sitting tight

ADJECTIVE

dull

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boring flat lifeless listless placid quiet slow sluggish tight

STRONG

accustomed depressed even slack still yawn

WEAK

apathetic blah dead draggy falling-off inactive inert languid monotonous regular routine slothful stagnant stolid torpid unexciting unresponsive usual without incident

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active agitated alert energetic lively spirited

WEAK

bright clear eventful exciting intelligent interesting keen knifelike light luminous lustrous pointed quick sensitive serrated sharp smart vivacious witty

Example Sentences

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“Not being able to size those two things probably puts more weight on sitting tight for a while,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

While both of them are sitting tight, they said colleagues, mostly less experienced ones, were "putting feelers out" for alternative jobs.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

So he’s been in the habit of sitting tight until he has tasks in front of him.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2022

Bond investors are generally sitting tight and already looking ahead to next year, said Nicholas Yap, head of Asia Flow Credit Desk Analysts at Nomura.

From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2022

“Are you going to be okay sitting tight for a few hours until we leave?”

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

sitting tight

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