What are some opposite words for limit?
Antonyms for limit
ˈlɪm ɪtlim·it
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term limit.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
limit
The boundary was originally the landmark, that which marked off one piece of territory from another. The bound is the limit, marked or unmarked. Now, however, the difference between the two words has come to be simply one of usage. As regards territory, we speak of the boundaries of a nation or of an estate; the bounds of a college, a ball-ground, etc. Bounds may be used for all within the limits, boundary for the limiting line only. Boundary looks to that which is without; bound only to that which is within. Hence we speak of the bounds, not the boundaries, of a subject, of the universe, etc.; we say the students were forbidden to go beyond the bounds. A barrier is something that bars ingress or egress. A barrier may be a boundary, as was the Great Wall of China. Bourn, or bourne, is a poetical expression for bound or boundary. A border is a strip of land along the boundary. Edge is a sharp terminal line, as where river or ocean meets the land. Limit is now used almost wholly in the figurative sense; as, the limit of discussion, of time, of jurisdiction. Line is a military term; as, within the lines, or through the lines, of an army. Compare BARRIER; END.
Antonyms:
center, citadel, estate, inside, interior, land, region, territorySynonyms:
barrier, border, bound, boundary, bourn, bourne, confines, edge, enclosure, frontier, landmark, line, marches, marge, margin, term, termination, vergePreposition:
The boundaries of an estate; the boundary between neighboring territories.
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Princeton's WordNet
limit, bound, boundarynoun
the greatest possible degree of something
"what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"
Synonyms:
terminus ad quem, terminal point, edge, point of accumulation, demarcation, bound, spring, leap, limit point, demarcation line, saltation, bounce, bounds, boundary, leaping, limitationterminus ad quem, terminal point, limitnoun
final or latest limiting point
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bound, limitation, point of accumulation, limit point, demarcation, terminus ad quem, demarcation line, boundary, terminal pointlimitnoun
as far as something can go
Synonyms:
limitation, demarcation line, limit point, demarcation, terminus ad quem, bound, terminal point, boundary, point of accumulationlimit, demarcation, demarcation linenoun
the boundary of a specific area
Synonyms:
line, limitation, demarcation line, limit point, contrast, demarcation, terminus ad quem, bound, terminal point, dividing line, boundary, point of accumulationlimit, limit point, point of accumulationnoun
the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
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limitation, demarcation line, limit point, demarcation, terminus ad quem, bound, terminal point, boundary, point of accumulationlimit, limitationverb
the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
"there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"
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limitation, demarcation line, limit point, demarcation, terminus ad quem, bound, restriction, terminal point, boundary, point of accumulationrestrict, 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"
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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, keep back, cut back, set, encloselimit, circumscribe, confineverb
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
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restrict, detain, hold in, trammel, circumscribe, set, restrain, confine, bound, throttle, hold, determine, define, specify, enclose, fixspecify, set, determine, define, fix, limitverb
decide upon or fix definitely
"fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
Synonyms:
specialise, particularise, localize, restore, make, gear up, fructify, doctor, sterilise, coiffure, cook, mend, delimitate, delimit, mold, peg down, put, fixate, regulate, do, unsex, posit, condition, place, learn, fix, countersink, arrange, make up one's mind, desexualise, set up, define, desexualize, pay back, lay, plant, coif, dress, ready, trammel, localise, ascertain, mark, circumscribe, go under, square up, check, specify, correct, secure, nail down, repair, delineate, particularize, set, position, decide, touch on, find out, see, sic, square off, jell, restrict, prepare, destine, situate, coiffe, find, throttle, deposit, furbish up, get, pose, pin down, influence, typeset, rig, sterilize, qualify, bound, determine, narrow, set apart, desex, narrow down, watch, go down, congeal, intend, assign, confine, fasten, pay off, bushel, stipulate, restrain, shape, settle, lay out, specialize, adjust, designate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
limitnoun
Synonyms:
bound, boundary, confine, extent, restriction, check, restraint, limitationlimitverb
Synonyms:
restrict, circumscribe, define, confine
How to use limit in a sentence?
The pool of qualified African-American candidates for U.S. boardrooms is still quite deep and should not be a limit.
We are not going to increase our salary limit by selling our audiovisual rights for the next 50 years, this decision would have been risky.
Unleashing American energy and mineral dominance will be a priority of the Republican majority, and it starts with real permitting reforming, especially for mining, my Permitting for Mining Needs Act will improve our permitting process and limit frivolous litigation.
I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
China will be very sensitive about any moves by Japan or South Korea to improve missile defenses, north Korea may be the stated reason, but Chinese strategists will it see as a move against China to limit its nuclear deterrence.
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