Definition for Confine:

• To shut up; imprison; limit; restrict.

Synonyms for Confine:

• n.

  •
  • shut up,
  • immure.
  •
  • limited,
  • doctor.
  •limit (noun)
  • term.
  •prison (noun)
  • coop,
  • stronghold,
  • jailhouse,
  • Alcatraz,
  • pound,
  • bridle,
  • penitentiary,
  • cell,
  • jug,
  • prison,
  • oubliette,
  • shackle,
  • brig,
  • reformatory,
  • pinion,
  • reform school,
  • tether,
  • irons,
  • vise,
  • stockade,
  • straight jacket,
  • harness,
  • dungeon,
  • collar,
  • handcuff,
  • lockup,
  • San Quentin,
  • manacle,
  • cooler,
  • gaol,
  • penal colony.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • limit,
  • restrict,
  • throttle.
  •enclose (verb)
  • corral,
  • encompass,
  • encircle,
  • embrace,
  • contain,
  • trap,
  • cover,
  • envelop.
  •enclose, limit (verb)
  • imprison,
  • fix,
  • bar,
  • ice,
  • put a lid on,
  • repress,
  • shorten,
  • cool,
  • cool down,
  • hinder,
  • keep,
  • hold back,
  • hog-tie.
  •imprison (verb)
  • impound,
  • condemn.
  •punish (verb)
  • judge,
  • discipline,
  • correct,
  • lambaste,
  • Keelhaul,
  • burden,
  • penalize,
  • chasten,
  • agonize,
  • execute,
  • castigate,
  • pillory,
  • reprise,
  • crucify,
  • distress,
  • torture,
  • chastise,
  • fine,
  • avenge,
  • try,
  • punish,
  • persecute,
  • afflict,
  • anguish.
  •restrain (verb)
  • control,
  • impede,
  • inhibit.
  •seclude (verb)
  • boycott,
  • exclude,
  • oust,
  • eject,
  • disbar,
  • exile,
  • excommunicate,
  • blackball,
  • expel,
  • separate,
  • blacklist,
  • banish,
  • screen,
  • closet,
  • extirpate,
  • eliminate,
  • extradite,
  • sequester,
  • ostracize,
  • segregate,
  • cloister,
  • reject,
  • remove,
  • insulate,
  • alienate,
  • expatriate,
  • deport,
  • detach,
  • evict.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • certify,
  • delimit,
  • internship,
  • diagnose,
  • caseload,
  • demarcate.
  •
  • intern,
  • mark off,
  • readmit,
  • commit,
  • prognosis,
  • prescribe,
  • regulate,
  • tighten,
  • cure,
  • pen in,
  • straiten.
  •
  • govern,
  • provide,
  • treat,
  • practice.
  •
  • lock,
  • police,
  • seize.
  •
  • tame,
  • stem.
  •
  • condition.
  •
  • cap,
  • capture,
  • handle.
  •
  • corner.
  •
  • place.
  •
  • catch.
  •besiege
  • shut in.
  •bound
  • delimitate.
  •cage
  • Encage.
  •close
  • shut.
  •contract
  • draw in.
  •economize
  • retrench.
  •encircle
  • ring.
  •enclose
  • enclosed,
  • mew,
  • fence off,
  • hedge.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cloistered,
  • hamper,
  • stake,
  • but,
  • support,
  • specify,
  • reserve,
  • cutoff,
  • smother,
  • localize,
  • adjudge,
  • immobilize,
  • jailed,
  • obstruct,
  • pursue,
  • reduce,
  • obligate,
  • terminal date,
  • institutionalize,
  • limen,
  • enclosure,
  • concentrate,
  • clap under hatches,
  • circle,
  • verge,
  • fauces,
  • pin down,
  • girth,
  • knobbed,
  • circumscription,
  • recoil,
  • brim,
  • restricted,
  • cut back,
  • check,
  • cut-off,
  • Gated,
  • private,
  • determinant,
  • interface,
  • finish,
  • catch on,
  • make fast,
  • qualify,
  • concord,
  • edge,
  • obtain,
  • compass,
  • prevail,
  • go in,
  • entomb,
  • rampart,
  • sweep,
  • start,
  • conceal,
  • privy,
  • freeze,
  • protect,
  • get hold of,
  • reservation,
  • apply,
  • fasten,
  • constipated,
  • cramped,
  • starting line,
  • lonely,
  • rationing,
  • ensnare,
  • isolated,
  • region,
  • solitary,
  • resile,
  • ambit,
  • constrained,
  • circuit,
  • lock away,
  • adjoining,
  • have got,
  • frontier,
  • debatable,
  • field,
  • scant,
  • enfold,
  • draw the line,
  • cage in,
  • guide,
  • stay,
  • secluded,
  • purview,
  • quad,
  • book,
  • agree,
  • stifle,
  • deter,
  • declare,
  • confines,
  • overcrowd,
  • picket,
  • responsible,
  • threshold,
  • reclusive,
  • muzzle,
  • introduce,
  • bear,
  • quadrangle,
  • ground,
  • feature,
  • termination,
  • lower limit,
  • strangle,
  • costive,
