Entry Word: narrow

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being of less than usual width <found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through>

Synonyms fine, hairline, needlelike, skinny, slender, slim, thin

Related Words attenuated, elongated, linear; close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened; reedy, stalky, stringy, twiggy, wispy; spare

Near Antonyms chunky, squat, stocky, stumpy, thick, thickset; bulky, massive

Antonyms broad, fat, wide

2 not broad or open in views or opinions <a narrow person who thought that anyone who owned a television was morally corrupt>

Synonyms insular, little, parochial, petty, provincial, sectarian, small, small-minded

Related Words inflexible, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded; bigoted, intolerant, narrow-minded; biased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced; old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced); dogmatic, opinionated; limited

Near Antonyms impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced

Antonyms broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant

3 having distinct or certain limits <a play about human suffering, but in a narrower sense, also about the modern struggles of the working-class poor> — see limited 1
4 showing little difference in the standing of the competitors <a narrow contest, the outcome of which may depend upon a handful of votes> — see close 3
5 unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints <a narrow man who wouldn't work for a woman because he refused to believe women had the proper temperament for management> — see intolerant 2