: closely integrated and bound in love or friendship
a tight-knit family

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San Pedro, the island’s main town, is a vibrant, walkable hub where golf carts are the main mode of transportation and the community is tight-knit. Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 For decades, road-trippers zoomed right past Wimberley, Texas—with its scenic vistas, untamed terrain, lazy tubing rivers, blooming wildflower fields, and tiny but tight-knit community. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025 The defense was tight-knit and the addition of Malcolm Roach — a big personality among a group that has some business-like guys — really helped solidify the group’s culture. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025 The figure skating community is tight-knit, and many of our students and coaches have trained and competed alongside those who were lost. Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tight-knit

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tight-knit was in 1839

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“Tight-knit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tight-knit. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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