What are some opposite words for constraint?
Antonyms for constraint
kənˈstreɪntcon·straint
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term constraint.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
constraint
Bashfulness is a shrinking from notice without assignable reason. Coyness is a half encouragement, half avoidance of offered attention, and may be real or affected. Diffidence is self-distrust; modesty, a humble estimate of oneself in comparison with others, or with the demands of some undertaking. Modesty has also the specific meaning of a sensitive shrinking from anything indelicate. Shyness is a tendency to shrink from observation; timidity, a distinct fear of criticism, error, or failure. Reserve is the holding oneself aloof from others, or holding back one's feelings from expression, or one's affairs from communication to others. Reserve may be the retreat of shyness, or, on the other hand, the contemptuous withdrawal of pride and haughtiness. Compare ABASH; PRIDE; TACITURN.
Antonyms:
abandon, arrogance, assumption, assurance, boldness, conceit, confidence, egotism, forwardness, frankness, freedom, haughtiness, impudence, indiscretion, loquaciousness, loquacity, pertness, sauciness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, sociabilitySynonyms:
backwardness, bashfulness, coldness, coyness, diffidence, modesty, reserve, shyness, timidity, unobtrusiveness
Matched Categories
Princeton's WordNet
constraint, restraintnoun
the state of being physically constrained
"dogs should be kept under restraint"
Synonyms:
restraint, control, simplicity, chasteness, simplenessrestraint, constraintnoun
a device that retards something's motion
"the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
Synonyms:
restraint, control, simplicity, chasteness, simplenessconstraintnoun
the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
Synonyms:
restraint
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
constraintnoun
Synonyms:
compulsion, coercion, force, pressure, restraint, restriction
How to use constraint in a sentence?
While the cosmic microwave background tells us about the first 450,000 years after the big bang, the cosmic optical background tells us something about the sum total of all the stars that have ever formed since then, it puts a constraint on the total number of galaxies that have been created, and where they might be in time.
I don't think the sense of urgency and the hope for quick negotiations were really coming from Khalilzad or the negotiating team but were coming from the White House. It was the constraint the negotiators have been under. A quick turnaround on the negotiations will serve a political purpose because the election is coming up.
The biggest one we've caught is the size of a dinner plate, that's the crazy thing about domestic aquatic pets, you have them in your aquarium and they are this cute little thing and then you release it into the wild and that constraint of size and food is gone and because of that some of these species can get really big.
You are fully resourced if you have WIC to go and get the formula. But if the formula isn’t there, that’s the problem, there’s no financial constraint for those families in terms of formula, it’s just about access.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2076 | freedom | |
#3355 | confidence | |
#5434 | assurance | |
#7150 | assumption | |
#9968 | constraint | |
#14530 | abandon | |
#25023 | arrogance | |
#51703 | boldness | |
#54936 | conceit | |
#85657 | frankness | |
#92835 | indiscretion | |
#94531 | sociability | |
#96782 | egotism | |
#120619 | impudence | |
#174137 | haughtiness | |
#258263 | forwardness |
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