Mean and Narrow

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Narrow is a synonym for mean in poor topic. In some cases you can use "Narrow" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Narrow

Narrow adjective - Being of less than usual width.

Mean is a synonym for narrow in character trait topic. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Narrow", if it concerns topics such as cheap.

Common collocations

number mean number narrow number

Both words in one sentence

  • On Jinx the planet's shape and gravity mean that only narrow areas between the poles and the equator are habitable, and then only just.
    Source: Planetville
  • Film / Immortals Most blatant is when Theseus rallies the troops to the hole in the wall by claiming that in the narrow passage, "their numbers mean nothing".
  • It's a common tendency for people to say they "listen to everything" but mean only the (usually incredibly narrow) range of music that gets decent radio coverage in their area.
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