What is another word for narrowing?
303 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ nˈaɹə͡ʊɪŋ], [ nˈaɹəʊɪŋ], [ n_ˈa_ɹ_əʊ_ɪ_ŋ]
When we talk about "narrowing", we often think of something becoming more restricted or limited. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to convey this meaning in different ways. One synonym might be "constricting", which implies a tightening or squeezing of something. Another option could be "shrinking", which suggests that something is decreasing in size or scope. Additionally, "tapering" could be used to describe a gradual reduction, while "reducing" or "limiting" might be more straightforward options. Overall, there are many synonyms that can capture the essence of "narrowing", each with its own nuance and connotations.
Synonyms for Narrowing:
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adj.
• all • lessening- more abating ,
- more declining ,
- more depreciating ,
- more diminishing ,
- more dropping ,
- more dwindling ,
- more ebbing ,
- more lightening ,
- more moderating ,
- more narrowing ,
- more plummeting ,
- more quieting ,
- more sagging ,
- more slackening ,
- more slowing ,
- more slumping ,
- more subsiding ,
- more wasting ,
- more weakening ,
- most abating ,
- most declining ,
- most depreciating ,
- most diminishing ,
- most dropping ,
- most dwindling ,
- most ebbing ,
- most lightening ,
- most moderating ,
- most narrowing ,
- most plummeting ,
- most quieting ,
- most sagging ,
- most slackening ,
- most slowing ,
- most slumping ,
- most subsiding ,
- most wasting ,
- most weakening ,
- sub siding ,
- sub-siding .
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n.
• concentration • constriction • contraction • shortening • stricture -
v.
• narrowing Other synonyms:
- change .
Other relevant words:
- Abbreviating ,
- Abridging ,
- Angustation ,
- Astriction ,
- Compactedness ,
- Compacting ,
- Compressure ,
- Concentrating ,
- Cramping ,
- Debarring ,
- Decreasingly ,
- Delineating ,
- Designating ,
- Destining ,
- Diminishingly ,
- Dwindled ,
- Feeing ,
- Fining ,
- Foreshortening ,
- Intending ,
- Intimating ,
- Minified ,
- Minifying ,
- Modifying ,
- Nailing ,
- Narrower ,
- Nearing ,
- Nonadmission ,
- Particularizing ,
- Pegging ,
- Puckering ,
- Pursing ,
- Selecting ,
- Shriveling ,
- Shrivelling ,
- Specifying ,
- Stipulating ,
- Striction ,
- Wrinkling ,
- abate ,
- abbreviate ,
- abbreviation ,
- abridgement ,
- abridgment ,
- adapt ,
- adjust ,
- alter ,
- apply ,
- ascertain ,
- assigning ,
- astringency ,
- attenuated ,
- ban ,
- bar ,
- barring ,
- become ,
- binding ,
- blockade ,
- bottleneck ,
- bottlenecking ,
- boycott ,
- capsule ,
- cervix ,
- change of shape ,
- circumscription ,
- closing ,
- coarctation ,
- compaction ,
- compose ,
- compressing ,
- compression ,
- concentration ,
- condensation ,
- condensing ,
- conditioning ,
- configuration ,
- confining ,
- consolidation ,
- constraining ,
- constricted ,
- constricting ,
- constrictive ,
- contracting ,
- contracture ,
- convulsion ,
- curtail ,
- curtailment ,
- cut ,
- debarment ,
- debase ,
- decide ,
- decrease ,
- decrement ,
- defining ,
- delimiting ,
- demarcation ,
- determine ,
- determining ,
- diminish ,
- diminishes ,
- diminishing ,
- diminuendo ,
- disentanglement ,
- distillation ,
- dwindle ,
- dwindles ,
- dwindling ,
- embargo ,
- exacting ,
- exception ,
- exclusion ,
- finalising ,
- finalizing ,
- finish ,
- fit ,
- fixing ,
- get ,
- hourglass ,
- inadmissibility ,
- injunction ,
- intake ,
- isthmus ,
- knitting ,
- leavening ,
- lessen ,
- lessening ,
- limitative ,
- limiting ,
- lockout ,
- manage ,
- minuting ,
- modify ,
- modulate ,
- narrow ,
- narrowed ,
- neck ,
- omission ,
- pare ,
- particularising ,
- pinning ,
- point ,
- preclusion ,
- prepare ,
- prohibition ,
- purification ,
- qualify ,
- qualifying ,
- reduce ,
- reducing ,
- reduction ,
- refinement ,
- regulate ,
- rejection ,
- relegation ,
- replace ,
- repudiation ,
- restricted ,
- restricting ,
- restriction ,
- restrictive ,
- retrenchment ,
- settling ,
- shape ,
- shortening ,
- shorting ,
- shrinkage ,
- signing ,
- simplification ,
- slender ,
- slim ,
- slimming down ,
- smalling ,
- solidification ,
- specialising ,
- specializing ,
- squeezing ,
- straitened ,
- strangling ,
- strangulation ,
- streamlining ,
- stricture ,
- stripping ,
- systole ,
- taboo ,
- tabu ,
- taper ,
- tapered ,
- tapering ,
- tapering off ,
- tempering ,
- terminate ,
- thin ,
- tighten ,
- tightness ,
- uncluttering ,
- unscrambling ,
- unsnarling ,
- vary ,
- varying ,
- wasp waist .
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How to use "Narrowing" in context?
When you narrow your focus, you can really get to the heart of the matter. You can also see things more clearly. When you narrow your focus, you're also able to see the big picture. narrowing your focus can also help you to focus on the task at hand.
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
constriction.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
alleviation, closing, cutting, decline, less, mitigation, reduction, restricting, restriction, strengthening, weakening, minimizing, drawdown.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
abating, accommodating, altering, ameliorating, answering, bounding, catching, clarifying, close, closing, compromising, confining, constraining, constricting, contracting, controlling, creeping, cutting, declining, decreasing, deepening, defusing, depressing, detailing, diminishing, disappearing, downsizing, dropping, dying, easing, eroding, falling, filling, focusing, hindering, identifying, impeding, inhibiting, intensifying, keeping, lessening, limiting, lower, lowering, offsetting, pulling, receding, reduced, reducing, reduction, refining, restricting, retreating, satisfying, shrinking, shutting, sinking, speeding, squeezing, straining, strengthening, subsiding, tackling, thinning, throttling, trimming, unwinding, vanishing, waning, weakening, Addressing, Allaying, Attenuating, Capping, Circumscribing, Deleting, Depleting, Describing, Destroying, Detracting, Dimming, Disposing, Elaborating, Eliminating, Eradicating, Explaining, Fulfilling, Furthering, Impairing, Indicating, Jeopardizing, Levelling, Militating, Outlining, Overcoming, Plugging, Rectifying, Relieving, Remedying, Removing, Responding, Reversing, Slamming, curbing, coping, Collapsing, Correcting, Prescribing, Spanning, Specifying, Stemming, Stating, Stipulating, minimizing, documenting, redressing, staffing, Sourcing, streamlining, delimiting, recapturing, de-escalating, offloading, minimising.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
contraction, curtailment, decrease, decreasing, diminishing, diminution, downsizing, easing, lessening, limitation, lowering, reduce, reduced, reducing, shortening, shrink, shrinkage, shrinking, stricture, tightening.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
shortening, tightening, Alleviating.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Narrowing:
n.
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act
change of shape.
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attribute
conformation, shape, form, configuration, contour.
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act
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