restrict synonyms

restrict

v.

  1. To restrain

    curb, check, bind; see restrain 1.

  2. To hold within limits

    limit, confine, delimit, circumscribe, contain, assign, contract, shorten, narrow, decrease, enclose, keep in bounds, demarcate, define, encircle, surround, shut in, hem in, box in, diminish, reduce, moderate, modify, temper, qualify, set limits, regulate, pin down; see also limit.

    Antonyms increase*, extend*, expand. See syn. study at limit.limit.

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