strait | Definition of strait

Synonyms and Antonyms of strait

1 a narrow body of water between two land masses

as the ship headed east through the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain was on our left and Africa on our right

Synonyms of strait

channel, narrows, neck, sound

Words Related to strait

arm, bay, gulf, inlet

roads, roadstead

2 often straits plural a state of great suffering of body or mind

in great straits over the loss of her mother's cherished necklace

Synonyms of strait

affliction, agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe

Words Related to strait

cross, crucible, trial

heartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness

emergency, pinch

asperity, difficulty, hardship, rigor

ache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twinge

danger, jeopardy, trouble

Near Antonyms of strait

comfort, consolation, solace

alleviation, assuagement, ease, relief

peace, security