Synonyms for Confining:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • constrictive,
  • restricting,
  • constraining,
  • limiting.
  •close (adjective)
  • neck and neck.
  •enclosing (adjective)
  • Imprisoning.
  •limiting (adjective)
  • maximum,
  • Terminating,
  • utmost,
  • edge,
  • bounding,
  • zenith,
  • extreme.
  •punishing (adjective)
  • tortuous,
  • burdensome.

• n.

  •
  • tighten.
  •confining (noun)
  • restrictive,
  • confined.
  •contraction (noun)
  • drawing together,
  • reducing.

• v.

  •enclosing (verb)
  • encompassing,
  • covering,
  • encircling,
  • holding,
  • enveloping,
  • Corralling,
  • enclosing,
  • Containing,
  • surrounding,
  • embracing,
  • trapping.
  •imprisoning (verb)
  • Caging,
  • straight jacketing,
  • jailing,
  • Manacling,
  • Harnessing,
  • fettering,
  • Handcuffing,
  • fencing,
  • condemning,
  • impounding.
  •limiting (verb)
  • Compassing,
  • Prescribing,
  • Circumscribing,
  • Checking,
  • Trammeling,
  • repressing,
  • Immuring,
  • Hampering.
  •punishing (verb)
  • 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.
  •restraining (verb)
  • inhibiting,
  • constricting,
  • hindering,
  • Detaining,
  • Bridling,
  • Collaring,
  • impeding,
  • Tethering,
  • Leashing,
  • controlling,
  • Shackling.
  •secluding (verb)
  • 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:

  •
  • crowded,
  • cramped.
  •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:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    restricting.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    lockdown.
  • 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.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    lockdown.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    containment, confinement.

Antonyms for Confining:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    unrestrictive, unconfined.