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- found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through
Synonyms for narrow
- fine,
- hairline,
- needlelike,
- paper-thin,
- skinny,
- slender,
- slim,
- slim-jim,
- thin,
- ultrathin
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- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- elongate
- (or elongated),
- linear
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- a narrow person who thought that anyone who even owned a television had been morally corrupted by society
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- dogmatic
- (also dogmatical),
- opinionated,
- opinionative
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- a play about human suffering, but in a narrower sense, also about the modern struggles of the working-class poor
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- 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
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- a narrow gubernatorial contest, the outcome of which may depend upon a handful of votes
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- 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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narrow
nounSynonyms of narrow (Entry 2 of 3)
narrow
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of narrow (Entry 3 of 3)
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“Narrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow. Accessed 6 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of narrow was before the 12th century
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