Definition for Narrowing:

• Arteriarctia, arteriostenosis.

Synonyms for Narrowing:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • tapered,
  • tapering.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • narrowing.
  •concentration (noun)
  • de-liberations,
  • close attentions,
  • de liberation,
  • de-bates,
  • de-liberation,
  • single mindedness,
  • de liberations,
  • centerings,
  • single-mindednesses,
  • de bate,
  • focusings,
  • huddlings,
  • amassings,
  • compactings,
  • de-bate,
  • coalescings,
  • flockings,
  • singlemindednesses,
  • de bates,
  • single mindednesses,
  • convergings.
  •constricting (noun)
  • constricting.
  •constriction (noun)
  • re striction,
  • re-striction,
  • tightnesses,
  • re strictions,
  • re-strictions,
  • stenosises,
  • squeezings.
  •constrictive (noun)
  • constrictive.
  •contraction (noun)
  • elision,
  • tensing,
  • deflations,
  • elisions,
  • deflation,
  • shrinking,
  • decreasings,
  • drawing together,
  • reducing.
  •shortening (noun)
  • reduction,
  • tightening,
  • consolidation,
  • restricting.
  •stricture (noun)
  • strangulations.

• v.

  •shortening (verb)
  • abbreviation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • change.

Paraphrases for Narrowing:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    constriction.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    reduction, less, cutting, restriction, restricting, decline, mitigation, strengthening, alleviation, closing, minimizing, drawdown, weakening.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    lower, constraining, Eliminating, streamlining, ameliorating, accommodating, Attenuating, Circumscribing, thinning, Removing, contracting, confining, constricting, minimising, waning, Outlining, identifying, answering, Spanning, Explaining, Furthering, limiting, Eradicating, Elaborating, catching, disappearing, recapturing, Impairing, Overcoming, Describing, receding, Addressing, eroding, documenting, de-escalating, hindering, Relieving, Responding, Collapsing, Correcting, retreating, declining, Stipulating, altering, Jeopardizing, clarifying, deepening, Stemming, refining, intensifying, curbing, depressing, trimming, Detracting, impeding, close, offloading, Militating, straining, squeezing, throttling, inhibiting, offsetting, Capping, Reversing, detailing, filling, dropping, Prescribing, Dimming, Allaying, Indicating, unwinding, compromising, focusing, Destroying, controlling, redressing, Specifying, sinking, Remedying, vanishing, Slamming, coping, bounding, creeping, subsiding, delimiting, Sourcing, Levelling, Rectifying, abating, shrinking, shutting, Fulfilling, speeding, falling, satisfying, defusing, Disposing, Deleting, dying, tackling, Depleting, staffing, Plugging, reduction, keeping, Stating, pulling, downsizing, lowering, cutting, decreasing, reducing, restricting, lessening, easing, diminishing, strengthening, reduced, closing, minimizing, weakening.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    shortening, shrinking, shrinkage, tightening, downsizing, lowering, decrease, contraction, stricture, decreasing, reducing, limitation, lessening, curtailment, reduce, easing, shrink, diminishing, reduced, diminution.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Alleviating, shortening, tightening.

Antonyms for Narrowing:

• n.

  • act
    widening.
  • shortening
    opening, broadening, enlargement.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    broad.

Narrowing Sentence Examples:

• It seemed to me that London was stifling my powers, narrowing my outlook, barring out real life from me with its moods and its fashions, and its idols of the hour, and its heroes of a day, who are the traitors of the day's night.

• You have to stalk them in a buggy, and drive in a gradually narrowing circle round them till you get within shot.

Homophones for Narrowing:

• near miss, nonharmonic, neuronic, narrowness, nearness.

Hypernym for Narrowing:

• n.

  • attribute
    coarctation, chokepoint, taper, bottleneck, constriction.

Hyponym for Narrowing:

• n.

  • act
    change of shape.
  • attribute
    conformation, shape, form, configuration, contour.
  • process
    decrease, decrement.