Synonyms for Circumscribe:

• n.

  •
  • cure,
  • girdle,
  • encircle,
  • regulate,
  • encompass,
  • control,
  • contain.
  •
  • carve,
  • streak,
  • mark out,
  • imprint,
  • engrave,
  • limited.

• v.

  •border (verb)
  • de-lineated,
  • out lining,
  • being adjacent to,
  • out-lined,
  • were adjacent to,
  • out line,
  • out lines,
  • is adjacent to,
  • am adjacent to,
  • wert adjacent to,
  • out-line,
  • de-lineate,
  • marks off,
  • de lineate,
  • out-lines,
  • art adjacent to,
  • de lineated,
  • was adjacent to,
  • are adjacent to,
  • wast adjacent to,
  • sets off,
  • out-lining,
  • out lined.
  •bound (verb)
  • de limits,
  • de limit,
  • de limiting,
  • marked out,
  • marks out,
  • de-limiting,
  • de-limits,
  • de-limit,
  • de limited,
  • de-limited.
  •circle (verb)
  • milling around,
  • be girded,
  • wound about,
  • be-girding,
  • ensphering,
  • be girt,
  • circumducted,
  • be gird,
  • be girds,
  • be-girds,
  • winded about,
  • winding about,
  • be girding,
  • cincturing,
  • be-gird,
  • mills around,
  • be-girded,
  • winds about,
  • be-girt,
  • circumducts,
  • enspheres,
  • circumducting.
  •compass (verb)
  • be-sieging,
  • be-siege,
  • be-set,
  • be-sieged,
  • be-setting,
  • be sieges,
  • be sieged,
  • be sets,
  • be siege,
  • be setting,
  • be-sieges,
  • be-sets,
  • be sieging.
  •confine (verb)
  • cools down,
  • re presses,
  • in-terns,
  • puts a lid on,
  • re-presses,
  • de tains,
  • putting lid on,
  • re-press,
  • in-tern,
  • de-tains,
  • puts lid on,
  • re pressed,
  • de tain,
  • puts ice,
  • in terns,
  • re press,
  • putting on ice,
  • putting ice,
  • re-pressing,
  • puts on ice,
  • re pressing,
  • hog tie,
  • in tern,
  • sending up,
  • put ice,
  • putting a lid on,
  • de-tain.
  •constrict (verb)
  • astringes,
  • drew together,
  • draws together,
  • Astringed.
  •contact (verb)
  • circumscribe.
  •contract (verb)
  • give ones word,
  • it dealt,
  • firming a deal,
  • giving ones word,
  • shakes hands on it,
  • its a deals,
  • hammering out deal,
  • it dealing,
  • its a dealt,
  • gives one's word,
  • it's a dealing,
  • puts writing,
  • giving one's word,
  • sware to,
  • shaking hands on it,
  • gave one word,
  • firms deal,
  • accept offer,
  • signs for,
  • under-taken,
  • accepts offer,
  • signed for,
  • came around,
  • working out details,
  • its deal,
  • hammers out deal,
  • shook hands it,
  • it a deal,
  • its dealt,
  • it a dealt,
  • accepted offer,
  • putting writing,
  • under-took,
  • swearing to,
  • firmed deal,
  • gives one word,
  • firming deal,
  • it's dealing,
  • pro mises,
  • coming around,
  • accepting offer,
  • became indebted,
  • makes terms,
  • initialling,
  • putting in writing,
  • it's deals,
  • swore to,
  • becoming indebted,
  • making terms,
  • firmed a deal,
  • swears to,
  • put writing,
  • under-taking,
  • hammered out deal,
  • shaking hands it,
  • signing for,
  • puts in writing,
  • give one word,
  • firm deal,
  • worked out details,
  • pro-mise,
  • gave word,
  • its a deal,
  • under taking,
  • it a deals,
  • entering into,
  • it's deal,
  • it deals,
  • under take,
  • firms a deal,
