What is another word for confining?
417 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kənfˈa͡ɪnɪŋ], [ kənfˈaɪnɪŋ], [ k_ə_n_f_ˈaɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for confining:- all (adjective)
- close (adjective)
- enclosing (adjective)
- limiting (adjective)
- narrow (adjective)
- neck and neck (adjective)
- oppressive (adjective)
- punishing (adjective)
- restrictive (adjective)
- retaining (adjective)
- stringent (adjective)
- tying (adjective)
- withholding (adjective)
- compression (noun)
- confined (noun)
- confining (noun)
- contraction (noun)
- imprisonment (noun)
- commanding (verb)
- enclosing (verb)
- imprisoning (verb)
- limiting (verb)
- punishing (verb)
- restraining (verb)
- secluding (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Confining:
adj.
•all (adjective) •close (adjective) •enclosing (adjective) •limiting (adjective) •narrow (adjective) •neck and neck (adjective) •oppressive (adjective)- most ironhanded,
- most depressive,
- ex-acting,
- de pressing,
- un-justest,
- in human,
- more depressive,
- Over-bearing,
- super incumbent,
- un-just,
- more disheartening,
- heavy handed,
- super-incumbent,
- un justest,
- un juster,
- dis-heartening,
- un-juster,
- in-human,
- dis heartening,
- de-pressing,
- ex acting,
- most disheartening,
- more ironhanded,
- heavyhanded,
- over bearing,
- more superincumbent,
- more headache,
- un just,
- most headache,
- most superincumbent.
- most iron fisted,
- more brick-wall,
- un permissive,
- un-permissive,
- in flexible,
- most iron-fisted,
- most drawing,
- more drawing,
- more brick wall,
- more iron fisted,
- more iron-fisted,
- most brick wall,
- more ironfisted,
- most brick-wall,
- brickwall,
- dyed in the wool,
- most ironfisted,
- hard nosed,
- most unpermissive,
- by book,
- most brickwall,
- more brickwall,
- more unpermissive,
- in-flexible,
- iron fisted.
n.
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- tighten.
v.
•commanding (verb) •enclosing (verb)- encompassing,
- covering,
- encircling,
- holding,
- enveloping,
- Corralling,
- enclosing,
- Containing,
- surrounding,
- embracing,
- trapping.
- Caging,
- straight jacketing,
- jailing,
- Manacling,
- Harnessing,
- fettering,
- Handcuffing,
- fencing,
- condemning,
- impounding.
- Hampering,
- keeping locked up,
- keeping behind bars,
- Compassing,
- Trammeling,
- Prescribing,
- Immuring,
- Checking,
- repressing,
- Circumscribing.
- Correcting,
- Afflicting,
- lambasting,
- reprising,
- executing,
- Crucifying,
- Sentencing,
- Castigating,
- trying,
- Chastising,
- Disciplining,
- Keelhauling,
- Fining,
- Persecuting,
- agonizing,
- chastening,
- penalizing,
- distressing,
- anguishing,
- avenging,
- Pillorying,
- Burdening,
- Incarcerating,
- judging,
- punishing.
- constricting,
- Bridling,
- Tethering,
- Leashing,
- Detaining,
- withholding,
- inhibiting,
- controlling,
- hindering,
- Collaring,
- impeding,
- Shackling.
