What is another word for narrow?
Pronunciation:
[ nˈaɹə͡ʊ], [ nˈaɹəʊ], [ n_ˈa_ɹ_əʊ]
Related words: skinny waist, small waist, tight waist, flat stomach, flat belly, narrow hips, waist training, tight stomach
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Synonyms for Narrow:
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adj.
• carried • clannish • close • insular- inward-looking ,
- inward looking ,
- inwardlooking ,
- more contracted ,
- more inward looking ,
- more inward-looking ,
- more inwardlooking ,
- more sequestered ,
- most contracted ,
- most inward looking ,
- most inward-looking ,
- most inwardlooking ,
- most sequestered .
- Fleshless ,
- all skin and bones ,
- thin as a rail ,
- thin as rail ,
- all skin bones ,
- more fleshless ,
- most fleshless .
- brief ,
- compact ,
- concise ,
- delicate ,
- diminutive ,
- few ,
- little ,
- low ,
- meager ,
- minute ,
- puny ,
- short ,
- succinct ,
- least ,
- self-centered .
- down at heel ,
- down-at-heel ,
- lowborn ,
- second class ,
- menial ,
- proletarian ,
- second rate ,
- second-class ,
- second-rate ,
- secondrate .
- Toyer ,
- bitty ,
- mini ,
- pint-sized ,
- pocket-sized ,
- runty ,
- shrimp ,
- shrimper ,
- small fry ,
- small time ,
- small-fry ,
- small-scale ,
- under-sized ,
- minor-league .
- more chauvinistic ,
- more warped ,
- most chauvinistic ,
- most warped ,
- obstinate ,
- opinionated ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- warped .
- Endured ,
- Tolerated ,
- more braved ,
- more endured ,
- more rode ,
- more tolerated ,
- more toted ,
- most braved ,
- most endured ,
- most rode ,
- most tolerated ,
- most toted .
- Incapacious ,
- attenuated ,
- circumscribed ,
- compressed ,
- constricted ,
- contracted ,
- determinate ,
- fixed ,
- limited ,
- near ,
- pent ,
- pinched ,
- precarious ,
- scant ,
- select ,
- set ,
- shrunken ,
- spare ,
- strait ,
- tapered ,
- tapering ,
- threadlike .
- de mure ,
- de-mure ,
- hidebound ,
- in flexible ,
- in-flexible ,
- lamest ,
- more doctrinal ,
- more isolationist ,
- more straight laced ,
- more straight-laced ,
- more straightlaced ,
- most doctrinal ,
- most isolationist ,
- most straight laced ,
- most straight-laced ,
- most straightlaced ,
- rube ,
- rubest ,
- stereo typed ,
- stereo-typed ,
- straight laced ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight .
- in commodious ,
- in decipherable ,
- in-commodious ,
- in-decipherable ,
- more pent ,
- more squeezed ,
- more two by four ,
- more two-by-four ,
- most crabbed ,
- most pent ,
- most squeezed ,
- most two by four ,
- most two-by-four ,
- tiny ,
- two by four ,
- un comfortable ,
- un-comfortable .
- de fined ,
- de finite ,
- de terminate ,
- de-fined ,
- de-finite ,
- de-terminate ,
- more assigned ,
- more defined ,
- most assigned ,
- most defined ,
- pre scribed ,
- pre-scribed .
- all inclusive ,
- allinclusive ,
- co pious ,
- co-pious ,
- de scribed ,
- de tailed ,
- de-scribed ,
- de-tailed ,
- dis closed ,
- dis-closed ,
- ex act ,
- ex-act ,
- in dividual ,
- in-dividual ,
- more amplified ,
- more circumstantiated ,
- more clocklike ,
- more described ,
- more disclosed ,
- more elaborate ,
- more elaborated ,
- more enumerated ,
- more individualized ,
- more point by point ,
- more point-by-point ,
- more seriatim ,
- more unfolded ,
- most amplified ,
- most circumstantiated ,
- most clocklike ,
- most described ,
- most disclosed ,
- most elaborated ,
- most enumerated ,
- most individualized ,
- most point by point ,
- most point-by-point ,
- most seriatim ,
- most unfolded ,
- point-by-point ,
- un folded ,
- un-folded .
- dis criminative ,
- dis-criminative ,
- in dependent ,
- in-dependent ,
- more exclusionary ,
- more exclusory ,
- most exclusionary ,
- most exclusory ,
- un divided ,
- un-divided ,
- upper crust .
