Synonyms for confined
kənˈfaɪndcon·fined

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1. confinedadjective

   not invading healthy tissue

   Synonyms:
   imprisoned, jailed, captive

   Antonyms:
   invasive, unconfined, strong-growing, free-range, free, fast-growing(a), aggressive

2. confinedadjective

   not free to move about

   Synonyms:
   imprisoned, jailed, captive

   Antonyms:
   invasive, strong-growing, aggressive, fast-growing(a), free-range, unconfined, free

3. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

   being in captivity

   Synonyms:
   captive, engrossed, absorbed, enwrapped, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent

   Antonyms:
   strong-growing, free, invasive, free-range, unconfined, fast-growing(a), aggressive

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1. List of paraphrases for "confined":

   limited, restricted, circumscribed, constrained, contained, reserved

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1. The Coast Guard:

   While freon can be toxic if inhaled in large quantities or in a confined space, the release of freon into the atmosphere is not expected to pose any health and safety risks to the public.

2. Robert Holden:

   If the council votes in favor of this plan today, it will be a vote against the best interests of the constituents who elected us, it will also be against the best interests of detainees and corrections officers who will continue to endure the same situations in even more confined vertical spaces.

3. Josh Campbell:

   Portland is not a city under siege. Today, I went to a Starbucks downtown, ate lunch at one of the city's famous downtown food trucks, and bought a new pair of shoes at the mall. As I write this, I'm looking out of my hotel room at a bike tour riding by outside on the downtown street, to be sure, there have been protests -- peaceful during the daytime, and some turning violent at night -- for over 90 days, but the rioting has largely been confined to one city block downtown near the federal courthouse. Last night, protesters showed up at a police precinct a few miles from downtown and were dispersed by police after some protesters started throwing eggs and rocks at police cars. There has been periodic, localized violence, but nothing widespread.

4. Thomas Jefferson:

   The press, confined to truth, needs no other legal restraint.

5. Rod Serling:

   The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices -- to be found in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.