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 198 synonyms and 128 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for narrow

Lilliputian
anchorage
arm
attenuate
attenuated
avaricious
bar
basin
bay
biased
bight
bigoted
blindfolded
blinkered
block
bottleneck
bounded
brassbound
canal
cap
channel
circumscribe
circumscribed
close
compressed
condensed
confine
confined
confining
conservative
constrict
constricted
containerport
contract
contracted
conventional
cove
cramped
creek
crowded
defined
definite
detailed
determinate
determined
diminish
discriminating
discriminatory
dock
dogmatic
dogmatical
down-to-the-wire
elongate
elongated
embayment
estuary
exact
exclusive
exiguous
fine
finite
fiord
firth
fixed
fjord
gulf
hairbreadth
hairline
hamper
harbor
harborage
haven
hick
hidebound
hinder
hold down
home port
illiberal
impede
incapacious
inexorable
inflexible
inlet
insular
intolerant
ironbound
jaundiced
lagoon
lank
lanky
lessen
limit
limited
linear
little
loch
lough
marina
meager
mean
measured
mercenary
minute
moderate
modest
modified
modify
moorage
mooring
narrow-minded
near
neck and neck
needlelike
nip and tuck
number
obdurate
obstinate
obstruct
old-fashioned
one-sided
opinionated
opinionative
paltry
paper-thin
parochial
partial
partisan
pent
petty
picayune
pinch
pinched
port
precarious
precise
prejudiced
provincial
puny
qualified
qualify
quell
rangy
reactionary
reedy
repress
restrict
restricted
rigid
roads
roadstead
scant
scanty
scrimpy
seaport
sectarian
select
set
settled
shoestring
shrunken
skinny
slender
slim
slim-jim
small
small-minded
sound
spare
specific
spindly
squeeze
squeezed
stalky
stodgy
straightlaced
strait
straitlaced
stringy
stubborn
stuffy
suppress
taper
tapered
tapering
thin
threadlike
tight
tighten
tightened
tiny
twiggy
ultrathin
ungenerous
unsophisticated
unyielding
willowy
wispy
wrongheaded

Antonyms for narrow

accepting
ample
away
big
bottomless
boundless
broad
broad-minded
broaden
bulky
bumper
catholic
chunky
complicate
comprehensive
considerable
copious
cosmopolitan
countless
dimensionless
endless
enlarged
epic
escalated
exceed
expand
expanded
expansive
extensive
extreme
fair
far
fat
free
freethinking
general
generous
giving
global
goodly
grandiose
great
handsome
hefty
hulking
illimitable
immeasurable
impartial
imprecise
incalculable
inclusive
increase
indefinite
indeterminate
inestimable
inexact
inexhaustible
infinite
innumerable
intensify
jumbo
king-size
king-sized
large
largish
let go
liberal
limitless
loose
major
massive
measureless
nebulous
nonpartisan
objective
open
open-minded
overextend
overreach
overscale
overscaled
oversize
oversized
plenitudinous
plentiful
poor
progressive
radical
receptive
release
respectable
sizable
sizeable
spendthrift
squat
stocky
strong
stumpy
substantial
super
sweeping
thick
thickish
thickset
tolerant
unbiased
unbounded
unconfined
undefined
unfathomable
unfixed
universal
unlimited
unmeasured
unprejudiced
unqualified
unreserved
unrestricted
unselfish
vague
vast
voluminous
wasting
whacking
whole
wide
widen
widish

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 326 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to narrow, such as: Lilliputian, accepting, ample, anchorage, arm, attenuate, attenuated.

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