- in alterable ,
- in bag ,
- in the bag ,
- in-alterable ,
- more agreed ,
- more arranged ,
- more never failing ,
- more never-failing ,
- more neverfailing ,
- more prearranged ,
- more resolved ,
- more rigged ,
- more set up ,
- more set-up ,
- more setup ,
- more stipulated ,
- more unblinking ,
- more undeviating ,
- more unmodifiable ,
- most agreed ,
- most arranged ,
- most never failing ,
- most never-failing ,
- most neverfailing ,
- most prearranged ,
- most resolved ,
- most rigged ,
- most set up ,
- most set-up ,
- most setup ,
- most stipulated ,
- most unblinking ,
- most undeviating ,
- most unmodifiable ,
- never failing ,
- neverfailing ,
- pre arranged ,
- pre-arranged ,
- re-solved ,
- un bending ,
- un blinking ,
- un changeable ,
- un deviating ,
- un faltering ,
- un flinching ,
- un modifiable ,
- un movable ,
- un qualified ,
- un wavering ,
- un-bending ,
- un-blinking ,
- un-changeable ,
- un-deviating ,
- un-faltering ,
- un-flinching ,
- un-modifiable ,
- un-movable ,
- un-qualified ,
- un-wavering ,
- unmodifiable .
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- fractious ,
- in tolerant ,
- in-tolerant ,
- individualistic ,
- more communist ,
- more outraged ,
- more racialist ,
- more short fuse ,
- more short-fuse ,
- more shortfuse ,
- more tilted ,
- more unindulgent ,
- more worked up ,
- more worked-up ,
- more workedup ,
- more xenophobic ,
- most communist ,
- most outraged ,
- most racialist ,
- most short fuse ,
- most short-fuse ,
- most shortfuse ,
- most tilted ,
- most unindulgent ,
- most worked up ,
- most worked-up ,
- most workedup ,
- most xenophobic ,
- one sided ,
- onesided ,
- out raged ,
- out-raged ,
- shortfuse ,
- tilted ,
- un charitable ,
- un forbearing ,
- un indulgent ,
- un sympathetic ,
- un willing ,
- un-charitable ,
- un-forbearing ,
- un-indulgent ,
- un-willing ,
- unindulgent ,
- up-set ,
- workedup ,
- xenophobic .
- more district ,
- more divisional ,
- more neighborhood ,
- more parish ,
- most district ,
- most divisional ,
- most neighborhood ,
- most parish ,
- townest .
- lithe ,
- more beanpole ,
- more beanstalk ,
- more broomstick ,
- more rattleboned ,
- more starved ,
- more stinted ,
- most beanpole ,
- most beanstalk ,
- most broomstick ,
- most rattleboned ,
- most stinted ,
- scraggier ,
- skin bones .
- in considerable ,
- in-considerable ,
- low down ,
- more derisory ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more unconsequential ,
- most derisory ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- most unconsequential ,
- piddling ,
- un consequential ,
- un-consequential ,
- un-important .
- closed minded ,
- closedminded ,
- dis criminatory ,
- dis-criminatory ,
- more leaning ,
- more preconceived ,
- more presupposing ,
- more sexist ,
- most leaning ,
- most preconceived ,
- most presupposing ,
- most sexist ,
- pre conceived ,
- pre possessed ,
- pre supposing ,
- pre-conceived ,
- pre-disposed ,
- pre-possessed ,
- pre-supposing .
- more overexact ,
- more overmodest ,
- more overnice ,
- more simpering ,
- most overexact ,
- most overmodest ,
- most overnice ,
- most simpering ,
- over exact ,
- over modest ,
- over nice ,
- over-exact ,
- overexact ,
- overnice .
- in substantial ,
- in-substantial ,
- more attenuate ,
- more skeleton ,
- more sylphlike ,
- most attenuate ,
- most skeleton ,
- most sylphlike ,
- reedier ,
- reediest ,
- stalkier ,
- stalkiest ,
- stickest .
- more featherweight ,
- more pinched ,
- more shadow ,
- more shriveled ,
- more twiglike ,
- more undernourished ,
- most featherweight ,
- most pinched ,
- most shadow ,
- most shriveled ,
- most twiglike ,
- most undernourished ,
- polest ,
- stilt ,
- stilter ,
- stiltest ,
- under nourished ,
- under weight ,
- under-nourished ,
- under-weight .
