restrict - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Synonyms

• bound
• confine
• limit
• restrict
• throttle
• trammel

More specific

• clamp down
• constrain
• crack down
• cramp
• cumber
• delimit
• delimitate
• demarcate
• draw a line
• draw the line
• encumber
• gate
• halter
• hamper
• mark off
• mark out
• reduce
• restrain
• scant
• skimp
• stiffen
• strangle
• tie
• tighten
• tighten up

Verb

place restrictions on

Synonyms

• curb
• curtail
• cut back
• restrict

More generic

• circumscribe
• confine to
• limit

More specific

• abridge
• control
• immobilise
• immobilize
• ration
• restrict

Verb

prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed

Synonyms

• restrict

More generic

• keep
• prevent

Verb

place under restrictions; limit access to by law

Synonyms

• control
• restrict

More generic

• curb
• curtail
• cut back
• restrict

Opposite / Antonyms

• derestrict

More specific

• classify
• localise
• localize
• taboo

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