Entry Word: taut

Function: adjective

Meaning: stretched with little or no give <a taut clothesline>

Synonyms drawn, rigid, tense, tight

Related Words firm, inflexible, stiff, tightened, unrelaxed, unyielding

Near Antonyms drooping, droopy, flaccid, floppy, hanging, lank, limp, loosened, relaxed, slackened, yielding

Antonyms lax, loose, slack