What are some opposite words for narrow?

Antonyms for narrow
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  1. narrowverb

    Antonyms:
    wide

  2. narrowverb

    having a small width; not wide; slim; slender; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

    a narrow hallway

    Antonyms:
    wide

  3. narrowadjective

    Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

    a narrow interpretation

    Antonyms:
    wide

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. narrow

    Antonyms:
    wide, broad, ample, thick, expanded, easy, liberal

    Synonyms:
    straight, straightened, slender, thin, spare, contracted, limited, cramped, pinched, scant, close, scrutinizing, near, bigoted, niggardly, tight

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. narrowadjective

    a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

    Antonyms:
    wide, bird's-eye, unlimited, careless, beamy, wide-screen(a), limitless, broad-brimmed, fanlike, sweeping, comfortable, panoramic, broad, deep, widen

  2. narrowadjective

    not wide

    "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"

    Antonyms:
    limitless, wide, broad, wide-screen(a), unlimited, comfortable, deep, careless, sweeping, fanlike, bird's-eye, panoramic, broad-brimmed, beamy, widen

    Synonyms:
    narrow-minded, minute

  3. narrowadjective

    limited in size or scope

    "the narrow sense of a word"

    Antonyms:
    beamy, careless, sweeping, unlimited, broad-brimmed, limitless, deep, panoramic, wide-screen(a), comfortable, broad, wide, fanlike, bird's-eye, widen

    Synonyms:
    narrow-minded, minute

  4. narrow-minded, narrowadjective

    lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

    "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"

    Antonyms:
    limitless, wide-screen(a), fanlike, broad, beamy, comfortable, deep, careless, wide, sweeping, broad-brimmed, unlimited, panoramic, bird's-eye, widen

    Synonyms:
    minute, narrow-minded, shockable

  5. narrowadjective

    very limited in degree

    "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"

    Antonyms:
    broad, limitless, wide, bird's-eye, sweeping, careless, unlimited, panoramic, deep, broad-brimmed, wide-screen(a), comfortable, beamy, fanlike, widen

    Synonyms:
    narrow-minded, minute

  6. minute, narrowverb

    characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

    "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

    Antonyms:
    fanlike, wide-screen(a), limitless, broad-brimmed, sweeping, bird's-eye, panoramic, beamy, wide, careless, comfortable, unlimited, deep, broad, widen

    Synonyms:
    narrow-minded, minute, infinitesimal

  7. narrow, contractverb

    make or become more narrow or restricted

    "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

    Antonyms:
    careless, comfortable, beamy, broad, fanlike, wide, wide-screen(a), unlimited, limitless, sweeping, bird's-eye, deep, broad-brimmed, panoramic, widen

    Synonyms:
    peg down, sign, condense, nail down, sign up, specialize, abbreviate, constrict, press, shrink, specialise, take, undertake, foreshorten, cut, shorten, constringe, narrow down, specify, squeeze, get, compress, contract, sign on, abridge, concentrate, reduce, pin down, compact

  8. pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specifyverb

    define clearly

    "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

    Antonyms:
    beamy, limitless, bird's-eye, unlimited, fanlike, sweeping, broad-brimmed, deep, wide-screen(a), broad, wide, comfortable, careless, panoramic, widen

    Synonyms:
    particularise, constrict, qualify, pin up, destine, nail, peg down, fix, trap, delineate, pin down, determine, particularize, assign, define, specify, finalise, intend, nail down, contract, designate, specialize, delimit, specialise, constringe, peg, set apart, delimitate, stipulate, limit, set, condition, finalize, narrow down, settle

  9. specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow downverb

    become more focus on an area of activity or field of study

    "She specializes in Near Eastern history"

    Antonyms:
    sweeping, wide-screen(a), careless, wide, comfortable, broad, fanlike, unlimited, beamy, deep, panoramic, limitless, broad-brimmed, bird's-eye, widen

    Synonyms:
    particularise, constringe, speciate, particularize, peg down, nail down, specialise, differentiate, narrow down, contract, specify, pin down, specialize, constrict

  10. constrict, constringe, narrowverb

    become tight or as if tight

    "Her throat constricted"

    Antonyms:
    broad-brimmed, limitless, wide, broad, bird's-eye, fanlike, wide-screen(a), sweeping, comfortable, beamy, panoramic, unlimited, careless, deep, widen

    Synonyms:
    specialize, constringe, press, squeeze, nail down, compact, constrict, peg down, narrow down, contract, specify, pin down, specialise, compress

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. narrowadjective

    Synonyms:
    limited, circumscribed, incapacious, contracted, straitened, cramped, bigoted, illiberal, uncatholic, narrow-minded, insular

  2. narrowverb

    Synonyms:
    contract, reduce, constrict, restrict, limit, cramp, confine

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. diversify

    it is very narrow here.

    some things are narrow

    Submitted by anonymous on November 18, 2019  
  2. wider

    it is the comparative adjective of wider

    newspaper have a wider range of news coverage than radio and television

    Submitted by anonymous on November 19, 2019  
  3. width

    Submitted by anonymous on April 19, 2020  

How to use narrow in a sentence?

  1. Charles Lemonides:

    The advance has finally broadened out and the old narrow leadership has come down in price, as a group value stocks will likely be stable, and the exciting names will be 20 percent higher and still be below their old highs.

  2. Jon Rahm:

    Those fairways are narrow enough as it is. When you start adding the side wind, it’s just not fun, i can’t really stress how hard it can get.

  3. Vincent Van Gogh:

    It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

  4. Alexander Pope:

    It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow necked bottles the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.

  5. Adam Sarhan:

    As we close out of the year, it's been a tale of two tapes, with narrow leadership holding up the major indices, while the vast majority of the market continues to underperform, the big story today as investors wrap up the year is that after all that's said and done, it's a flat year for the S&P 500.

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#3746comfortable
#3889narrow
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#4304absolute
#4800thick
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#8177infinite
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#23908widen
#24888careless
#32631limitless
#33589innumerable
#36600boundless
#39731unbounded
#61562immeasurable
#72084unfathomable
#72713interminable
#102781unconditioned
#104037unmeasured
#112121numberless
#145641measureless
#206020illimitable

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