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Synonyms for confine
kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6 ; ˈkɒn faɪn for 3, 4con·fine

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  1. confineverb

    To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area

    Synonyms:
    limit, border, bound

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. confine

    To restrain is to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force. Constrain is positive; restrain is negative; one is constrained to an action; he is restrained from an action. Constrain refers almost exclusively to moral force, restrain frequently to physical force, as when we speak of putting one under restraint. To restrain an action is to hold it partially or wholly in check, so that it is under pressure even while it acts; to restrict an action is to fix a limit or boundary which it may not pass, but within which it is free. To repress, literally to press back, is to hold in check, and perhaps only temporarily, that which is still very active; it is a feebler word than restrain; to suppress is finally and effectually to put down; suppress is a much stronger word than restrain; as, to suppress a rebellion. Compare ARREST; BIND; KEEP.

    Synonyms:
    abridge, bridle, check, circumscribe, constrain, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, withhold

    Antonyms:
    aid, animate, arouse, emancipate, encourage, excite, free, impel, incite, let loose, release, set free

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. confine

    Synonyms:
    immure, limit, bound, imprison, circumscribe, restrict, enclose, narrow, incarcerate, bind

    Antonyms:
    dilate, expand, extend, widen, unfasten, liberate, loosen, disenclose

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose

    Antonyms:
    unloosen, liberate, unloose, free, release, loose

  2. limit, circumscribe, confineverb

    restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

    Synonyms:
    restrict, detain, hold in, trammel, circumscribe, set, restrain, bound, throttle, hold, determine, define, specify, enclose, fix, limit

    Antonyms:
    unloose, free, release, loose, unloosen, liberate

  3. confineverb

    prevent from leaving or from being removed

    Synonyms:
    restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, throttle, hold in, limit, trammel, enclose, detain

    Antonyms:
    loose, release, unloosen, unloose, free, liberate

  4. enclose, hold in, confineverb

    close in; darkness enclosed him"

    Synonyms:
    curb, wrap, hold in, enwrap, trammel, restrain, hold back, control, bound, moderate, enfold, stick in, put in, hold, restrict, check, conceal, insert, circumscribe, enclose, shut in, limit, envelop, detain, introduce, inclose, close in, throttle, contain

    Antonyms:
    liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose, free, release

  5. confine, detainverb

    deprive of freedom; take into confinement

    Synonyms:
    restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, stay, throttle, hold in, hold up, delay, limit, trammel, enclose, detain

    Antonyms:
    release, free, unloose, loose, unloosen, liberate

  6. restrain, confine, holdverb

    to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

    "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, book, support, intimidate, retain, hold in, throttle, circumscribe, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, restrict, deem, hold up, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, trammel, check, make, take for, go for, encumber, throw, defy, control, harbor, halt, keep, obligate, cumber, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, constrain, curb, hold, moderate, bind, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, view as, bound, detain, contain, concur, maintain, limit, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, enclose, agree, bear

    Antonyms:
    release, loose, liberate, free, unloose, unloosen

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. confinenoun

    Synonyms:
    boundary, border, limit, frontier

  2. confineverb

    Synonyms:
    restrain, shut up, shut in

  3. confineverb

    Synonyms:
    imprison, immure, incarcerate

  4. confineverb

    Synonyms:
    limit, circumscribe, bound, restrict

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. confinenoun

    Synonyms:
    boundary, border, frontier, limit

  2. confineverb

    Synonyms:
    restrain, restrict, limit, circumscribe, pinion, inclose, bound, immure, imprison, incarcerate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "confine":

    limit, restrict, circumscribe

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#24594conceal
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#37463intimidate
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#101576abridge
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#199421adjudge
#202907cumber
#256946inclose

How to use confine in a sentence?

  1. Joey Hensley:

    It had to pass two general assemblies, and now it's gotta be on the ballot and people don't really understand what they're talking about, it's been in our constitution since 1870, and it wasn't talking about slavery like people think about slavery. It was the wording. They were talking about prisoners and we still, you know, confine prisoners. It's not slavery, but it is confining prisoners and that's what it was talking about.

  2. Marcus Aurelius:

    Confine yourself to the present.

  3. Franklin Pierce:

    If the Federal Government will confine itself to the exercise of powers clearly granted by the Constitution , it can hardly happen that its action upon any question should endanger the institutions of the States or interfere with their right to manage matters strictly domestic according to the will of their own people.

  4. Francis Quarles:

    If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

  5. David Howman:

    I don't confine my comments to the NCAA within the United States. I would say internationally that's an area where there needs to be much more done because there are young athletes who are tempted to cheat in order to try to get the professional contracts, i don't think you can even say that there's such a thing as an amateur athlete these days except within the college system in this country.


Translations for confine

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  • حجزArabic
  • граници, предел, ограничавамBulgarian
  • omezovat, poutat, tísnitCzech
  • beschränkenGerman
  • περιορισμός, περιορίζωGreek
  • confín, raya, confinarSpanish
  • rajata, rajoittaa, rajaFinnish
  • limite, confinerFrench
  • korlátozHungarian
  • 限るJapanese
  • v.감금하다 n.감금Korean
  • whakatina, whakatikiMāori
  • beperken, limiet, inperken, begrenzenDutch
  • confim, confinarPortuguese
  • ограничить, лимит, граница, ограничивать, пределRussian
  • ngujojAlbanian
  • inskränka, begränsaSwedish
  • నిర్బంధించు, పరిమితము చేయు, పరిమితముTelugu
  • محدودUrdu

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