  • maintain,
  • squeeze,
  • captive,
  • crush,
  • bolt in,
  • paling,
  • secure,
  • halter,
  • gnarled,
  • lag,
  • pure,
  • rein,
  • precincts,
  • channel,
  • admit,
  • put in,
  • court,
  • hold in custody,
  • ricochet,
  • insert,
  • oblige,
  • limiting factor,
  • periphery,
  • drag,
  • set,
  • focus,
  • backwoods,
  • fold,
  • tie down,
  • hem,
  • retard,
  • slacken,
  • starting point,
  • deem,
  • Incage,
  • defend,
  • baffling,
  • snug,
  • puzzling,
  • curtilage,
  • carry,
  • railing,
  • Quod,
  • square,
  • radius,
  • march,
  • virtuous,
  • rail in,
  • have,
  • barricade,
  • accommodate,
  • barrier,
  • major in,
  • skirt,
  • mysterious,
  • curbstone,
  • go in for,
  • cutoff point,
  • view as,
  • dimensions,
  • terminus,
  • mouth,
  • keep in custody,
  • inflexible,
  • Chops,
  • nurse,
  • line of demarcation,
  • take,
  • send down,
  • defy,
  • Gyve,
  • boundary condition,
  • stuck,
  • go for,
  • make,
  • hutch,
  • take hold,
  • scope,
  • stingy,
  • minor in,
  • careful,
  • be into,
  • parsimonious,
  • viscous,
  • specialize in,
  • hold up,
  • stall,
  • take a hop,
  • fringe,
  • stiffen,
  • sequestrate,
  • sustain,
  • moderate,
  • park,
  • extent,
  • incomprehensible,
  • time allotment,
  • arena,
  • compound,
  • doored,
  • perimeter,
  • suppress,
  • prohibit,
  • casket,
  • stick in,
  • ceiling,
  • container,
  • purlieus,
  • boundary line,
  • target date,
  • lash,
  • taper,
  • register,
  • copyright,
  • clap up,
  • high-water mark,
  • chains,
  • bounds,
  • cincture,
  • curb,
  • withstand,
  • stop,
  • outline,
  • throw,
  • handicap,
  • brow,
  • flange,
  • Caged,
  • narrow down,
  • COMPAS,
  • crib,
  • list,
  • confined,
  • keep in,
  • sty,
  • Snape,
  • upper limit,
  • concur,
  • harbour,
  • palisade,
  • good,
  • jump,
  • remote,
  • Toft,
  • truss,
  • spring back,
  • peg,
  • low-water mark,
  • theater,
  • coffin,
  • bourn,
  • boundary,
  • give,
  • labyrinthine,
  • bottle up,
  • button up,
  • enrapture,
  • pen up,
  • patent,
  • wreathe,
  • floor,
  • choke,
  • limitation,
  • knotty,
  • abridge,
  • strict,
  • diminish,
  • invalid,
  • inexplicable,
  • side,
  • arrest,
  • tight,
  • wall,
  • block,
  • send,
  • royal residence,
  • specialize,
  • gird,
  • brink,
  • pressed together,
  • entertain,
  • attach,
  • narrow,
  • jaws,
  • keep within bounds,
  • pin,
  • bottle,
  • marches,
  • bounce,
  • reach,
  • curtail,
  • pale,
  • courtyard,
  • include,
  • leap,
  • take prisoner,
  • take for,
  • coop in,
  • fetters,
  • sphere,
  • orbit,
  • line,
  • intimidate,
  • Chaps,
  • yard,
  • mark,
  • cabin,
  • fortify,
  • determine,
  • cork,
  • chaste,
  • grasping,
  • put,
  • hurt,
  • deadline,
  • Mete,
  • circumference,
  • follow.

Paraphrases for Confine:

• Equivalence

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

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    limit, curtail.
  • Verb, base form
    limiting, limit, constrain, restrain, contain, concentrate, curb, curtail, narrow, keep, mitigate, diminish, content, focus, Ring-fence, constrict, encase, define, detention, underperform, tighten, shorten.

Antonyms for Confine:

• v.

  • enclose, limit
    ignore, unfasten, loose, neglect, liberate, free, allow, permit, release, increase, open, unbind, loosen, let go.
  • Other antonyms:
    arouse, overextend, set free, discharge, incite, aid, broaden, expand, widen, let loose, exceed, overreach, manumit, impel, encourage, excite, animate.

Hypernym for Confine:

• v.

  • change
    cumber, stiffen, encumber, clamp down, scant, cramp, reduce, tie, strangle, tighten up, mark off, skimp, halter, demarcate, draw the line, crack down, gate, restrain, delimitate, tighten, hamper, constrain, delimit, draw a line, mark out.
  • contact
    coop in, seal in, lock in, closet, lock up, lock, shut up, shut away, cabin, lock away, coop up, put away.

Hyponym for Confine:

• v.

  • contact
    hold back, keep back, restrain, keep.