  • pro-mises,
  • gave ones word,
  • it's a deals,
  • works out details,
  • its deals,
  • shake hands it,
  • under took,
  • giving word,
  • wrought out details,
  • gives word,
  • made terms,
  • enter in to,
  • it's dealt,
  • under-take,
  • giving one word,
  • under takes,
  • it's a dealt,
  • comes around,
  • signs papers,
  • gave one's word,
  • signing papers,
  • it deal,
  • under-takes,
  • pro mise,
  • shook hands on it,
  • shakes hands it,
  • it a dealing,
  • signed papers,
  • under taken,
  • becomes indebted,
  • gives ones word,
  • its a dealing,
  • its dealing.
  •cramp (verb)
  • boxing up,
  • boxed up,
  • cooping up,
  • coops up,
  • boxes up.
  •define (verb)
  • de fine,
  • walled in,
  • de-fine,
  • setting bounds to,
  • stakes out,
  • walling in,
  • fences in,
  • de fines,
  • fencing in,
  • staked out,
  • de-fined,
  • de fined,
  • sets bounds to,
  • walls in,
  • de-fines,
  • de fining,
  • de-fining.
  •determine (verb)
  • in-duce,
  • de vised,
  • in-vents,
  • in clines,
  • in-clines,
  • de-vised,
  • in vented,
  • de vise,
  • de-vise,
  • in duce,
  • in-vent,
  • in-vented,
  • de vising,
  • in vent,
  • de-vising,
  • in-duces,
  • in cline,
  • in-venting,
  • in duces,
  • in vents,
  • in-cline,
  • in venting.
  •enclose (verb)
  • co oping,
  • in-ducting,
  • blocking off,
  • in-duct,
  • closes in,
  • shutting in,
  • blocks off,
  • fences off,
  • in-ducted,
  • in-sert,
  • in sert,
  • co-oped,
  • in ducting,
  • muring,
  • in duct,
  • in-ducts,
  • in ducted,
  • fencing off,
  • shuts in,
  • Mured,
  • in ducts,
  • locks in,
  • co oped,
  • co-oping.
  •enslave (verb)
  • dis-franchises,
  • in-dentures,
  • keeps under thumb,
  • dis franchise,
  • dis enfranchised,
  • re duces,
  • re-duces,
  • puts in irons,
  • re duce,
  • got hooks into,
  • sub-due,
  • dis enfranchise,
  • gets hooks into,
  • puts irons,
  • gat hooks into,
  • sub dues,
  • gets hooks in to,
  • getting hooks into,
  • sub jugate,
  • dis-enfranchised,
  • getting hooks in to,
  • in-denture,
  • dis franchised,
  • dis-franchising,
  • got hooks in to,
  • keeping under thumb,
  • putting in irons,
  • sub-dues,
  • re-duce,
  • dis-franchised,
  • disenfranchises,
  • put irons,
  • putting irons,
  • gotten hooks in to,
  • dis franchises,
  • kept under thumb,
  • dis enfranchising,
  • dis-franchise,
  • in dentures,
  • gat hooks in to,
  • get hooks in to,
  • dis enfranchises,
  • sub-jugate,
  • dis-enfranchising,
  • gotten hooks into,
  • in denture,
  • dis franchising,
  • dis-enfranchises,
  • dis-enfranchise,
  • disfranchises,
  • sub due.
  •fence (verb)
  • de fending,
  • de fend,
  • de fended,
  • de-fends,
  • de-fending,
  • de fends,
  • de-fend,
  • de-fended.
  •hem/hem in (verb)
  • hedges in,
  • hedging in.
  •imprison (verb)
  • keeps captive,
  • keeping in custody,
  • takes prisoner,
  • putting behind bars,
  • sending to prison,
  • holding hostage,
  • held custody,
  • kept in custody,
  • took prisoner,
  • send prison,
  • keeping captive,
  • puts behind bars,
  • held hostage,
  • holding custody,
  • rails in,
  • hold custody,
  • keeping custody,
  • bastilled,
  • railed in,
