narrowing

The word “narrowing” has 3 syllables: nar-row-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈnær.oʊ.ɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for narrowing?

In the thesaurus, “narrowing” has 27 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for narrowing

  • barring
  • blocking
  • capping
  • circumscribing
  • confining
  • consolidation
  • constricting
  • contracting
  • contraction
  • hampering
  • hindering
  • holding down
  • impeding
  • lessening
  • limiting
  • modifying
  • numbering
  • obstructing
  • pinching
  • qualifying
  • quelling
  • reduction
  • repressing
  • restricting
  • squeezing
  • suppressing
  • tightening

Antonyms for narrowing

  • broadening
  • enlargement
  • exceeding
  • expanding
  • opening
  • overextending
  • overreaching
  • widening

Meanings of narrowing

  • 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.
  • noun
    1. The process of becoming narrow.
    2. The part of a stocking that is narrowed.

Example Sentences

  • The narrowing of options left us with little choice but to reconsider our strategy.
  • As the storm approached, we observed the narrowing of the road ahead, signaling potential danger.
  • The narrowing wealth gap has become a central concern for policymakers aiming to promote economic equality.
  • Emily noticed the narrowing of her friend's eyes, indicating growing suspicion about the situation.
  • The narrowing focus of the investigation brought the detectives closer to identifying the culprit.

On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to narrowing, such as: barring, blocking, broadening, capping, circumscribing, confining, consolidation.

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

Related Words

abating

  • abbreviating
  • abolishing
  • aborting
  • abridging
  • abrogating
  • allaying
  • alleviating
  • analeptic
  • annihilating
  • annulling
  • assuaging
  • avoiding
  • bankrupting
  • banning
  • bereaving
  • breaking down
  • calling
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  • canceling
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  • ceasing
  • cheating
  • clipping
  • closing
  • collapsing
  • compressing
  • concluding
  • condensing
  • consolatory
  • consoling
  • constricting
  • contracting
  • countermanding
  • cropping
  • crumbling
  • curing
  • curtailing
  • cutting
  • cutting back
  • cutting down
  • de-escalating
  • declinatory
  • declining
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  • decrescent
  • deducting
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  • denting
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  • docking
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  • downscaling
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  • dropping
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  • dying
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  • encouraging
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  • finishing
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  • forbidding
  • freeing
  • giving out
  • health-giving
  • heart-warming
  • impoverishing
  • inspiriting
  • invalidating
  • invigorating
  • knocking down
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  • lapsing
  • leaving off
  • lessening
  • letting up
  • lightening
  • liquidating
  • losing momentum
  • lowering
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  • moderating
  • modifying
  • modulating
  • narrowing
  • negating
  • nicking
  • nullifying
  • nulling
  • outlawing
  • overriding
  • overruling
  • overturning
  • palling
  • paring
  • passing
  • phasing down
  • plummeting
  • plunging
  • prohibiting
  • pruning
  • qualifying
  • quashing
  • quieting
  • quitting
  • reassuring
  • recalling
  • receding
  • reducing
  • refreshing
  • rejecting
  • relaxing
  • relenting
  • relieving
  • remedying
  • remitting
  • removing
  • repealing
  • rescinding
  • restoring
  • retracting
  • retrenching
  • reversing
  • revitalizing
  • revivifying
  • revoking
  • rolling back
  • sagging
  • setting aside
  • settling
  • shortchanging
  • shortening
  • shrinking
  • shriveling up
  • sinking
  • slackening
  • slashing
  • sliding
  • slipping
  • slowing
  • slumping
  • softening
  • solacing
  • soothing
  • stopping
  • striking down
  • stripping
  • subsiding
  • subtracting
  • succoring
  • suspending
  • sustaining
  • taking off
  • tapering
  • tapering off
  • terminating
  • throwing out
  • toppling
  • tottering
  • tranquilizing
  • trimming
  • truncating
  • tumbling
  • upholding
  • vacating
  • vanishing
  • vetoing
  • voiding
  • waning
  • warming
  • wasting
  • weakening
  • wearing down
  • wearing off
  • whittling
  • winding up
  • withdrawing
  • writing off

