Circumscribed
Circumscribed adjective - Having distinct or certain limits.
Usage example: the powers of that state's governor are so sharply circumscribed that often his hands are tied by the state legislature
Narrow is a synonym for circumscribed. In some cases you can use "Narrow" instead an adjective "Circumscribed".
Nearby Words: circumscription, circumscribing
Narrow
Narrow adjective - Having distinct or certain limits.
Usage example: a play about human suffering, but in a narrower sense, also about the modern struggles of the working-class poor
Circumscribed is a synonym for narrow in limited topic. You can use "Circumscribed" instead an adjective "Narrow", if it concerns topics such as confined.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- close and circumscribed
- close and narrow
- tight and circumscribed
- tight and narrow
- limit and circumscribed
- limit and narrow
- confine and circumscribed
- confine and narrow
- precise and circumscribed
- precise and narrow
- exclusive and circumscribed
- exclusive and narrow
- small and circumscribed
- small and narrow
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