Narrow and Wide

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Narrow

Narrow adjective - Being of less than usual width.
Usage example: found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through
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Wide is an antonym for narrow in topics: thin, limited, cheap, intolerant, confined.
Nearby Words: narrowed, narrowing, narrowly, narrowness

Wide

Wide adjective - Having a greater than usual measure across.
Usage example: the river is so wide that building a bridge across it would be impractical
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Narrow is an antonym for wide in topics: expansive, off-course.
Nearby Word: widely
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  • Depending on how wide or narrow your definitions of "continual", "stable" and "democracy" are.
    Source: Literature / Jack Ryan
  • Video Game / World Of Warships They also unlike other torpedo-carrying ships cannot switch between narrow and wide spreads.
    Source: Video Game / World Of Warships
  • Popularity Polynomial A polynomial of degree 2 (y=ax2+bx+c) is called a parabola, and if you plot its graph it looks like a dish (which could be wide or narrow, or turned upside down, depending on what a, b, and c are).
    Source: Popularity Polynomial
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