Definition for Isthmus:

• Any narrow passage, like that of the fauces.

Synonyms for Isthmus:

• n.

  •body (noun)
  • isthmus,
  • band.
  •neck (noun)
  • strait,
  • scruff,
  • cervix,
  • NAPES,
  • nape,
  • isthmi,
  • scruffs,
  • Isthmuses,
  • Cervices,
  • collar,
  • Cervixes.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • coast,
  • bay,
  • coastline,
  • bight,
  • beach,
  • bank,
  • catchment area,
  • portage,
  • basin,
  • land bridge,
  • Bund,
  • neck of land,
  • cape.
  •Other relevant words:
  • gnomon,
  • Compactedness,
  • pass,
  • Puckering,
  • clepsydra,
  • connection,
  • kingdom,
  • banding,
  • circle,
  • Pursing,
  • Astriction,
  • Narrows,
  • doubt,
  • systole,
  • difficulty,
  • arena,
  • Chersonese,
  • oasis,
  • dominion,
  • abbreviation,
  • ring,
  • stria,
  • Ghaut,
  • stripe,
  • narrowing,
  • decrease,
  • ghat,
  • Intermedium,
  • condensation,
  • mainland,
  • knitting,
  • delta,
  • connective,
  • continent,
  • stricture,
  • stepping-stone,
  • dial,
  • gap,
  • defile,
  • bracket,
  • reduction,
  • ravine,
  • canal,
  • compression,
  • throat,
  • hourglass,
  • bridge,
  • straits,
  • astringency,
  • consolidation,
  • height,
  • strangulation,
  • ridge,
  • lot,
  • department,
  • channel,
  • waist,
  • realm,
  • highland,
  • constriction,
  • country,
  • striation,
  • compaction,
  • domain,
  • spit,
  • solidification,
  • wasp waist,
  • Wrinkling,
  • shortening,
  • inlet,
  • copula,
  • concentration,
  • circumscription,
  • gulf,
  • distress,
  • contraction,
  • set,
  • gorge,
  • area,
  • link,
  • wasp,
  • diminuendo,
  • entry,
  • cove,
  • junction,
  • hyphen,
  • Striction,
  • bottleneck,
  • contracture,
  • peninsula,
  • projection,
  • curtailment,
  • narrow,
  • province,
  • gullet,
  • coarctation,
  • Compressure,
  • Vinculum,
  • promontory.

Paraphrases for Isthmus:

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    curonian.

Isthmus Sentence Examples:

• Hence arose the interest of the Coast in transcontinental railway rates and the project for a canal across the isthmus of Panama.

• We have passed across the isthmus between the two lakes, so the one we want to get round must lie somewhere to the north - west.

Hyponym for Isthmus:

• n.

  • body
    tissue.
  • object
    ground, terra firma, land, solid ground, earth, dry land.