Narrow Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted Having a small margin or degree. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide. Antonyms wide broad