Antonyms for constrict
kənˈstrɪktcon·strict

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1. compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, pressverb

   squeeze or press together

   "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

   Synonyms:
   fight, adjure, weigh, pressure, crush, narrow, thrust, get, rack, cut, pack together, foreshorten, undertake, hale, press, twitch, pack, gouge, tweet, embrace, bundle, agitate, force, pinch, shove, weight-lift, sign up, sign on, twinge, compress, urge, hug, shrink, concentrate, campaign, sign, abridge, reduce, take, condense, contract, iron, crusade, extort, stuff, urge on, squeeze, beseech, squash, compact, constringe, exhort, wring, mash, coerce, wad, bid, push, bosom, wedge, entreat, shorten, squelch, abbreviate, conjure, press out, weightlift, iron out

2. constrict, constringe, narrowverb

   become tight or as if tight

   "Her throat constricted"

   Synonyms:
   specialize, constringe, press, squeeze, nail down, compact, peg down, narrow down, contract, specify, narrow, pin down, specialise, compress

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. independent

   constrict also means to curtail one's freedom, so independent is its opposite

   too many rules had constricted her lifestyle (reduced her freedom)

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

How to use constrict in a sentence?

1. Deborah Lehr:

   ISIS is arming its campaign of terror in part by selling the past and robbing future generations of our history, we must constrict the terrorists ’ ability to profit from the sale of plundered antiquities.

2. Adam Tsai:

   Losing weight usually means there's less there to physically constrict your breathing and less soft tissue to block the upper airways.

3. Matt Duss:

   It’s part of a broader effort to limit the political space, to constrict the freedom of opposing views.

4. Lizzy Martinez:

   She told me that I needed to put a shirt on under my long-sleeve shirt to try to tighten my breasts — to constrict them, and then she asked me to move around.

5. Matt Duss:

   Members of the government are out to settle scores, it’s part of a broader effort to limit the political space, to constrict the freedom of opposing views.

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