  • held captive,
  • holds custody,
  • bastilling,
  • sends prison,
  • holds in custody,
  • held in custody,
  • kept captive,
  • sending prison,
  • kept custody,
  • holding in custody,
  • holds captive,
  • keeps in custody,
  • sent prison,
  • sent to prison,
  • keeps custody,
  • holds hostage,
  • sends to prison,
  • railing in,
  • taking prisoner,
  • keep custody,
  • holding captive.
  •limit (verb)
  • kept the lid on,
  • pre-scribes,
  • pre scribing,
  • pre-scribing,
  • pre-scribed,
  • kept lid on,
  • keeps the lid on,
  • draw line,
  • keeps lid on,
  • keeping lid on,
  • keeping the lid on,
  • pre-scribe,
  • pre scribe.
  •mark off, delimit (verb)
  • demarcate,
  • outline,
  • hamper,
  • trammel,
  • nail down,
  • delineate,
  • bar.
  •outline (verb)
  • figure,
  • form,
  • represent,
  • profile,
  • plan,
  • contour,
  • draw,
  • silhouette,
  • trace,
  • sketch,
  • frame,
  • draft.
  •restrain (verb)
  • keep line,
  • choked back,
  • cracking down,
  • pro scribed,
  • pro scribe,
  • pre-vented,
  • sits on,
  • de bar,
  • re straining,
  • de-barred,
  • pro scribing,
  • pro-scribed,
  • pre-vents,
  • keeps down,
  • de-bars,
  • pre venting,
  • pre-vent,
  • re-straining,
  • keeping in line,
  • keeping down,
  • re-strained,
  • de-barring,
  • sate on,
  • choking back,
  • pro-scribe,
  • re-strains,
  • chokes back,
  • re-strain,
  • kept in line,
  • re strained,
  • de bars,
  • de barred,
  • de-bar,
  • de barring,
  • keeping line,
  • cracks down,
  • re strains,
  • kept line,
  • keeps line,
  • pre vents,
  • keeps in line,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre vent,
  • re strain,
  • pro scribes,
  • cracked down.
  •restrict (verb)
  • de-marked,
  • keeping within limits,
  • keeps within limits,
  • de creasing,
  • de crease,
  • pre-limit,
  • pre-limiting,
  • pinned down,
  • pre limits,
  • in closes,
  • prelimits,
  • holding down,
  • hanging up,
  • pre limit,
  • demarking,
  • prelimited,
  • hanged up,
  • in close,
  • prelimiting,
  • de-crease,
  • holds down,
  • keeping within bounds,
  • de mark,
  • de-marking,
  • in closed,
  • keeps within bounds,
  • pre limited,
  • re strict,
  • pre-limited,
  • de-mark,
  • in closing,
  • kept within limits,
  • pre limiting,
  • in-close,
  • de marked,
  • kept within bounds,
  • de creases,
  • de-creasing,
  • in-closing,
  • demarked,
  • demarks,
  • de creased,
  • re-strict,
  • de-creases,
  • in-closed,
  • in-closes,
  • de marking,
  • de-creased,
  • de marks,
  • de-marks,
  • pre-limits.
  •ring (verb)
  • moves around,
  • moving around.
  •surround (verb)
  • closed around,
  • lays siege to,
  • be leaguer,
  • enclaving,
  • laying siege to,
  • closed on,
  • in vested,
  • closes around,
  • sur-rounding,
  • be-leaguered,
  • in vest,
  • in vests,
  • be leaguered,
  • boxed in,
  • laid siege to,
  • in-vesting,
  • be leaguers,
  • in-undated,
  • in-vest,
  • closing on,
  • boxing in,
  • be leaguering,
  • be-leaguering,
  • be-leaguer,
  • sur rounding,
  • goes around,
  • be-leaguers,
  • closing around,
  • sur rounded,
  • in-vested,
  • in-vests,
  • closes on,
  • sur-rounded,
  • in undated.

