Synonyms for Constrain:

• n.

  •
  • nag,
  • pester,
  • drag into,
  • bulldoze,
  • badger,
  • threaten.
  •
  • attack.
  •
  • bit,
  • pull in,
  • restraint.
  •constrain (noun)
  • tighten up,
  • cumber,
  • tighten,
  • stiffen.
  •necessitate (noun)
  • study at force.

• v.

  •abstain (verb)
  • re fuse,
  • takes pledge,
  • sits on hands,
  • sat the fence,
  • sate the fence,
  • de clines,
  • went wagon,
  • sitting the fence,
  • sate on one's hands,
  • sitting on ones hands,
  • took cure,
  • give go by,
  • sits on one hands,
  • went the wagon,
  • sat on one hands,
  • sit hands,
  • passes up,
  • re-fusing,
  • sits one's hands,
  • sate one hands,
  • keeping from,
  • fence-sat,
  • fencesit,
  • sate ones hands,
  • sate hands,
  • sitting hands,
  • go wagon,
  • sat one's hands,
  • sitting fence,
  • re fusing,
  • sat fence,
  • sits on one's hands,
  • go on wagon,
  • going wagon,
  • re-fused,
  • taking the pledge,
  • taking cure,
  • goes wagon,
  • passing up,
  • re-fuse,
  • sat on one's hands,
  • giving the go by,
  • fence sit,
  • re fuses,
  • sit on ones hands,
  • sitting on one's hands,
  • went on the wagon,
  • sitting on the fence,
  • gives the go by,
  • sitting on one hands,
  • sitting on hands,
  • took the cure,
  • go the wagon,
  • fencesat,
  • going the wagon,
  • goes on the wagon,
  • took pledge,
  • sits hands,
  • goes on wagon,
  • de cline,
  • sat one hands,
  • sits fence,
  • take cure,
  • denied oneself,
  • taking pledge,
  • sat on fence,
  • sits on fence,
  • sat on ones hands,
  • giving go by,
  • fence-sits,
  • de-cline,
  • sits on ones hands,
  • sitting ones hands,
  • gave the go by,
  • takes cure,
  • sit one hands,
  • keeps from,
  • fence sits,
  • sits one hands,
  • fencesitting,
  • re-fuses,
  • sit on hands,
  • sits out,
  • sitting out,
  • sits ones hands,
  • sate on hands,
  • takes the cure,
  • fence sitting,
  • sit the fence,
  • kept from,
  • sit on one hands,
  • sit fence,
  • sate fence,
  • sit ones hands,
  • gave go by,
  • sate out,
  • going on the wagon,
  • sat ones hands,
  • sitting one's hands,
  • sat on the fence,
  • de-clines,
  • sat hands,
  • going on wagon,
  • re fused,
  • sate one's hands,
  • gives go by,
  • denies oneself,
  • sate on fence,
  • fencesits,
  • sitting on fence,
  • denying oneself,
  • sits on the fence,
  • went on wagon,
  • fence sat,
  • sit one's hands,
  • goes the wagon,
  • sitting one hands,
  • sits the fence,
  • takes the pledge,
  • sate on the fence,
  • sate on ones hands,
  • take pledge,
  • sate on one hands,
  • sat on hands.
  •bind (verb)
  • pre scribing,
  • in-denture,
  • in denture,
  • pre scribe,
  • puts half nelson on,
  • pre-scribe,
  • in-dentures,
  • pre-scribes,
  • pre-scribed,
  • puts lock on,
  • re strict,
  • putting half nelson on,
  • re-strict,
  • pre-scribing,
  • pre scribes,
  • in dentures,
  • putting lock on.
  •bridle (verb)
  • kept in check,
  • keeps check,
  • keep check,
  • kept check,
  • re-press,
  • re press,
  • keeps in check,
  • re presses,
  • re pressed,
  • re-presses,
  • sub dues,
  • re-pressing,
  • sub-due,
  • re pressing,
  • sub-dues,
  • keeping check,
  • sub due.
