What is another word for confining?
148 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ k_ə_n_f_ˈaɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ], [ kənfˈa͡ɪnɪŋ], [ kənfˈaɪnɪŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for confining:- all (adjective)
- close (adjective)
- enclosing (adjective)
- punishing (adjective)
- restrictive (adjective)
- retaining (adjective)
- stringent (adjective)
- tying (adjective)
- withholding (adjective)
- compression (noun)
- confined (noun)
- confining (noun)
- contraction (noun)
- restricting (noun)
- commanding (verb)
- enclosing (verb)
- punishing (verb)
- restraining (verb)
- secluding (verb)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Confining:
adj.
•all (adjective) •close (adjective) •enclosing (adjective) •punishing (adjective) •restrictive (adjective) •retaining (adjective) •stringent (adjective)- 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.
- 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.
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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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Confining Sentence Examples:
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As nurses one of our shades is often the confining labels we give to ourselves as doers in service giving profession.
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It may not be altogether improper to remind the reader, that hitherto our discussion has been concerning the prevailing Religious opinions merely of professed Christians: no longer confining ourselves to persons of this description, let us now extend our inquiry, and briefly investigate the general state of Christianity in this country.
