Synonyms for strait
streɪtstrait

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1. straitadjective

   Synonyms:
   close, strict, narrow

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1. strait, soundnoun

   a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

   Synonyms:
   sound, straits, phone, audio, auditory sensation, pass, speech sound

   Antonyms:
   wide, broad

2. pass, strait, straitsadjective

   a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

   Synonyms:
   go, passing, notch, liberty chit, fling, walk, passing play, crack, laissez passer, mountain pass, pass, straits, bye, passing game, flip, passport, base on balls, toss, sound, whirl, qualifying, head, offer

   Antonyms:
   wide, broad

3. straitadjective

   narrow

   "strait is the gate"

   Antonyms:
   broad, wide

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1. • Channel

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1. straitadjective

   Synonyms:
   narrow, close, contracted, constricted, not broad, not wide

2. straitadjective

   Synonyms:
   strict, rigorous, rigid, severe

3. strait

   Synonyms:
   n. narrow pass (especially between two seas), gut, narrows

4. strait

   Synonyms:
   distress, difficulty, perplexity, dilemma, embarrassment, pinch, exigency, emergency, critical situation

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1. straitnoun

   Synonyms:
   narrows, channel, dilemma, difficulty, pinch, exigency, restriction

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1. List of paraphrases for "strait":

   straits, detroit, hoi, bungo, sea, hai, close, narrow, sound, cross-strait, channel, hae

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How to use strait in a sentence?

1. Andrew Hsia:

   We want to consolidate the hard-won cross-Strait achievements, including peace, prosperity and security status quo, (It) is an important step in promoting the overall institutionalization of the cross-Strait relationship.

2. Hassan Rouhani:

   A strait for a strait. It can't be that the Strait of Hormuz is free for you and the Strait of Gibraltar is not free for us.

3. Abraham Denmark:

   The U.S. sending military ships through the Taiwan Strait is both a demonstration of its continuing support to Taiwan and of its willingness to exercise its maritime rights in China's periphery.

4. Admiral John Richardson:

   We don't really see any kind of limitation on whatever type of ship could pass through those waters, we see the Taiwan Strait as another (stretch of) international waters, so that's why we do the transits.

5. Wu Mei-Hung:

   The results demonstrate that rational and pragmatic negotiations have positive implications for maintaining cross-strait peace and stability.