 Synonyms and Antonyms of confine 
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1. (verb) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
place limits on (extent or access)
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, confine, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose
Antonyms: unloosen, liberate, unloose, free, release, loose
2. (verb) limit, circumscribe, confine
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Synonyms: restrict, detain, hold in, trammel, circumscribe, set, restrain, confine, bound, throttle, hold, determine, define, specify, enclose, fix, limit
Antonyms: unloose, free, release, loose, unloosen, liberate
3. (verb) confine
prevent from leaving or from being removed
Synonyms: restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, throttle, hold in, limit, trammel, enclose, detain
Antonyms: loose, release, unloosen, unloose, free, liberate
4. (verb) enclose, hold in, confine
close in; darkness enclosed him"
Synonyms: confine, 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
Antonyms: liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose, free, release
5. (verb) confine, detain
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Synonyms: restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, stay, throttle, hold in, hold up, confine, delay, limit, trammel, enclose, detain
Antonyms: release, free, unloose, loose, unloosen, liberate
6. (verb) restrain, confine, hold
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
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, confine, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, view as, bound, detain, contain, concur, maintain, limit, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, enclose, agree, bear
Antonyms: release, loose, liberate, free, unloose, unloosen
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