Synonyms for restrictive
rɪˈstrɪk tɪvre·stric·tive

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1. restrictiveadjective

   serving to restrict

   "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

   Antonyms:
   nonrestrictive, unprotective, unrestrictive, emancipative

2. restrictiveadjective

   (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

   Antonyms:
   emancipative, unprotective, unrestrictive, nonrestrictive

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1. List of paraphrases for "restrictive":

   narrow, binding, restricted, stringent, limitative, strict, restriction, trade-restrictive, restraining, limited, constraining, tight, reductionist

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1. Thomas Dupree:

   Right now we've got a conservative court. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they take a fairly restrictive view of how colleges and universities can consider race in admissions.

2. Judge Comstock:

   It is my intention to release you, Mr. Duggar, with a number of contentious conditions which the court is going to find to be the least restrictive conditions necessary to ensure the safety of the community, so I need you to listen up because we're in the room, and if you can't comply with any of them, then you're going to stay right where you are. OK. First, I agree with Mr. Gelfand that I haven't heard any evidence that you're a flight risk. I'm going to impose some conditions that's going to make traveling out of here pretty hard.

3. David Bier:

   I don't see any way to get back to it now that Republicans know where their base is on their issue, i would be surprised if you didn't see a more restrictive legal immigration plank than you already have in the GOP platform in 2020.

4. Arnold Fang:

   Inevitably, the sanctions would pose restrictions on the amount and type of items or cash that could be sent into North Korea, making humanitarians groups that were working under restrictive conditions to face even more constraints.

5. Sam Brownback:

   We hope that this will stir actions. Ultimately, we're after a grassroots movement, over 70% of the world lives in a religious-restrictive environment, and many cases, unfortunately, a deadly environment.