Narrower

Synonyms for "narrower" (483 found)

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constrict limited minute narrowed slender specialize strait taper abate abbreviate abridge abstemious accented accurate acute adjust adjust to alter alveolar angustifoliate

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Adjective(1 words)

Verb(3 words)

constrict constringe contract

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copyright copyrighted correct cove cramp cramped creedbound creek critical crowded curtail deaf deaf to reason decrease defile definite delicate demanding demure denotative

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dental detailed determinate diminish discipline disciplined dissimilated distill distressed dorsal down to bedrock draw draw in draw the line draw together dwarfed dwarfish embarrassed estuary ethnocentric exact exacting exceptional excluding exclusive exclusory exigent exiguous exquisite fanatical feature feeling the pinch fine finical finicking finicky finite fiord firth fixed fjord flat focus follow frith front frugal fussy genteel glide glossal glottal go in go in for gulf gut guttural hairbreadth harbor hard hard up heavy hedge hedge about hem hem in hidebound high ill off ill-off illiberal impecunious impoverished in narrow circumstances in queer street in reduced circumstances in straitened circumstances inadmissible incapacious incommodious ineffectual inexorable inflexible insular intolerant intonated isthmian isthmic isthmus jejune keep from spreading keep within bounds knit labial labiodental labiovelar land-poor lateral lax lean leaven lenten lessen light limit lingual liquid little little minded little-minded localize loch low lucky major in marginal meager mean mean-minded mean-spirited mercenary meticulous

Adjective(2 words)

filamentous fine

Noun(1 words)

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mid mid victorian mid-victorian mingy minor in miserly mitigate moderate moderated modify modulate monophthongal mouth muted narrow gauge narrow minded narrow mouthed narrow-hearted narrow-minded narrow-souled

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narrow-spirited narrowing narrows nasal nasalized near near-sighted nearsighted neck nice niggard niggardly obdurate occlusive old-maidish on the edge open out of pocket overmodest oversimplify oxytone palatal palatalized palliate paltry parochial parsimonious particular partisan pass passage patent patented petty pharyngeal pharyngealized phonemic phonetic phonic pin down pinched pinching pitch pitched poor poorly off posttonic precise precisianistic precisionistic preclusive prescribed prescriptive preventive priggish prim prohibitive proscribed provincial prudish pucker pucker up punctilious punctual puny purblind purify puritanical purse pursue quakerish qualified qualify reach reduce reduce to elements reduced refine refined register regulate regulate by religious restrain restrict restricted restrictive retroflex rigid rigorous road rounded sanctimonious scant scanty scrawny scrimp scrimpy scrupulous scrutinizing searching season seclusive sectarian segregative select selective selfish semivowel separative set set conditions set limits sharp short short of cash short of funds shorten shortsighted simplify skimp skimpy slight slim small small minded small-minded smug snape snobbish soft soften solidify sonant sound spare sparing spartan specialize in squeezed starvation stiff necked stiff-necked stingy stint stinted stopped straiten straitened straitlaced straits strangle strangulate straplike strapped streamline stressed strict strip down strong stuffy stunted subsistence subtle surd syllabic tapered tapering temper tense thick thin throat throaty tight tight-fisted tighten tonal tonic tough twangy unaccented uncatholic uncharitable ungenerous unliberal unmoneyed unnourishing unnutritious unprosperous unrounded unstressed velar victorian vocalic vocoid voiced voiceless vowel vowellike watered watery weak wide wrinkle xenophobic

Adjective(2 words)

minute narrow-minded

Verb(8 words)

nail down narrow down peg down pin down specialise specialize specify taper

Adjective(5 words)

slender slim strait thin tight

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Their siheyuans were far smaller in scale and simpler in design and decoration, and the hutongs were narrower.

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You can put me in jail, but you cannot give me narrower quarters than as a seaman I have always had; you cannot give me coarser food than as a seaman I have always eaten; you cannot make me lonelier than as a seaman I have always been.

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This sidewalk is a lot narrower than the one across the road.

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The cervix is the lower, narrower part of the uterus.

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