| Noun | 1. | narrow - a narrow strait connecting two bodies of waterstrait, sound - a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water | |
| Verb | 1. | narrow - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" bottleneck - become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks" taper off - become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off" widen - become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened" | |
| 2. | narrow - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property | |
| 3. | narrow - become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"vary, alter, change - make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" | |
| 4. | narrow - become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"astringe - become constricted or compressed; "The cold substance astringes" strangulate - become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate" tighten - become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" | |
| Adj. | 1. | narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"narrow-minded, narrow - lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" limited - small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends" thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" broad, wide - having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" | |
| 2. | narrow - limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"limited - small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends" | |
| 3. | narrow - lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" | |
| 4. | narrow - very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"wide - great in degree; "won by a wide margin" | |
| 5. | narrow - characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"careful - exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior" | |