Synonyms for strait
- noun
- adjective
All synonyms
Noun
1. Pass
pass, difficulty, dilemma, crisis, pinch, perplexity, quandary, distress, emergency, hobble, embarrassment, exigency, predicament
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
Related words
- Word family
- straight-laced
Forms
- Plural
- straits → passes, difficulties, dilemmas, crises…
Example sentences
- channel My video channel on YouTube has a wide viewership.
- narrow Tom drove through the narrow tunnel at high speed.
- narrows At this point the sea narrows into a strait.
By length
- 3 letters
- gut1
- 4 letters
- pass1, kyle1
- 5 letters
- close1, sound1, tight1, pinch1, firth1
- 6 letters
- crisis2, narrow2, hobble2
- 7 letters
- channel2, dilemma3, narrows2
- 8 letters
- distress2, rigorous3, quandary3, exigency4
- 9 letters
- emergency4
- 10 letters
- difficulty4, perplexity4
- 11 letters
- predicament4, constricted3
- 13 letters
- embarrassment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crisis2 = 2 syllables).