Strait

/stɹeɪt/

Synonyms for "strait" (188 found)

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Closest matches (38)

angustifoliate angustirostrate angustisellate angustiseptal arm armlet bay bayou belt bight bind boca bottleneck bound bounded boxbreakers aheadcanal cardhousecause for alarm

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channel circumscribed climacteric close close-fitting clutch complication conditioned confined confining constricted contingencyconvergence of eventscopyrighted

Noun(4 words)

austere bind bosporus channel

Strong matches (56)

cove cramp cramped creek crisiscritical juncturecritical pointcrossroads crowdedcrucial periodcrunch dangerdangerous grounddefile demanding difficult difficulty dilemma disciplined distress

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embarrassing positionembarrassment emergency endangerment estuary euripus exacting exigency extremityfine how-do-you-dofine kettle of fishfinite fiord firth fjord frithgaping chasmgathering cloudsgulf gut harbor hazardhell to payhinge hobblehot waterhouse of cardshow-do-you-doimbroglio imperilment incapacious incommodious inlet isthmian

Noun(2 words)

dilemma impoverished

Related words (94)

isthmic isthmus jam jeopardy juncture kyle limited limiting loch meager menace mess mix moderated morass mouth narrownarrow gaugenarrow seasnarrows

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natural harbornear neckparlous straitspass patented peril perplexity pickle pinch plight poverty predicament prescribedpretty passpretty picklepretty predicamentproscribed push quagmire qualified quicksand reach restricted restricting rigorous risk road roads roadsteadrocks aheadrub scant scanty scrape slender slough sound spot squeeze stewsticky wicketstorm cloudsstraitened straits swampthin icethreat throat tighttight spottight squeezetightropetricky spottrouble turn turningturning pointunholy messzero hour

Noun(13 words)

narrow pass passage plight predicament rigid sound strained straits strict tightwater passagewaterway

Adjective(1 words)

solent

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

channel conditioneconomic conditiongeographic featuremoral standardsituation state waterway width

More specific

12 entries

Bosporus StraitStrait of HormuzStrait of Malaccaascetic debt deficitfinancial straitsmoral straitspolitical straitspuritanical slender thin

Collocations

11 entries

geographic featuremaritime chokepointnarrow passagenarrow waterwayshipping lanestraitened economystraitened financesstraitjacketed patientstraitjacketed policystraitlaced moralitystrategic waterway

Inflections

1 entries

straits

Derivations

5 entries

strait-laced straiten straitened straiteness straitly

similar

1 entries

narrow

Sample sentences

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At this point the sea narrows into a strait.

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This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.

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The ancestors of Native Americans went to the continent from Asia by way of the Bering Strait.

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The rail-line was carried under the Tsugaru Strait to Hokkaido.

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