- Ejecting,
- Cloistering,
- Excommunicating,
- Evicting,
- Closeting,
- Insulating,
- Disbarring,
- isolating,
- Detaching,
- Boycotting,
- Deporting,
- screening,
- alienating,
- Sequestering,
- Excluding,
- Expatriating,
- Segregating,
- Removing,
- Extirpating,
- blacklisting,
- Rejecting,
- Blackballing,
- expelling,
- cordoning,
- Extraditing,
- Separating,
- Ostracizing,
- Eliminating,
- Exiling,
- Banishing,
- ousting,
- Secluding.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- inhibit,
- fixed,
- Declaring,
- punctilious,
- deter,
- beset,
- stiff,
- bouncing,
- preclude,
- penning,
- defending,
- customary,
- closemouthed,
- ritualistic,
- musty,
- impede,
- penny-pinching,
- Obtaining,
- solemn,
- enslave,
- abridgement,
- pro forma,
- contracting,
- encircle,
- barring,
- demanding,
- nursing,
- limited,
- skinny,
- ensnare,
- Suppressing,
- Chaining,
- shrinkage,
- meagre,
- Carrying,
- precise,
- unventilated,
- tightlipped,
- square,
- Sustaining,
- proper,
- detain,
- scrupulous,
- disable,
- conscientious,
- enclose,
- restricted,
- compulsive,
- Rimming,
- strangling,
- tempering,
- formulaic,
- tight,
- attentive,
- forbid,
- booking,
- straitened,
- Snaring,
- stale,
- intimidating,
- Prohibiting,
- convulsion,
- lagging,
- encompass,
- ceremonial,
- specializing,
- halting,
- capsule,
- repress,
- arresting,
- prescribed,
- narrowing,
- undeviating,
- Inserting,
- abbreviation,
- Cramping,
- prevent,
- restrict,
- Admitting,
- brimming,
- accommodating,
- strangulating,
- supporting,
- prohibit,
- determine,
- thorough,
- Deeming,
- prevailing,
- Prisoning,
- draw the line,
- Defying,
- routine,
- ascertain,
- Introducing,
- abridgment,
- ending,
- limitative,
- closing,
- agreeing,
- defining,
- stifling,
- locking,
- straight,
- decide,
- restrain,
- Haltering,
- close-fitting,
- forestall,
- unbending,
- Maintaining,
- near,
- cheeseparing,
- exacting,
- exclusive,
- finicky,
- Starched,
- choking,
- decrease,
- strict,
- suppress,
- delimiting,
- constricted,
- demarcating,
- entrap,
- stilted,
- pinched,
- margining,
- defined,
- fusty,
- suffocating,
- harbouring,
- bordering,
- closelipped,
- avert,
- inflexible,
- normal,
- stuffy,
- set,
- unaired,
- incommodious,
- stately,
- constrain,
- meticulous,
- Applying,
- Adjudging,
- faithful,
- standard,
- established,
- jumping,
- difficult,
- withhold,
- snug,
- ritual,
- entertaining,
- systematic,
- rigid,
- methodical,
- ricocheting,
- Harboring,
- concurring,
- compaction,
- finical,
- hinder,
- debar,
- unchanging,
- enfolding,
- airless,
- throttling,
- pounding,
- endure,
- confine,
- strait,
- obstruct,
- official,
- complete,
- gaoling,
- Abridging,
- concealing,
- constriction,
- curbing,
- condensation,
- Reserving,
- obliging,
- secretive,
- nigh,
- formal,
- stinting,
- draw a line,
- definitive,
- regular,
- exact,
- Recoiling,
- conventional,
- tied,
- concretion,
- rebounding,
- rigorous,
- correct,
- orderly,
- enwrapping,
- Staying.
Paraphrases for Confining:
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Equivalence
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Verb, gerund or present participle
restricting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
lockdown.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Concentrating, constraining, constricting, Restraining, Containing, Circumscribing, impeding, detention, diminishing, minimizing, minimising, Curtailing, hindering, Prescribing, Mitigating, limit, limiting, narrowing, downsizing, Detaining, controlling, beseiging, reducing, inhibiting, blockading, besieging, curbing, Impairing, weakening, sieging, counting, sparing, delimiting, shrinking, Stemming, Placing, prevailing, qualifying, holding, throttling, listing, keeping, Capping, bounding, surrounding, cutting.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Adjective
lockdown.
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Noun, singular or mass
containment, confinement.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Confining:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
unrestrictive, unconfined.
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