• insular, narrow, narrow-minded, niggling
• horse that goes near behind, horse that stands near behind
• to keep on short rations
• close, narrowly, scantly
• to constrict, to narrow
• to grow narrow, to narrow
• chary, close, miserly, near, pelting, scrimp, scrimpy, shabby, skimpy
• necessity, paucity, scantiness, skimpiness