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narrow
Synonyms and Antonyms of narrow
- found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through
fine, hairline, needlelike, paper-thin, skinny, slender, slim, slim-jim, thin, ultrathin
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
- a narrow person who thought that anyone who even owned a television had been morally corrupted by society
inflexible, ironbound, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, set, stubborn, unyielding, wrongheaded
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
- a play about human suffering, but in a narrower sense, also about the modern struggles of the working-class poor
bottomless, countless, incalculable, inestimable, inexhaustible, innumerable, unfathomable
general, indeterminate, nebulous, vague
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
ample, broad, comprehensive, cosmopolitan, expansive, global, inclusive, sweeping, universal, whole
- a narrow gubernatorial contest, the outcome of which may depend upon a handful of votes
- tried to convince the narrow members of her family that there are many paths to a successful career that don't involve getting a university degree
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