narrow

narrow

adjective

Definition of NARROW

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, paper-thin, skinny, slender, slim, slim-jim, thin, ultrathin

Related Words attenuate, attenuated, elongate (or elongated), linear; bottleneck, close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened; lanky, rangy, reedy, shoestring, spindly, stalky, stringy, twiggy, willowy, wispy; lank, spare

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

Antonyms broad, fat, wide

2

not broad or open in views or opinions <a narrow person who thought that anyone who even owned a television had been morally corrupted by society>

Synonyms illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, picayune, provincial, sectarian, small, small-minded

Related Words inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded; bigoted, intolerant; biased, discriminating, discriminatory, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced; brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy; dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated, opinionative; limited; hick, unsophisticated

Near Antonyms impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced; freethinking

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>

Synonyms bounded, circumscribed, defined, definite, determinate, finite, measured, narrow, restricted

Related Words modified, qualified; detailed, exact, precise, specific; confined, constricted, moderate, modest; minute, puny, small, tiny; determined, fixed, settled

Near Antonyms bottomless, countless, incalculable, inestimable, inexhaustible, innumerable, unfathomable; unqualified, unreserved; general, indeterminate, nebulous, vague; enlarged, escalated, expanded; copious, plenitudinous, plentiful; big, bulky, bumper, considerable, extensive, goodly, great, handsome, hefty, hulking, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), respectable, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, super, vast, voluminous, whacking; epic, grandiose, major; ample, broad, comprehensive, cosmopolitan, expansive, global, inclusive, sweeping, universal, whole

Antonyms boundless, dimensionless, endless, illimitable, immeasurable, indefinite, infinite, limitless, measureless, unbounded, undefined, unlimited, unmeasured

4

showing little difference in the standing of the competitors <a narrow gubernatorial contest, the outcome of which may depend upon a handful of votes>

Synonyms down-to-the-wire, hairbreadth, narrow, neck and neck, nip and tuck, tight

Related Words crowded

5

unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints <a narrow man who wouldn't work for a woman simply because he refused to believe women had the proper temperament for management>

Synonyms bigoted, illiberal, narrow, narrow-minded, prejudiced, small-minded

Related Words conservative, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary; blindfolded, blinkered, insular, parochial, provincial; biased, one-sided, partial, partisan

Near Antonyms extreme, progressive, radical; impartial, objective, unbiased

Antonyms broad-minded, liberal, open-minded, tolerant, unprejudiced

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