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Narrow

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

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Bare 84% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Bare 84% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Careful 84% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Careful 84% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Constricting 84% connected

of Constrict

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Constricting 84% connected

of Constrict

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Constrictive 84% connected

Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

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Constrictive 84% connected

Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

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Dogmatic 84% connected

One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.

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Dogmatic 84% connected

One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.

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Dogmatical 84% connected

Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.

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Dogmatical 84% connected

Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.

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Illiberal 84% connected

Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.

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Illiberal 84% connected

Not liberal; not free or generous; close; niggardly; mean; sordid.

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Intolerant 84% connected

Not enduring; not able to endure.

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Intolerant 84% connected

Not enduring; not able to endure.

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Limited 84% connected

of Limit

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Limited 84% connected

of Limit

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Marginal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a margin.

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Marginal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a margin.

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Narrowed 84% connected

of Narrow

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Narrowed 84% connected

of Narrow

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Narrowing 84% connected

of Narrow

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Narrowing 84% connected

of Narrow

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Opinionated 84% connected

Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.

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Opinionated 84% connected

Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.

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Opinionative 84% connected

Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated.

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Opinionative 84% connected

Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated.

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Petty 84% connected

Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.

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Petty 84% connected

Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.

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Slender 84% connected

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

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Slender 84% connected

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

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Strait 84% connected

A variant of Straight.

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Strait 84% connected

A variant of Straight.

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Tapered 84% connected

of Taper

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Tapered 84% connected

of Taper

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Tapering 84% connected

of Taper

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Tapering 84% connected

of Taper

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Broader term 7

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Strait 76% connected

A variant of Straight.

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Tighten 76% connected

To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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Vary 76% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Manner of action 2

Astringe 76% connected

To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

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Contract 74% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Contract 74% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Contraction 74% connected

The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or…

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Contraction 74% connected

The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or…

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Narrowness 74% connected

The condition or quality of being narrow.

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Narrowness 74% connected

The condition or quality of being narrow.

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Attribute 4

Breadth 66% connected

Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

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Breadth 66% connected

Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

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Width 66% connected

The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

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Width 66% connected

The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

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See also 6

Thin 66% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Thin 66% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Synonym 7

Constrict 92% connected

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

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Constringe 92% connected

To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

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Contract 92% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Minute 92% connected

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

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Narrow-minded 92% connected

Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.

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Specialize 92% connected

To mention specially; to particularize.

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Specify 92% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

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Antonym 6

Broad 94% connected

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

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Broad 94% connected

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

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Broaden 94% connected

To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

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Broaden 94% connected

To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

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Wide 94% connected

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow…

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Wide 94% connected

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow…

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