Defenition of the word narrowing

• Defenition of the word narrowing

  • (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
  • the act of making something narrower
  • an instance of becoming narrow
  • a decrease in width
  • becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
  • becoming gradually narrower

Synonyms for the word narrowing

• • constricting
  • constrictive
  • contraction
  • lessening
  • reduction
  • tapered
  • tapering
  • thinning
  • tightening

Similar words in the narrowing

• • narrow
  • narrowing

Hyponyms for the word narrowing

• • bottleneck
  • chokepoint
  • coarctation
  • constriction
  • taper

Hypernyms for the word narrowing

• • change of shape
  • configuration
  • conformation
  • contour
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • form
  • shape

Antonyms for the word narrowing

• • broadening
  • widening

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  • Antonyms for the word outer reaches
  • Homonyms for the word outer edge
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  • Hypernyms for the word envying
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