- ex acting ,
- ex-acting ,
- hard bitten ,
- hard boiled ,
- hard nosed ,
- hard shelled ,
- hardline ,
- hardshelled ,
- in tractable ,
- in-tractable ,
- more hard shelled ,
- more hard-shelled ,
- more hardshelled ,
- more ruffianly ,
- most hard shelled ,
- most hard-shelled ,
- most hardshelled ,
- most ruffianly ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- un alterable ,
- un compromising ,
- un controllable ,
- un forgiving ,
- un manageable ,
- un-alterable ,
- un-compromising ,
- un-controllable ,
- un-forgiving ,
- un-manageable ,
- unforgiving .
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- arduous ,
- be an effort ,
- challenging ,
- complicated ,
- dangerous ,
- demanding ,
- difficult ,
- endangered ,
- hard ,
- punishing ,
- taxing ,
- unsafe .
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v.
• abridge- blue penciled ,
- blue penciling ,
- blue pencilled ,
- blue pencilling ,
- blue pencils ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- put nutshell ,
- puts in nutshell ,
- puts nutshell ,
- putting in nutshell ,
- putting nutshell ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces .
- Exscinded ,
- Exscinding ,
- blue-penciled ,
- blue-pencilled ,
- blue-pencilling ,
- bluepencil ,
- bluepenciled ,
- bluepenciling ,
- bluepencilled ,
- bluepencilling ,
- bluepencils ,
- cleaning up ,
- de contaminate ,
- de contaminated ,
- de contaminates ,
- de contaminating ,
- de-contaminate ,
- de-contaminated ,
- de-contaminates ,
- de-contaminating ,
- drop iron curtain ,
- dropped iron curtain ,
- dropped the iron curtain ,
- dropping iron curtain ,
- dropping the iron curtain ,
- drops iron curtain ,
- drops the iron curtain ,
- dropt iron curtain ,
- dropt the iron curtain ,
- exscinds ,
- in spect ,
- in spects ,
- in-spect ,
- in-spects ,
- over saw ,
- over see ,
- over seeing ,
- over seen ,
- over sees ,
- over-saw ,
- over-see ,
- over-seeing ,
- over-seen ,
- over-sees ,
- prevented publication ,
- preventing publication ,
- prevents publication ,
- puts lid on ,
- puts the lid on ,
- putting lid on ,
- putting the lid on ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re strain ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re view ,
- re viewed ,
- re viewing ,
- re views ,
- re vile ,
- re-press ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-strain ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- re-view ,
- re-viewed ,
- re-viewing ,
- re-views ,
- re-vile ,
- refused transmission ,
- refuses transmission ,
- refusing transmission ,
- scissored out ,
- scissoring out ,
- scissors out ,
- supervised communications ,
- supervises communications ,
- supervising communications ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- Syncopating ,
- boiled down ,
- boiling down ,
- de hydrate ,
- de hydrated ,
- de hydrates ,
- de hydrating ,
- de-hydrate ,
- de-hydrated ,
- de-hydrates ,
- de-hydrating ,
- densened ,
- densening ,
- densens ,
- densified ,
- densifies ,
- densifying ,
- force in to space ,
- forced in to space ,
- forced into space ,
- forces in to space ,
- forces into space ,
- forcing in to space ,
- forcing into space ,
- made brief ,
- makes brief ,
- making brief ,
- presses together ,
- pressing together ,
- syncopates ,
- tele scoped ,
- tele scoping ,
- tele-scoped ,
- tele-scoping .
- draws together ,
- drew together ,
- gat meat ,
- gat the meat ,
- gat to meat ,
- gat to the meat ,
- get meat ,
- get the meat ,
- gets meat ,
- gets the meat ,
- gets to meat ,
- gets to the meat ,
- getting meat ,
- getting the meat ,
- getting to meat ,
- getting to the meat ,
- got meat ,
- got the meat ,
- got to meat ,
- got to the meat ,
- gotten meat ,
- gotten the meat ,
- gotten to meat ,
- gotten to the meat ,
- heaped up ,
- heaps up ,
- zeroes in ,
- zeroing in .
- becomes smaller ,
- becoming smaller ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- drawing in ,
- draws in ,
- fell away ,
- grew less ,
- growing less ,
- re cede ,
- re ceded ,
- re cedes ,
- re ceding ,
- re-cede ,
- re-ceded ,
- re-cedes ,
- re-ceding ,
- sub side ,
- sub sided ,
- sub sides ,
- sub siding ,
- sub-side ,
- sub-sided ,
- sub-sides ,
- sub-siding .
