tightly knit

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tightly knit
    adj 1: closely and firmly integrated; "a tight-knit
           organization" [syn: {tight-knit}, {tightly knit}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
integrated \integrated\ adj.
   1. Formed or united into a whole.

   Syn: incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as,
      an integrated Europe. Opposite of {nonintegrated}.
      [Narrower terms: {coordinated}, {interconnected},
      {unified}; {embedded}; {incorporated}; {tight-knit},
      {tightly knit}]

            a more closely integrated economic and political
            system                                --Dwight D.
                                                  Eisenhower
      [WordNet 1.5]

   3. Having different groups treated together as equals in one
      group; as, racially integrated schools. [Narrower terms:
      {co-ed, coeducational}; {desegrated, nonsegregated,
      unsegregated}; {interracial}; {mainstreamed}] Also See:
      {integrative}, {joint}, {united}. Antonym: {segregated}.
      [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   4. Resembling a living organism in organization or
      development. [Narrower terms: {organic} (vs. inorganic)]

   Syn: structured.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   5. combined. Opposite of {uncombined}.
      [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   6. having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit.
      Opposite of {unmixed}. [Narrower terms: {blended[2]}]

   Syn: amalgamated, intermingled, mixed.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
    

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