What are some opposite words for confine?

Antonyms for confine
kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6 ; ˈkɒn faɪn for 3, 4con·fine

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  1. confineverb

    To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area

    Synonyms:
    limit, border, bound

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  1. confine

    To restrain is to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force. Constrain is positive; restrain is negative; one is constrained to an action; he is restrained from an action. Constrain refers almost exclusively to moral force, restrain frequently to physical force, as when we speak of putting one under restraint. To restrain an action is to hold it partially or wholly in check, so that it is under pressure even while it acts; to restrict an action is to fix a limit or boundary which it may not pass, but within which it is free. To repress, literally to press back, is to hold in check, and perhaps only temporarily, that which is still very active; it is a feebler word than restrain; to suppress is finally and effectually to put down; suppress is a much stronger word than restrain; as, to suppress a rebellion. Compare ARREST; BIND; KEEP.

    Antonyms:
    aid, animate, arouse, emancipate, encourage, excite, free, impel, incite, let loose, release, set free

    Synonyms:
    abridge, bridle, check, circumscribe, constrain, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, withhold

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  1. confine

    Antonyms:
    dilate, expand, extend, widen, unfasten, liberate, loosen, disenclose

    Synonyms:
    immure, limit, bound, imprison, circumscribe, restrict, enclose, narrow, incarcerate, bind

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  1. restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleverb

    place limits on (extent or access)

    "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

    Antonyms:
    unloosen, liberate, unloose, free, release, loose

    Synonyms:
    spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, throttle, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose

  2. limit, circumscribe, confineverb

    restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

    Antonyms:
    unloose, free, release, loose, unloosen, liberate

    Synonyms:
    restrict, detain, hold in, trammel, circumscribe, set, restrain, bound, throttle, hold, determine, define, specify, enclose, fix, limit

  3. confineverb

    prevent from leaving or from being removed

    Antonyms:
    loose, release, unloosen, unloose, free, liberate

    Synonyms:
    restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, throttle, hold in, limit, trammel, enclose, detain

  4. enclose, hold in, confineverb

    close in; darkness enclosed him"

    Antonyms:
    liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose, free, release

    Synonyms:
    curb, wrap, hold in, enwrap, trammel, restrain, hold back, control, bound, moderate, enfold, stick in, put in, hold, restrict, check, conceal, insert, circumscribe, enclose, shut in, limit, envelop, detain, introduce, inclose, close in, throttle, contain

  5. confine, detainverb

    deprive of freedom; take into confinement

    Antonyms:
    release, free, unloose, loose, unloosen, liberate

    Synonyms:
    restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, stay, throttle, hold in, hold up, delay, limit, trammel, enclose, detain

  6. restrain, confine, holdverb

    to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

    "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

    Antonyms:
    release, loose, liberate, free, unloose, unloosen

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, book, support, intimidate, retain, hold in, throttle, circumscribe, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, restrict, deem, hold up, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, trammel, check, make, take for, go for, encumber, throw, defy, control, harbor, halt, keep, obligate, cumber, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, constrain, curb, hold, moderate, bind, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, view as, bound, detain, contain, concur, maintain, limit, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, enclose, agree, bear

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. confinenoun

    Synonyms:
    boundary, border, frontier, limit

  2. confineverb

    Synonyms:
    restrain, restrict, limit, circumscribe, pinion, inclose, bound, immure, imprison, incarcerate

How to use confine in a sentence?

  1. Mike Barratt:

    When you confine people and put them in a stressed environment you see immune changes.

  2. Todd Kalinski:

    it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage

  3. Marcus Aurelius:

    Confine yourself to the present.

  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

    Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

  5. Hebrew Proverb:

    Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#42free
#625release
#1652aid
#3129expand
#3433encourage
#4532extend
#5227loose
#12803excite
#23908widen
#26982animate
#29528loosen
#35984liberate
#36343confine
#42683incite
#43132arouse
#84676dilate
#108145impel
#138553emancipate
#258555unfasten

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