- de escalate ,
- de escalated ,
- de escalates ,
- de escalating ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de-escalated ,
- de-escalates ,
- de-escalating ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- deescalates ,
- dieing down ,
- minifies ,
- rolled back ,
- rolling back ,
- rolls back ,
- slacked up ,
- slacking up ,
- slacks up ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- softpedal ,
- take bite out ,
- take edge off ,
- takes bite out ,
- takes edge off ,
- takes sting out ,
- takes the bite out ,
- takes the edge off ,
- takes the sting out ,
- taking bite out ,
- taking edge off ,
- taking sting out ,
- taking the bite out ,
- taking the edge off ,
- taking the sting out ,
- took bite out ,
- took edge off ,
- took sting out ,
- took the bite out ,
- took the edge off ,
- took the sting out ,
- winded down ,
- winds down ,
- wound down .
- de fine ,
- de fines ,
- de fining ,
- de limit ,
- de limiting ,
- de limits ,
- de-fine ,
- de-fines ,
- de-fining ,
- de-limit ,
- de-limiting ,
- de-limits ,
- draw line ,
- keeping lid on ,
- keeping the lid on ,
- keeps lid on ,
- keeps the lid on ,
- kept lid on ,
- kept the lid on ,
- pre scribe ,
- pre scribing ,
- pre-scribe ,
- pre-scribes ,
- pre-scribing .
- cools down ,
- de mark ,
- de marked ,
- de marking ,
- de marks ,
- de-mark ,
- de-marked ,
- de-marking ,
- de-marks ,
- demarked ,
- demarking ,
- demarks ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- holding down ,
- holds down ,
- in close ,
- in closed ,
- in closes ,
- in closing ,
- in-close ,
- in-closed ,
- in-closes ,
- in-closing ,
- keeping within bounds ,
- keeping within limits ,
- keeps within bounds ,
- keeps within limits ,
- kept within bounds ,
- kept within limits ,
- pinned down ,
- pre limit ,
- pre limited ,
- pre limiting ,
- pre limits ,
- pre-limit ,
- pre-limited ,
- pre-limiting ,
- pre-limits ,
- prelimited ,
- prelimiting ,
- prelimits ,
- put ice ,
- puts ice ,
- puts on ice ,
- putting ice ,
- putting on ice ,
- re strict ,
- re-strict ,
- sending up ,
- shuts in ,
- shutting in ,
- sur rounded ,
- sur rounding ,
- sur-rounded ,
- sur-rounding .
- awaying ,
- came a point ,
- came point ,
- came to a point ,
- came to point ,
- come a point ,
- come point ,
- come to point ,
- comes a point ,
- comes point ,
- comes to a point ,
- comes to point ,
- coming a point ,
- coming point ,
- coming to a point ,
- coming to point ,
- died away ,
- dieing away ,
- dieing out ,
- dies away ,
- dies out ,
- dying away ,
- dying out ,
- thinned out ,
- thins out .
Other synonyms:
- small town .
Other relevant words:
- Agglomerating ,
- Astringing ,
- Conglomerated ,
- Conglomerating ,
- Exscind ,
- Focalized ,
- Focalizing ,
- Inclosed ,
- Inclosing ,
- Massing ,
- OUTS ,
- Overseeing ,
- Prelimit ,
- Squashing ,
- Strangulated ,
- Telescoping ,
- Wedging ,
- agglomerated ,
- astringe ,
- aways ,
- bleep ,
- bleeped ,
- bleeping ,
- bleeps ,
- blue pencil ,
- blue-pencil ,
- blue-penciling ,
- blue-pencils ,
- boil down ,
- boils down ,
- censor ,
- clean up ,
- cleaned up ,
- cleans up ,
- come to a point ,
- compress ,
- concentrate ,
- constrict ,
- contract ,
- cool down ,
- cooled down ,
- cooling down ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- demark ,
- densen ,
- densify ,
- die away ,
- die out ,
- died out ,
- draw together ,
- drawing together ,
- drop the iron curtain ,
- embodies ,
- fall short ,
- falling short ,
- focalize ,
- focalizes ,
- force into space ,
- forgather ,
- forgathered ,
- forgathering ,
- forgathers ,
- get to meat ,
- get to the meat ,
- grow smaller ,
- hang up ,
- heap up ,
- heaping up ,
- held down ,
- hold down ,
- inclose ,
- incloses ,
- keep within bounds ,
- keep within limits ,
- lessen ,
- limit ,
- localize ,
- make brief ,
- outed ,
- oversees ,
- pin down ,
- pinning down ,
- pins down ,
- press together ,
- pressed together ,
- prevent publication ,
- put in nutshell ,
- put lid on ,
- put on ice ,
- put the lid on ,
- refuse transmission ,
- restrict ,
- revile ,
- reviled ,
- scissor out ,
- send up ,
- sends up ,
- sent up ,
- shrink ,
- shrinking ,
- shut in ,
- snip ,
- squash ,
- strangulate ,
- strangulates ,
- strangulating ,
- supervise communications ,
- suppress ,
- syncopate ,
- syncopated ,
- taper off ,
- tapers ,
- tapers off ,
- telescope ,
- telescoped ,
- telescopes ,
- tensed ,
- tenses ,
- tensing ,
- thin out ,
- thinning out ,
- tighten ,
- waste away ,
- wasted away ,
- wasting away ,
- wedge ,
- wedged ,
- withhold ,
- withholds ,
- zero in ,
- zeroed in .
