Synonyms for restrict
rɪˈstrɪktre·strict

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1. restrictverb

   To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

   Synonyms:
   curb, bound, repress, circumscribe, restrain, limit, coerce

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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 tie the cord in a knot; we fasten by any means that will make things hold together, as a board by nails, or a door by a lock. The verbs tie and fasten are scarcely used in the figurative sense, tho, using the noun, we speak of the ties of affection. Bind has an extensive figurative use. One is bound by conscience or honor; he is obliged by some imperious necessity; engaged by his own promise; compelled by physical force or its moral equivalent.

   Synonyms:
   bind, compel, engage, fasten, fetter, fix, oblige, restrain, secure, shackle, tie

   Antonyms:
   free, loose, set free, unbind, unfasten, unloose, untie

   Preposition:
   Bind to a pillar; unto an altar; to a service; bind one with chains or in chains; one is bound by a contract; a splint is bound upon a limb; the arms may be bound to the sides or behind the back; bind a wreath about, around, or round the head; twigs are bound in or into fagots; for military purposes, they are bound at both ends and in the middle; one is bound by a contract, or bound under a penalty to fulfil a contract.

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1. restrict, curtail, curb, cut backverb

   place restrictions on

   "curtail drinking in school"

   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, clip, hold in, curtail, contain, bound, limit, cut back, snip, crop, dress, check

   Antonyms:
   derestrict

2. restrictverb

   place under restrictions; limit access to

   "This substance is controlled"

   Synonyms:
   bound, cut back, throttle, curb, restrain, limit, trammel, qualify, confine, curtail

   Antonyms:
   derestrict

3. 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"

   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, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose

   Antonyms:
   derestrict

4. qualify, restrictverb

   make more specific

   "qualify these remarks"

   Synonyms:
   stipulate, cut back, trammel, measure up, confine, bound, modify, restrain, curtail, condition, characterize, specify, qualify, limit, characterise, dispose, curb, throttle

   Antonyms:
   derestrict

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. restrictverb

   Synonyms:
   limit, bound, restrain, confine, circumscribe, hedge in

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1. restrictverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, limit, confine, repress, curb, circumscribe

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1. List of paraphrases for "restrict":

   limit, restricting, confine, constrain, curtail, restrain, limiting, restricted, restriction, reduce, curb, restrictions, narrow, limitation, limited, circumscribe

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1. Bill Johnson:

   Legislation pending or proposed in Congress would restrict contracts that the bill sponsors feel somehow interfere with civil rights investigations, from our point of view, contracts do no such thing. In fact, can not do such a thing, legally.

2. Michael Delaney:

   The Prout family had a very strong interest in proceeding anonymously. There’s no question about that, the school was asking the court to restrict trying the case in the media, while that anonymity was being respected by the court.

3. Nicholas Fortuna:

   Under the National Labor Relations Act, employers can't restrict or prevent employees from speaking out about their terms and conditions of employment, that is true even if the employees speak out in an offensive manner.

4. State John Sullivan:

   States that restrict freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly; that allow and commit violence against members of religious, ethnic, and other minority groups; or that undermine the fundamental dignity of persons are morally reprehensible and undermine our interests.

5. Kathleen Willis:

   All the red flags were there. They followed all the gun laws in Illinois, until we have national laws to restrict this, it's not going to stop.