Synonyms for Confining:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • constraining,
  • restricting,
  • constrictive,
  • confining,
  • limiting.
  •close (adjective)
  • neck and neck,
  • close-grained.
  •enclosing (adjective)
  • Imprisoning.
  •limiting (adjective)
  • maximum,
  • Terminating,
  • utmost,
  • edge,
  • bounding,
  • zenith,
  • extreme.
  •narrow (adjective)
  • linear,
  • straiter,
  • threadlike,
  • Incapacious.
  •neck and neck (adjective)
  • nip tuck,
  • neck neck.
  •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.
  •punishing (adjective)
  • tortuous,
  • burdensome.
  •restrictive (adjective)
  • prohibitory.
  •retaining (adjective)
  • Having.
  •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.
  •tying (adjective)
  • most restricting,
  • most shackling,
  • more restricting,
  • more shackling.
  •withholding (adjective)
  • most curbing,
  • with-holding,
  • most hindering,
  • more prohibiting,
  • more curbing,
  • more hindering,
  • with holding,
  • most prohibiting.

• n.

  •
  • tighten.
  •compression (noun)
  • squeezings.
  •confined (noun)
  • confined.
  •confining (noun)
  • restrictive.
  •contraction (noun)
  • reducing,
  • drawing together,
  • deflations,
  • tensing,
  • elisions,
  • decreasings,
  • shrinking,
  • elision,
  • deflation,
  • lessening.
  •imprisonment (noun)
  • imprisonings,
  • quarantinings,
  • incarceratings,
  • detainings,
  • capturings,
  • locking ups,
  • immurings.

• v.

  •commanding (verb)
  • governing.
  •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)
  • Hampering,
  • keeping locked up,
  • keeping behind bars,
  • Compassing,
  • Trammeling,
  • Prescribing,
  • Immuring,
  • Checking,
  • repressing,
  • Circumscribing.
  •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)
  • constricting,
  • Bridling,
  • Tethering,
  • Leashing,
  • Detaining,
  • withholding,
  • inhibiting,
  • controlling,
  • hindering,
  • Collaring,
  • impeding,
  • 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.