Narrow vs. Slim

Narrow vs. Slim — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Narrow and Slim

Narrowadjective

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

a narrow hallway

Slimadjective

Slender, thin.

Narrowadjective

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

Slimadjective

(of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.

Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.

Narrowadjective

(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

a narrow interpretation

Slimadjective

Designed to make the wearer appear slim.

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Narrowadjective

Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

a narrow mindnarrow views

Slimadjective

(of an object) Long and narrow.

Narrowadjective

Having a small margin or degree.

a narrow escapeThe Republicans won by a narrow majority.

Slimadjective

(of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.

Narrowadjective

(dated) Limited as to means; straitened

narrow circumstances

Slimadjective

(of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.

I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.
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Narrowadjective

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Slimadjective

Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.

Narrowadjective

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

Slimadjective

Sly, crafty.

Narrowadjective

(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.

Slimnoun

A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.

I only smoke slims.

Narrownoun

A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.

the Narrows of New York harbor

Slimnoun

AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

Narrowverb

(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

We need to narrow the search.

Slimnoun

Cocaine.

Narrowverb

(intransitive) To get narrower.

The road narrows.

Slimverb

(intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

Narrowverb

(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.

He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.

Slimverb

(transitive) To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

Narrowverb

(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

Slimverb

take off weight

Narrowverb

To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

to narrow an int variable to a short variable

Slimadjective

being of delicate or slender build;

she was slender as a willow shoot is slendera slim girl with straight blonde hairwatched her slight figure cross the street

Narrownoun

a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

Slimadjective

small in quantity;

slender wagesa slim chance of winninga small surplus

Narrowverb

make or become more narrow or restricted;

The selection was narrowedThe road narrowed

Narrowverb

define clearly;

I cannot narrow down the rules for this game

Narrowverb

become more special;

We specialize in dried flowers

Narrowverb

become tight or as if tight;

Her throat constricted

Narrowadjective

not wide;

a narrow bridgea narrow line across the page

Narrowadjective

limited in size or scope;

the narrow sense of a word

Narrowadjective

lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view;

a brilliant but narrow-minded judgenarrow opinions

Narrowadjective

very limited in degree;

won by a narrow margina narrow escape

Narrowadjective

characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;

a minute inspection of the groundsa narrow scrutinyan exact and minute report