  •check (verb)
  • dis-courages,
  • nip bud,
  • re-duces,
  • counter acts,
  • counter-act,
  • pre vents,
  • re buff,
  • re-buffs,
  • slowing down,
  • pre vent,
  • counter-acting,
  • de-laying,
  • counter-acted,
  • re-buffed,
  • re-pulsing,
  • pre venting,
  • re-pulsed,
  • slackens pace,
  • de laying,
  • played for time,
  • re-buffing,
  • re duce,
  • nip the bud,
  • de lays,
  • holds down,
  • de lay,
  • re buffed,
  • counter-acts,
  • re pulsing,
  • slackened pace,
  • re pulses,
  • re duces,
  • re pulsed,
  • re buffing,
  • re-pulse,
  • re buffs,
  • counter act,
  • re pulse,
  • slackening pace,
  • slows down,
  • dis-courage,
  • de-lay,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre-vent,
  • holds in,
  • counter acted,
  • re-pulses,
  • counter acting,
  • pre-vented,
  • reining in,
  • nip in bud,
  • Bitting,
  • dis courages,
  • de-lays,
  • re-buff,
  • pre-vents,
  • dis courage,
  • re-duce.
  •coerce (verb)
  • made an offer they can't refuse,
  • concusses,
  • be-set,
  • make an offer they cant refuse,
  • putting the squeeze on,
  • makes an offer they cant refuse,
  • twisting arm,
  • making offer they can't refuse,
  • leans on,
  • high pressuring,
  • leaned on,
  • made an offer they cant refuse,
  • be sets,
  • twisted ones arm,
  • make offer they cant refuse,
  • making offer they cant refuse,
  • twists ones arm,
  • co-wing,
  • putting squeeze on,
  • twisting ones arm,
  • co-wed,
  • twists one's arm,
  • be-sets,
  • puts squeeze on,
  • co wed,
  • made offer they can't refuse,
  • twists arm,
  • twist ones arm,
  • makes offer they cant refuse,
  • twisting one arm,
  • twisted one arm,
  • twists one arm,
  • twisted arm,
  • made offer they cant refuse,
  • be-setting,
  • twisting one's arm,
  • co wing,
  • high pressured,
  • making an offer they can't refuse,
  • leant on,
  • twist one arm,
  • making an offer they cant refuse,
  • makes offer they can't refuse,
  • makes an offer they can't refuse,
  • be setting,
  • twisted one's arm,
  • strongarm,
  • high pressures,
  • puts the squeeze on,
  • make offer they can't refuse.
  •command (verb)
  • pre dominates,
  • pre dominate,
  • pre vail,
  • has authority,
  • pre vails,
  • super vise,
  • hast authority,
  • hadst authority,
  • super-intended,
  • over-ridden,
  • super-intends,
  • held office,
  • over bore,
  • takes over,
  • pre-vailed,
  • super-vise,
  • super-vised,
  • reigns over,
  • over bear,
  • pre dominating,
  • pre-vail,
  • overborn,
  • exercised power,
  • took over,
  • over-rode,
  • exercising power,
  • super intend,
  • co ached,
  • pre dominated,
  • pre vailed,
  • over-borne,
  • pre-dominated,
  • co-ached,
  • super intended,
  • pre-vails,
  • over bearing,
  • over rides,
  • co aching,
  • over-bore,
  • over-born,
  • super intending,
  • reigning over,
  • pre-dominates,
  • over-rides,
  • super intends,
  • hath authority,
  • over borne,
  • co-aching,
  • presiding over,
  • reigned over,
  • super-intend,
  • pre-dominate,
  • over-bears,
  • having authority,
  • pre-dominating,
  • exercises power,
  • over ridden,
  • over bears,
  • over ride,
  • overbore,
  • Over-bearing,
  • super vised,
  • presides over,
  • super vising,
  • holding office,
  • pre vailing,
  • holds office,
  • over rode,
  • had authority,
  • haddest authority,
  • over born,
  • super-intending,
  • over riding,
  • over-riding.
