Synonyms for confined
kənˈfaɪndcon·fined

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1. confinedadjective

   not invading healthy tissue

   Synonyms:
   imprisoned, jailed, captive

   Antonyms:
   invasive, unconfined, strong-growing, free-range, free, fast-growing(a), aggressive

2. confinedadjective

   not free to move about

   Synonyms:
   imprisoned, jailed, captive

   Antonyms:
   invasive, strong-growing, aggressive, fast-growing(a), free-range, unconfined, free

3. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

   being in captivity

   Synonyms:
   captive, engrossed, absorbed, enwrapped, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent

   Antonyms:
   strong-growing, free, invasive, free-range, unconfined, fast-growing(a), aggressive

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1. List of paraphrases for "confined":

   limited, restricted, circumscribed, constrained, contained, reserved

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1. Joy Zhang:

   Ethical governance in practice is still confined to traditional medical, scientific, as well as educational, establishments. The new measures fail to directly address how privately funded research and other … ventures will be monitored.

2. Carlos Andres Gomez:

   So many men in the world (are) living in this sort of quiet desperation, confined in this box of toxic masculinity.

3. Carlos Mogorron:

   I would have preferred to wait 15 more days confined to home or at least one more week and then come back.

4. Mark Jenkins:

   Interfacing street sculpture in public space creates an installation environment that turns regular space into art space. Signs and people and everything around a street sculpture—they all become part of it. A two-dimensional work, being confined to surfaces, doesn't have as much of a capacity.”

5. Hannah Siddle:

   Although this could be very bad news for the Tasmanian devil, we are in a better position than we were when the first contagious cancer emerged. We are further ahead with research and with developing captive management strategies, however, this is a warning to how we manage not just the Tasmanian devil but all vulnerable species, particularly those confined to islands, where disease is a real threat and can do a lot of damage quickly.