Narrowing Synonyms and Antonyms

The act of making something narrower
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shortening
  2. restricting
  3. lessening
Antonyms:
  1. widening
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Synonyms:
  1. tapered
  2. tapering
  3. constricting
  4. constrictive
Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. specializing
Become tight or as if tight
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. constricting

Words Related to Narrowing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Narrowing Sentence Examples

  • Damian watched her, eyes narrowing.

  • The portrait of Archbishop Warham at Lambeth, for instance, shows a rochet with fairly wide sleeves narrowing towards the wrists, where they are confined by fur cuffs.

  • From it we pass without a break, merely narrowing the application as the conception of sacredness grew clearer and less associated with magic, into early criminal law with its physical sanctions.

  • The bridge, which was begun in 1882 and completed in 1889, is at the only narrowing of the Forth in a distance of 50 m., at a point where the channel, about a mile in width, is divided by the island of Inchgarvie.

  • Darian asked, eyes narrowing.

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