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narrow

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of narrow

1 being of less than usual width
  • The cat found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through.
Synonyms of narrow

fine, hairline, needlelike, paper-thin, skinny, slender, slim, slim-jim, thin, ultrathin
Words Related to narrow

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 of narrow

chunky, squat, stocky, stumpy, thick, thickset

bulky, massive, voluminous

thickish, widish
Antonyms of narrow

broad, fat, wide
2 not broad or open in views or opinions
  • a narrow person with outdated ideas
Synonyms of narrow

illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow-minded, parochial, petty, picayune, provincial, sectarian, small, small-minded
Words Related to narrow

inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded

bigoted, intolerant

biased, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced

brass bound, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary, stodgy, straitlaced (or straightlaced), stuffy

dogmatic (also dogmatical), opinionated
Near Antonyms of narrow

impartial, nonpartisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced

freethinking
Antonyms of narrow

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 of narrow

bounded, circumscribed, defined, definite, determinate, finite, limited, measured, restricted
Words Related to narrow

modified, qualified

detailed, exact, precise, specific

confined, constricted, moderate, modest

minute, puny, small, tiny

determined, fixed, settled
Near Antonyms of narrow

bottomless, countless, incalculable, inestimable, inexhaustible, innumerable, unfathomable

unqualified, unreserved

general, indeterminate, nebulous, vague

enlarged, escalated, expanded

copious, plenitudinous, plentiful
Antonyms of narrow

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 of narrow

close, down-to-the-wire, hairbreadth, neck and neck, nip and tuck, tight
Words Related to narrow

crowded
5 unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints
  • a narrow society in which many suffered injustice
Synonyms of narrow

bigoted, illiberal, intolerant, narrow-minded, prejudiced, small-minded
Words Related to narrow

conservative, hidebound, old-fashioned, reactionary

blindfolded, blinkered, insular, parochial, provincial

biased, one-sided, partial, partisan
Near Antonyms of narrow

extreme, progressive, radical

impartial, objective, unbiased
Antonyms of narrow

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

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