narrow

About 32.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   a narrow hallway

2. adjective Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
3. adjective Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

   a narrow interpretation

4. adjective Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted.

   a narrow mind

5. adjective Having a small margin or degree.

   a narrow escape

6. adjective Limited as to means; straitened

   narrow circumstances

7. adjective Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
8. adjective Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

Similar words

strait tapered tapering thin constrictive constringe constrict slender limited small

Often followed by

and the limits streets range strip sense path escape

Word family

narrow escape narrow escapes narrowed narrower narrowest narrowing narrowly narrowness narrownesses narrows