restrict

Verbs

  • (v) place restrictions on
    • curtail drinking in school
    curtail, curb, cut back,
  • (v) place under restrictions; limit access to
    • This substance is controlled
  • (v) place limits on (extent or access)
    • restrict the use of this parking lot
    • limit the time you can spend with your friends
    confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound,
  • (v) make more specific
    • qualify these remarks
    qualify,

Synonyms

curtail curb cut back confine limit throttle restrain trammel bound qualify

Antonyms

derestrict

Words of close approximity

restricted restricting restriction restriction endonuclease restriction enzyme restriction fragment restriction nuclease restriction site restrictive restrictive clause restrictively restrictiveness