narrowest
Meaning of narrowest
adjective, superlative adjective
- of small width in relation to length.
he made his way down the narrow road
- limited in extent, amount, or scope.
they ate a narrow range of foods
- denoting or relating to a contest that is won or lost by only a very small margin.
the home team just hung on for a narrow victory
- denoting a vowel pronounced with the root of the tongue drawn back so as to narrow the pharynx.
Old English nearu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naar ‘dismal, unpleasant’ and German Narbe ‘scar’. Early senses in English included ‘constricted’ and ‘mean’.
Information about narrowest
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of narrowest
nar-row-est
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- narrowest is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
narrowest synonyms
Meaning of a size that is less than normal or usual:
Meaning diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end:
Meaning becoming thinner or narrower towards one end:
Meaning become or make less wide:
Meaning (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped:
Meaning (of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin:
Meaning (of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape:
Meaning be in or move into a sloping position:
Meaning small in degree; inconsiderable:
Meaning additional to what is required for ordinary use:
Meaning having been reduced in force, effect, or value:
Meaning with opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together:
Meaning reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness:
Meaning (of a space) restricted in area or volume; cramped:
Meaning uncomfortably small or restricted:
Meaning fixed, fastened, or closed firmly; hard to move, undo, or open:
Meaning only a short distance away or apart in space or time:
Meaning limited in extent, number, scope, or action:
Meaning restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short:
Meaning narrowed, especially by encircling pressure:
Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):
Meaning tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger:
Meaning firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers:
Meaning (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality:
Meaning barely sufficient or adequate:
Meaning small or insufficient in quantity or amount:
Meaning causing inconvenience or discomfort:
Meaning very small in size or amount:
Meaning narrow and confined:
Meaning restrict (something) within limits:
Meaning characterized by poverty:
Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:
Meaning not enough; inadequate:
Meaning not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient:
Meaning not available or in short supply:
Meaning lacking in a required or necessary quality:
Meaning (of a group of people or things) carefully chosen from a larger number as being the best or most valuable:
Meaning excluding or not admitting other things:
Meaning relating to or at the edge or margin:
Meaning having, bringing, or resulting from good luck:
narrowest antonyms
Meaning of great or more than average width:
Meaning having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide:
Meaning (especially of a room or building) having ample space:
Words that rhyme with narrowest
West, west, nor'west, sou'west, awest, brawest, lawest, rawest, Midwest, midwest, Duewest, bewest, ewest, fewest, newest, skewest, Northwest, Southwest, northwest, southwest, CardioWest, callowest, fallowest, hollowest, lowest, mellowest, prowest, sallowest, shallowest, slowest, yellowest, nornorwest, norwest, collywest
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