- Waned ,
- became smaller ,
- become smaller ,
- constringe ,
- draw in ,
- drew in ,
- fall away ,
- falling away ,
- falls away ,
- grow less ,
- grows less ,
- lose ,
- recede ,
- wrinkle .
- Downs ,
- Minified ,
- Minifying ,
- de-escalate ,
- deescalate ,
- deescalated ,
- deescalating ,
- die down ,
- died down ,
- dies down ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- dying down ,
- lessening ,
- minify ,
- roll back ,
- slack up ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- soft pedal ,
- take sting out ,
- take the bite out ,
- take the edge off ,
- take the sting out ,
- wind down ,
- winding down .
- delimitate ,
- delimitated ,
- delimitates ,
- delimitating ,
- hem in ,
- keep lid on ,
- keep the lid on ,
- limits ,
- rationed ,
- rationing .
- Circumstantiated ,
- Clocklike ,
- Exclusionary ,
- Exclusory ,
- Stalky ,
- Unconsequential ,
- at length ,
- barely sufficient ,
- beanstalk ,
- beyond doubt ,
- bigoted ,
- blow by blow ,
- broomstick ,
- chauvinistic ,
- clannish ,
- claustrophobic ,
- close ,
- closed in ,
- cramped ,
- definite ,
- derisory ,
- detailed ,
- divisional ,
- doctrinal ,
- exclusive ,
- exiguous ,
- featherweight ,
- gracile ,
- hard line ,
- hard-shelled ,
- hardbitten ,
- hardboiled ,
- hardfisted ,
- hardnosed ,
- head-strong ,
- in rut ,
- intolerant ,
- isolationist ,
- jammed in ,
- lank ,
- lithesome ,
- localized ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- mean ,
- narrow-minded ,
- never-failing ,
- niggard ,
- not heretical ,
- over-modest ,
- over-nice ,
- overmodest ,
- paltry ,
- parochial ,
- point by point ,
- poler ,
- prearranged ,
- precise ,
- preconceived ,
- racialist ,
- rattleboned ,
- reedy ,
- ruber ,
- ruffianly ,
- run of the mill ,
- scanty ,
- scraggiest ,
- scraggy ,
- scrimpy ,
- sectional ,
- selfish ,
- seriatim ,
- set-up ,
- sexist ,
- short-fuse ,
- skin and bones ,
- slender ,
- small ,
- small-town ,
- socially correct ,
- sticker ,
- straight-laced ,
- straightlaced ,
- swank ,
- sylphlike ,
- tenuous ,
- thin ,
- tight ,
- tough ,
- towner ,
- tucked up ,
- twiggy ,
- twiglike ,
- two-by-four ,
- unblinking ,
- undernourished ,
- undeviating ,
- ungenerous ,
- up set ,
- weedy ,
- worked-up .
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How to use "Narrow" in context?
The word "narrow" can have a variety of meanings, but often refers to someone or something that is not wide-ranging or complete. In this context, "narrow" can be used to describe something that is focused or specific. For example, a particular area of study or topic might be considered narrow if it is limited to a particular field of knowledge. Narrow can also be used to describe something that is not educated or well-rounded. For example, a person who is uneducated or not well-versed in many areas might be considered narrow-minded.
Paraphrases for Narrow:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
restricted.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
narrow-minded.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
bigoted, closer, closest, congested, constrained, constraining, constrictive, diminished, egoistic, egotistical, finite, illiberal, intimate, little, low, meagre, minimal, minor, miserly, modest, one-sided, petty, restrained, rigorous, scant, scarce, self-serving, selfish, shallow, simplistic, slender, slight, specific, strict, strictly, stringent, strong, tiny, weak.
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Proper noun, singular
less.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
circumscribed, cramped, myopic, parochial, reductionist, reductive, restrictive, rigid, shortsighted, slim, small, small-minded, blinkered, short-sighted.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Narrow:
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- Synonyms:
- eutectic.