.
- The team sat tight on their lead and played defensively.
- She sat tight until the police arrived to handle the situation.
On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sat tight, such as: anticipated, appeared, avoided, awaited, bided, bode, came out.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
waited
- abide
- anticipate
- anticipated
- await
- awaited
- bide
- bided
- bode
- cool it
- dally
- delay
- expect
- expected
- fill time
- foresee
- hang
- hang around
- hang onto your hat
- hang out
- held on
- hold back
- hold everything
- hold on
- hold the phone
- hole up
- hung around
- keep shirt on
- lie in wait
- lie low
- linger
- lingered
- look for
- look forward to
- mark time
- put on hold
- remain
- remained
- sat tight
- save it
- sit tight
- sit up for
- stall
- stand by
- stay
- stay up for
- stayed
- stick around
- stood by
- stuck around
- sweat it
- tarried
- tarry
- watch
lain
- BS
- avoided
- awaited
- be
- be beside
- be buried
- be established
- be even
- be fixed
- be found
- be interred
- be level
- be located
- be on
- be placed
- be prone
- be recumbent
- be seated
- be smooth
- be supine
- be untruthful
- bear false witness
- been
- beguile
- belong
- beset
- born
- borne
- break promise
- bull
- commanded
- con
- concoct
- couch
- coursed
- crossed
- cut
- deceive
- delude
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distort
- dupe
- dwelled
- dwelt
- eluded
- equivocate
- evaded
- exaggerate
- exist
- extend
- extended
- fabricate
- fake
- falsify
- fib
- followed
- forswear
- frame
- fudge
- go back on
- go to bed
- gone
- have its seat in
- headed
- hid
- hidden
- holed up
- hung around
- invent
- lain low
- laze
- led
- lie down
- loll
- lounge
- lurked
- make believe
- malign
- misguide
- misinform
- misinstruct
- mislead
- misrepresent
- misspeak
- misstate
- nap
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- overdraw
- overlooked
- palter
- passed
- perjure
- pervert
- phony
- plant
- posted
- prevail
- prevaricate
- promote
- put on
- put up a front
- reach
- recline
- remain
- remained
- repose
- reposed
- resided
- rest
- rested
- retire
- run
- sat
- sat tight
- siesta
- skulked
- sleep
- slinked
- slunk
- sneaked
- snow
- snuck
- soft-soap
- spanned
- sprawl
- spread
- stationed
- stayed
- stood
- stretch
- stretch out
- string along
- stuck around
- tarried
- traversed
- turn in
- victimize
- waited
lain low
lay low
- abase
- abrade
- abstain
- avert
- avoid
- avoided
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- beat around bush
- beat around the bush
- beat down
- beg the question
- bewilder
- blow down
- bowl over
- bring down
- bring up short
- bulldoze
- bypass
- cause to fall
- cavil
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- cleave
- cold-shoulder
- compress
- conceal
- conclude
- confuse
- conquer
- cop out
- crush
- cut
- cut down
- damage
- dance around an issue
- dash
- debase
- deceive
- decline
- defeat
- deflate
- deflect
- demolish
- depopulate
- depredate
- depress
- desecrate
- desist
- despoil
- devastate
- devour
- discharge
- discomfit
- disconcert
- dispose of
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- double
- down
- drop
- duck
- dumbfound
- eat up
- elude
- eluded
- equalize
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- evaded
- even out
- expedite
- fake out
- fell
- fence
- fend off
- flatten
- flee
- floor
- flush
- fly
- fudge
- gash
- get around
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- grade
- ground
- hack
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hew
- hid
- hide
- hold off
- holed up
- injure
- iron out
- jump
- keep clear
- keep distance
- knock down
- knock over
- ko
- lay
- lay waste
- lead on a merry chase
- level
- lie
- lower
- lurked
- mangle
- mow
- mow down
- murder
- nonplus
- obviate
- overthrow
- overturn
- parry
- pass up
- perform
- pillage
- plane
- plaster
- plunder
- polish off
- pretend
- prevaricate
- prostrate
- pull down
- pussyfoot
- put off
- puzzle
- raze
- recoil
- renege
- reposed
- rive
- roll
- ruin
- run for cover
- sack
- sat tight
- scarf down
- settle
- sever
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shift
- shirk
- shoot
- shoot down
- shrink from
- shuck
- shuffle
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
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- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
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- slash
- slay
- slinked
- slip
- slip out
- slunk
- smash
- smooth
- sneak away
- sneaked
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- split
- spoliate
- spread out
- squash
- stay away
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- steer clear of
- step aside
- straighten
- strike down
- stump
- subdue
- sunder
- tap dance
- tear down
- tergiversate
- throw
- throw down
- trample
- trick
- tumble
- turn aside
- undermine
- upset
- waffle
- ward off
- waste
- weasel
- weave
- withdraw
- wound
- wreck
hidden
- avoided
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- belied
- blanketed
- blocked
- blotted out
- buried
- cached
- camouflaged
- cloaked
- cloistered
- clouded
- concealed
- covered
- covert
- curtained
- darkened
- disguised
- eclipsed
- eluded
- ensconced
- enshrouded
- entombed
- evaded
- gilded
- gilt
- hoarded
- holed up
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- isolated
- lain
- lain low
- lone
- lonely
- lonesome
- lurked
- masked
- obscured
- obstructed
- occluded
- occulted
- overcast
- overshadowed
- papered over
- private
- quiet
- reclusive
- remote
- reposed
- retired
- sat tight
- screened
- secluded
- secret
- secreted
- shaded
- sheltered
- shrouded
- skulked
- slinked
- slunk
- smothered
- sneaked
- snuck
- solitary
- stashed
- suppressed
- varnished
- veiled
- whitewashed