abbreviating

  • abating
  • abbreviation
  • abridging
  • abridgment
  • abstracting
  • compressing
  • compression
  • condensation
  • condensing
  • confinement
  • confining
  • constricting
  • constriction
  • contracting
  • contraction
  • curtailing
  • curtailment
  • cutting
  • cutting back
  • cutting down
  • de-escalating
  • decrease
  • decreasing
  • deflating
  • deflation
  • dieting
  • digesting
  • diminishing
  • diminution
  • 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
  • reduction
  • 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
  • collapsing
  • comedown
  • compressing
  • concluding
  • condensing
  • constricting
  • contracting
  • corrupting
  • cropper
  • crumbling
  • de-escalating
  • debilitating
  • debilitation
  • decay
  • decaying
  • declension
  • declinatory
  • decline
  • decline and fall
  • declining
  • decomposing
  • decreasing
  • decrepitude
  • decrescent
  • deflating
  • degeneracy
  • degenerating
  • degeneration
  • degrading
  • dematerialization
  • departure
  • depreciating
  • descending
  • descent
  • desertion
  • desisting
  • deteriorating
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • devolving
  • dilapidating
  • diminishing
  • diminution
  • disappearing act
  • discontinuing
  • disintegrating
  • disintegration
  • dispersal
  • dissipation
  • dissolution
  • dive
  • done for
  • doomed
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downsizing
  • downturn
  • drooping
  • drop
  • dropping
  • dwindling
  • dying
  • dying down
  • easing
  • ebb
  • eclipse
  • ending
  • enfeeblement
  • escape
  • evanescence
  • evaporating
  • evaporation
  • exhaustion
  • exit
  • exodus
  • expiring
  • fade-out
  • fading
  • fading away
  • failing
  • failure
  • fall
  • fall-off
  • 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
  • lowering
  • melting
  • moderating
  • moldering
  • moribund
  • mortal
  • narrowing
  • on last leg
  • on the skids
  • one foot in grave
  • palling
  • passing
  • perishing
  • phasing down
  • plummeting
  • plunging
  • pratfall
  • putrefying
  • quieting
  • quitting
  • receding
  • recession
  • reducing
  • regressing
  • regression
  • relapse
  • relaxing
  • relenting
  • 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
  • tapering off
  • terminating
  • toppling
  • tottering
  • tumbling
  • undermining
  • vanishing
  • wane
  • waning
  • wasting
  • weakening
  • wearing away
  • wearing down
  • wearing off
  • wilting
  • winding up
  • withdrawal
  • withering
  • worsening

elision

  • abbreviating
  • abbreviation
  • abridging
  • abridgment
  • blank
  • breach
  • break
  • cancellation
  • carelessness
  • chasm
  • compression
  • condensation
  • condensing
  • confinement
  • confining
  • constriction
  • curtailing
  • curtailment
  • cutting down
  • cutting out
  • decrease
  • decreasing
  • deduction
  • default
  • deflating
  • deflation
  • deletion
  • delinquency
  • dereliction
  • diminishing
  • diminution
  • disregard
  • disregardance
  • drawing together
  • dwindling
  • elimination
  • evaporating
  • evaporation
  • excluding
  • exclusion
  • failing
  • failure
  • forgetfulness
  • gap
  • hiatus
  • ignoring
  • inadvertence
  • inadvertency
  • lack
  • lacuna
  • lapse
  • leaving out
  • lessening
  • lopping
  • missing
  • narrowing
  • neglect
  • negligence
  • noninclusion
  • omission
  • omitting
  • overlook
  • overlooking
  • oversight
  • passing over
  • preclusion
  • preterition
  • pretermission
  • prohibition
  • receding
  • recession
  • reducing
  • reduction
  • repudiation
  • shrinkage
  • shrinking
  • shrivelling
  • skip
  • slighting
  • slip
  • subtraction
  • tensing
  • tightening
  • withdrawal
  • withdrawing
  • withholding

qualifying

  • accrediting
  • accustoming
  • adapting
  • adjusting
  • affirming
  • allowing
  • altering
  • approving
  • authorizing
  • basic
  • bracketed
  • by the way
  • certificating
  • certifying
  • chartering
  • clearing
  • coloring
  • commissioning
  • compensating
  • compensatory
  • conditioning
  • condoning
  • confirming
  • credentialing
  • credentialling
  • diminishing
  • distorting
  • educating
  • elemental
  • elementary
  • empowering
  • enabling
  • endorsing
  • enfranchising
  • entitling
  • episodic
  • equipping
  • explanatory
  • exploratory
  • extenuating
  • extenuatory
  • extraneous
  • extrinsic
  • first
  • fitting
  • fundamental
  • grooming
  • habituating
  • in parenthesis
  • inaugurating
  • incidental
  • indoctrinating
  • indorsing
  • inducting
  • inductive
  • initiating
  • initiatory
  • inserted
  • installing
  • instating
  • instructing
  • intermediate
  • interposed
  • introductory
  • investing
  • justifying
  • legitimizing
  • lessening
  • letting
  • licencing
  • licensing
  • misrepresenting
  • misstating
  • mitigating
  • moderating
  • modifying
  • narrowing
  • okaying
  • opening
  • palliating
  • permitting
  • perverting
  • pilot
  • preceding
  • precursory
  • prefatory
  • preparation
  • preparatory
  • preparing
  • primal
  • primary
  • prior
  • privileging
  • ratifying
  • reaccrediting
  • readying
  • reapproving
  • recertifying
  • rechartering
  • redemptive
  • reducing
  • related
  • revalidating
  • sanctioning
  • sanitizing
  • saving
  • schooling
  • seasoning
  • shaping
  • softening
  • subordinate
  • swearing in
  • tailoring
  • teaching
  • test
  • training
  • trial
  • tutoring
  • twisting
  • validating
  • varnishing
  • vesting
  • warping
  • warranting
  • whitewashing

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