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1. (verb) restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
place restrictions on
Synonyms: suppress, bring down, qualify, conquer, moderate, throttle, trim down, flash back, prune, inhibit, cut, trammel, trim back, lop, trim, cut down, reduce, control, subdue, curb, stamp down, hold, cut short, confine, restrain, restrict, clip, hold in, curtail, contain, bound, limit, cut back, snip, crop, dress, check
Antonyms: derestrict

2. (verb) restrict
place under restrictions; limit access to
Synonyms: bound, cut back, throttle, curb, restrain, limit, trammel, qualify, confine, curtail
Antonyms: derestrict

3. (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: derestrict

4. (verb) qualify, restrict
make more specific
Synonyms: stipulate, restrict, cut back, trammel, measure up, confine, bound, modify, restrain, curtail, condition, characterize, specify, qualify, limit, characterise, dispose, curb, throttle
Antonyms: derestrict

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'restrict'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. restrict
Binding is primarily by something flexible, as a cord or bandage drawn closely around an object or group of objects, as when we bind up a wounded limb. We bind a sheaf of wheat with a cord; we
Synonyms: bind, compel, fetter, oblige, restrict, shackle, engage, fix, restrain, secure, tie, fasten
Antonyms: free, loose, set free, unbind, unfasten, unloose, untie

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