• Other synonyms:

  •bound
  • delimitates,
  • delimitate,
  • delimitating,
  • marking out,
  • delimitated.
  •contract
  • initials,
  • hammer out deal,
  • initialled,
  • Initialed,
  • swear to,
  • sign for,
  • ink,
  • initial,
  • shake hands on it,
  • sign up,
  • signing up,
  • make terms,
  • Inked,
  • Initialing,
  • come around,
  • give one's word,
  • pacted,
  • go along with,
  • put in writing,
  • work out details,
  • Inking,
  • pacting,
  • firm a deal,
  • become indebted,
  • inks,
  • signs up,
  • it's a deal,
  • sign papers,
  • signed up,
  • give word.
  •encircle
  • ring.
  •enclose
  • mew,
  • Mure,
  • encases,
  • compass,
  • locked in,
  • closing in,
  • Mures,
  • sets apart,
  • locked up,
  • encasing,
  • enshrouded,
  • locking up,
  • fence off,
  • locks up,
  • lock up,
  • setting apart,
  • encase,
  • shut in,
  • closed in,
  • locking in,
  • set apart,
  • enclosed,
  • fenced off,
  • lock in,
  • block off,
  • close in.
  •environ
  • environ.
  •impede
  • hinder.
  •imprison
  • Closeting,
  • bastille,
  • bastilles,
  • occlude,
  • hold hostage,
  • remands,
  • closeted,
  • Remanded,
  • keep captive,
  • Remanding,
  • send to prison,
  • remand,
  • keep in custody,
  • hold captive,
  • Stockaded,
  • take prisoner,
  • Stockading,
  • hold in custody,
  • put behind bars,
  • rail in,
  • imprisoned.
  •inhibit
  • taboo.
  •limit
  • rationed,
  • keep lid on,
  • rationing,
  • keep the lid on,
  • limits,
  • corking,
  • corked.
  •narrow
  • tapers.
  •restrain
  • tie down,
  • tied down,
  • keep in line,
  • ties down,
  • pulled back,
  • Manacling,
  • pinions,
  • Harnessing,
  • choke back,
  • pulls back,
  • tying down,
  • pull back,
  • Manacled,
  • pinion,
  • hogtie,
  • keep down,
  • pinioned,
  • sitting on,
  • crack down,
  • kept down,
  • pulling back,
  • sit on,
  • Pinioning.
  •Other relevant words:
  • corrugate,
  • bear,
  • pucker up,
  • regulate by,
  • Engird,
  • coop,
  • belt,
  • lessen,
  • keep,
  • lay down,
  • corral,
  • circumscribed circle,
  • consolidate,
  • Bedwarf,
  • localize,
  • stow,
  • coarctate,
  • gird,
  • purse,
  • warp,
  • decrease,
  • Coarct,
  • moderate,
  • crunch,
  • picket,
  • Cohibit,
  • condition,
  • strangle,
  • dwarf,
  • pucker,
  • show the door,
  • detain,
  • hem,
  • abate,
  • fix,
  • mitigate,
  • warn off,
  • abbreviate,
  • crush,
  • proscribe,
  • stake,
  • endure,
  • compress,
  • draw in,
  • hedge,
  • knit,
  • adjust,
  • establish,
  • squeeze,
  • shorten,
  • lap,
  • mark,
  • throttle,
  • lie around,
  • compact,
  • modulate,
  • adjust to,
  • protect,
  • alter,
  • bridle,
  • divide,
  • embrace,
  • wrinkle,
  • constringe,
  • hold,
  • solidify,
  • keep in,
  • lay off,
  • abridge,
  • adhere,
  • curtail,
  • set down,
  • terminate,
  • diminish,
  • withhold,
  • constrain,
  • rope off,
  • check,
  • skirt,
  • impede,
  • reduce,
  • set,
  • pack,
  • soften,
  • fetter,
  • fortify,
  • suppress,
  • crimp,
  • stint,
  • boil down,
  • temper,
  • assuage,
  • begird,
  • crumple up,
  • modify,
  • box,
  • concentrate,
  • season,
  • condense,
  • specify,
  • delimit,
  • shut out,
  • palliate,
  • tighten,
  • interdict,
  • cap,
  • circumvent,
  • exclude,
  • beset,
  • separate,
  • leaven,
  • hold in,
  • curb,
  • prohibit,
  • pinch,
  • repress.

Paraphrases for Circumscribe:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    restrict.
  • Verb, base form
    restrict.

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    curtail.
  • Verb, base form
    delineate, contain, curb, Ring-fence, identify, define, reduce, delimit, narrow, mitigate, demarcate, curtail.

• Other Related

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    limit.
  • Verb, base form
    limiting, constrain, limit, restrain.

Antonyms for Circumscribe:

• v.

  • mark off, delimit
    free, help, open, loose, liberate, aid, assist, permit, unloose, release, let go, allow.
  • Other antonyms:
    emancipate, arouse, impel, encourage, set free, broaden, animate, let loose, incite, excite, widen.

Hyponym for Circumscribe:

• v.

  • contact
    draw, delineate, line, trace, describe.