Antonyms of verb narrow

1 of 4 senses of narrow

Sense 1
narrow, contract -- (make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed")
       Antonym of widen (Sense 1)
      => widen -- (become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb narrow

4 senses of narrow

Sense 1
narrow, contract -- (make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")
          Phrasal Verb-> narrow down#2

Sense 2
pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify -- (define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game")
       => determine -- (fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property")

Sense 3
specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down -- (become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history")
       => change, alter, vary -- (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season")

Sense 4
constrict, constringe, narrow -- (become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted")
       => tighten -- (become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened")

Antonyms of adj narrowed

2 senses of narrowed

Sense 1
narrowed -- (reduced in size as by squeezing together; "his narrowed eyes")

INDIRECT (VIA narrow) -> wide, broad -- (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river")

Sense 2
narrowed -- (made narrow; limited in breadth; "narrowed arteries impair blood circulation"; "a narrowed view of the world")

INDIRECT (VIA constricted) -> unconstricted -- (not constricted physically or by extension psychologically; "healthy unconstricted arteries")

Similarity of adj narrowed

2 senses of narrowed

Sense 1
narrowed -- (reduced in size as by squeezing together; "his narrowed eyes")
       => narrow (vs. wide) -- (not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page")

Sense 2
narrowed -- (made narrow; limited in breadth; "narrowed arteries impair blood circulation"; "a narrowed view of the world")
       => constricted (vs. unconstricted) -- (drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life")