  •compel (verb)
  • puts the chill on,
  • putting the arm on,
  • making necessary,
  • turns heat,
  • turned heat,
  • puts arm on,
  • turning the heat,
  • cracking down,
  • puts the arm on,
  • threw weight around,
  • turns on heat,
  • made necessary,
  • turned on the heat,
  • turn on heat,
  • makes necessary,
  • cracked down,
  • putting chill on,
  • putting the chill on,
  • putting arm on,
  • turning heat,
  • turned the heat,
  • cracks down,
  • turned on heat,
  • turning on heat,
  • turns on the heat,
  • turning on the heat,
  • throws weight around,
  • turn the heat,
  • turns the heat,
  • put arm on,
  • turn heat,
  • puts chill on.
  •confine (verb)
  • de limit,
  • putting a lid on,
  • puts lid on,
  • putting lid on,
  • puts a lid on,
  • hog tie,
  • putting ice,
  • in-terns,
  • de-limits,
  • de limited,
  • de limiting,
  • putting on ice,
  • puts ice,
  • de-limit,
  • cools down,
  • de-limited,
  • in-tern,
  • put ice,
  • de limits,
  • in tern,
  • sending up,
  • in terns,
  • de-limiting,
  • puts on ice.
  •control (verb)
  • simmered down,
  • simmers down,
  • simmering down.
  •cramp (verb)
  • boxes up,
  • boxing up,
  • coops up,
  • cooping up,
  • boxed up.
  •curb (verb)
  • boxing in,
  • keeping lid on,
  • kept tight rein on,
  • keeps lid on,
  • entrammeled,
  • co oked,
  • keeping tight rein on,
  • cooled off,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • keeps tight rein on,
  • entrammeling,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • boxed in,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • co-oking,
  • cools off,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • co oking,
  • kept lid on,
  • co-oked,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • entrammels.
  •decree (verb)
  • de-creed,
  • putting one foot down,
  • de creed,
  • putting one's foot down,
  • puts ones foot down,
  • reading riot act,
  • laid down law,
  • de-clares,
  • puts foot down,
  • puts one foot down,
  • de cree,
  • lays down the law,
  • de crees,
  • puts one's foot down,
  • reading the riot act,
  • pro-claims,
  • put one foot down,
  • pro claim,
  • de clare,
  • de-clare,
  • pro claiming,
  • lays down law,
  • pro claimed,
  • putting ones foot down,
  • laying down law,
  • pro claims,
  • de-crees,
  • laid down the law,
  • de-cree,
  • lay down law,
  • de clares,
  • pro-claiming,
  • put ones foot down,
  • putting foot down,
  • reads riot act,
  • reads the riot act,
  • laying down the law.
  •demand (verb)
  • clamors for,
  • be-sieging,
  • be sought,
  • in quires,
  • sues for,
  • in-quire,
  • be-sieged,
  • be sieges,
  • whistling for,
  • Impetrated,
  • be sieging,
  • be-siege,
  • be sieged,
  • hitting up,
  • in quiring,
  • be-sieges,
  • whistled for,
  • counter claims,
  • counter-claiming,
  • re quests,
  • sued for,
  • hits up,
  • re questing,
  • re quested,
  • in quire,
  • clamored for,
  • be-sought,
  • counter claim,
  • re-questing,
  • impetrates,
  • in-quires,
  • be siege,
  • counter claimed,
  • insisted on,
  • suing for,
  • in-quired,
  • insisting on,
  • Impetrating,
  • re-quests,
  • in quired,
  • clamoring for,
  • counter-claims,
  • whistles for,
  • counter-claimed,
  • in-quiring,
  • counter claiming,
  • insists on.
  •detain (verb)
  • hanging up,
  • hanged up,
  • re-serves,
  • hangs up,
  • re serving,
  • de-tains,
  • slows up,
  • re served,
  • re-serving,
  • de-tain,
  • re-serve,
  • re-served,
  • de tains,
  • re serve,
  • de tain,
  • slowing up.
