narrow

The word “narrow” has 2 syllables: nar-row

It's pronounced as /ˈnær.oʊ/


What is synonym and antonym for narrow?

In the thesaurus, “narrow” has 54 synonyms and 49 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for narrow along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for narrow

  • anchorage
  • arm
  • bay
  • bight
  • bigoted
  • block
  • close
  • confine
  • conservative
  • constrict
  • cove
  • cramped
  • creek
  • crowded
  • defined
  • definite
  • diminish
  • embayment
  • estuary
  • finite
  • fiord
  • fjord
  • hamper
  • harbor
  • hinder
  • impede
  • inlet
  • intolerant
  • lagoon
  • lessen
  • limit
  • limited
  • little
  • loch
  • narrow-minded
  • obstruct
  • parochial
  • petty
  • port
  • precarious
  • precise
  • prejudiced
  • provincial
  • restrict
  • restricted
  • roads
  • roadstead
  • skinny
  • slender
  • slim
  • small
  • thin
  • tight
  • tighten

Antonyms for narrow

  • bottomless
  • boundless
  • broad
  • broaden
  • catholic
  • cosmopolitan
  • countless
  • dimensionless
  • endless
  • exceed
  • expand
  • extreme
  • fat
  • free
  • general
  • giving
  • illimitable
  • immeasurable
  • imprecise
  • incalculable
  • indefinite
  • inexact
  • inexhaustible
  • infinite
  • innumerable
  • large
  • let go
  • liberal
  • limitless
  • loose
  • measureless
  • nebulous
  • objective
  • open
  • progressive
  • radical
  • receptive
  • release
  • strong
  • tolerant
  • unbounded
  • undefined
  • unfathomable
  • unlimited
  • unmeasured
  • unqualified
  • vague
  • wide
  • widen

Meanings of narrow

  • noun
    1. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
  • adjective
    1. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
    2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
    3. Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
    4. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted.
    5. Having a small margin or degree.
    6. Limited as to means; straitened.
    7. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
    8. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
    9. Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
  • verb
    1. To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
    2. To get narrower.
    3. (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
    4. To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
    5. To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

Example Sentences

  • The path through the forest became narrow as they ventured deeper into the woods.
  • She had to squeeze her car through the narrow alley to reach the parking lot.
  • The narrow victory margin in the election indicated a closely contested race.
  • As the river flowed, it carved a narrow gorge through the rugged landscape.
  • The narrow focus of his research allowed him to delve deep into a specific aspect of the topic.

On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to narrow, such as: anchorage, arm, bay, bight, bigoted, block, bottomless.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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abbreviating

  • abating
  • abbreviation
  • abridging
  • abridgment
  • abstracting
  • compressing
  • compression
  • condensation
  • condensing
  • confinement
  • confining
  • constricting
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  • contracting
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  • curtailing
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  • cutting
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  • de-escalating
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  • deflating
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  • dieting
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  • discounting
  • docking
  • downsizing
  • drawing together
  • dwindling
  • eliding
  • elision
  • encapsulating
  • epitomizing
  • evaporating
  • evaporation
  • lessening
  • lopping
  • lowering
  • marking down
  • moderating
  • modifying
  • narrowing
  • omission
  • omitting
  • paring
  • paring down
  • pruning
  • recapitulating
  • receding
  • recession
  • reducing
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  • retrenching
  • shortening
  • shrinkage
  • shrinking
  • shrivelling
  • slashing
  • summarizing
  • summing up
  • syncopating
  • tapering
  • tensing
  • tightening
  • trimming
  • truncating
  • withdrawal
  • withdrawing

ebbing

  • abatement
  • abating
  • alleviating
  • at end of rope
  • atrophy
  • atrophying
  • backsliding
  • breaking down
  • ceasing
  • ceasing to exist
  • closing
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  • comedown
  • compressing
  • concluding
  • condensing
  • constricting
  • contracting
  • corrupting
  • cropper
  • crumbling
  • de-escalating
  • debilitating
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  • decay
  • decaying
  • declension
  • declinatory
  • decline
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  • decomposing
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  • decrepitude
  • decrescent
  • deflating
  • degeneracy
  • degenerating
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  • dematerialization
  • departure
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  • desertion
  • desisting
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  • devolving
  • dilapidating
  • diminishing
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  • disappearing act
  • discontinuing
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  • dispersal
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  • dissolution
  • dive
  • done for
  • doomed
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downsizing
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  • drooping
  • drop
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  • dwindling
  • dying
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  • easing
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  • ending
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  • evaporating
  • evaporation
  • exhaustion
  • exit
  • exodus
  • expiring
  • fade-out
  • fading
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  • failing
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  • fall
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  • falling
  • falling away
  • falling-off
  • fated
  • final
  • finishing
  • flagging
  • flight
  • flop
  • giving out
  • giving up the ghost
  • going
  • going to pot
  • going to seed
  • in extremis
  • lagging
  • languishing
  • lapse
  • lapsing
  • leaving off
  • lessening
  • letting up
  • lightening
  • limping
  • losing momentum
  • loss
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  • moderating
  • moldering
  • moribund
  • mortal
  • narrowing
  • on last leg
  • on the skids
  • one foot in grave
  • palling
  • passing
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  • phasing down
  • plummeting
  • plunging
  • pratfall
  • putrefying
  • quieting
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  • reducing
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  • regression
  • relapse
  • relaxing
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  • remitting
  • removal
  • retirement
  • retrograding
  • rotting
  • running down
  • running to seed
  • sagging
  • senility
  • setback
  • settling
  • shrinking
  • shriveling up
  • sinking
  • skids
  • slackening
  • sliding
  • slipping
  • slowing
  • slump
  • slumping
  • softening
  • souring
  • spoiling
  • stopping
  • subsiding
  • tapering
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  • terminating
  • toppling
  • tottering
  • tumbling
  • undermining
  • vanishing
  • wane
  • waning
  • wasting
  • weakening
  • wearing away
  • wearing down
  • wearing off
  • wilting
  • winding up
  • withdrawal
  • withering
  • worsening

facile

fallen short


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