narrowing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an instance of becoming narrow
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
- coarctation hyponym
- taper hyponym
- constriction hyponym
Related & opposite
- constringe derivation
Sense 2 adjective
becoming gradually narrower
long tapering fingers
Related & opposite
- narrow similar to
Sense 3 noun
a decrease in width
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
Related & opposite
- widening antonym
Sense 4 adjective
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Related & opposite
- narrow similar to
Sense 5 noun
the act of making something narrower
Types & categories
- change of shape hypernym
Related & opposite
- broadening antonym
- narrow derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | constringe |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coarctation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | taper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | constriction |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | narrow |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | widening |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | narrow |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | broadening |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | narrow |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of shape |