  •drive (verb)
  • in spiring,
  • steamrolled,
  • steamrolling,
  • in duces,
  • over-works,
  • over-working,
  • over burdened,
  • steamrolls,
  • acting upon,
  • in-spires,
  • over-worked,
  • over working,
  • puts to,
  • over-burdens,
  • act up on,
  • over burdening,
  • in duce,
  • in-spired,
  • over burdens,
  • over burden,
  • puts up to,
  • over work,
  • spiriting up,
  • over-work,
  • in spired,
  • over worked,
  • over works,
  • spirits up,
  • spirited up,
  • acts up on,
  • in-spiring,
  • wrought on,
  • in-spire,
  • putting up to,
  • in-duce,
  • over-burdening,
  • acts upon,
  • acted up on,
  • in spires,
  • works on,
  • over-burdened,
  • acting up on,
  • putting to,
  • in-duces,
  • in spire.
  •enforce (verb)
  • ex torts,
  • in-cited,
  • ex tort,
  • putting screws to,
  • dis charging,
  • puts in to effect,
  • in-cite,
  • forcing upon,
  • dis-charging,
  • dis-charge,
  • in cite,
  • put in to effect,
  • force up on,
  • dis charges,
  • dis-charges,
  • ex-torts,
  • puts screws to,
  • dis charged,
  • dis charge,
  • putting into effect,
  • forced up on,
  • ex-tort,
  • forces upon,
  • forces up on,
  • in cites,
  • dis-charged,
  • putting in to effect,
  • forcing up on,
  • puts into effect.
  •exact (verb)
  • ex-tracts,
  • insisting up on,
  • ex acted,
  • insisting upon,
  • ex-act,
  • insist up on,
  • ex tract,
  • shaking down,
  • shakes down,
  • insisted upon,
  • insists upon,
  • ex-acts,
  • ex acting,
  • insists up on,
  • ex-tract,
  • ex-acted,
  • insisted up on,
  • ex-acting,
  • ex acts,
  • ex act,
  • shook down.
  •force (verb)
  • bringing pressure to bear up on,
  • bears hard on,
  • brought pressure bear upon,
  • bare hard on,
  • brought pressure to bear upon,
  • bore hard on,
  • bring pressure bear up on,
  • bringing pressure bear upon,
  • brings pressure to bear upon,
  • bringing pressure to bear upon,
  • brought pressure to bear up on,
  • brought pressure bear up on,
  • brings pressure bear upon,
  • over-comes,
  • over come,
  • brings pressure bear up on,
  • over-coming,
  • bring pressure bear upon,
  • bringing pressure bear up on,
  • bearing hard on,
  • pinned down,
  • over coming,
  • beared hard on,
  • brings pressure to bear up on,
  • over comes,
  • bring pressure to bear up on.
  •force; restrain (verb)
  • cork,
  • immure,
  • deprive,
  • intern,
  • bottle up,
  • deny,
  • disallow,
  • hog-tie,
  • bar,
  • oblige,
  • ban,
  • chain,
  • hold back,
  • stifle,
  • constrict.
  •gag (verb)
  • puts the lid on,
  • putting the lid on,
  • tongue-ties,
  • de adens,
  • kept the lid on,
  • tongue-tying,
  • tongue tied,
  • keeps the lid on,
  • taping up,
  • keeping the lid on,
  • corks up,
  • tonguetying,
  • tonguetie,
  • tapes up,
  • de-adens,
  • tongue tying,
  • tonguetied,
  • tongue ties,
  • de-aden,
  • tongueties,
  • de aden,
  • taped up.
  •grieve (verb)
  • breaking heart of,
  • broke heart of,
  • breaking the heart of,
  • break heart of,
  • brake heart of,
  • breaks the heart of,
  • breaks heart of,
  • broke the heart of,
  • brake the heart of.
  •harness (verb)
  • out-fits,
  • out-fitting,
  • puts in harness,
  • out fits,
  • out fitted,
  • out-fit,
  • rendered useful,
  • out fit,
  • out-fitted,
  • put harness,
  • rendering useful,
  • made productive,
  • renders useful,
  • making productive,
  • out fitting,
  • makes productive,
  • putting in harness,
  • putting harness,
  • puts harness.
  •hurt (verb)
  • dis tressed,
  • hitting where lives,
  • lays a bad trip on,
  • giving no quarter,
  • hit where lives,
  • going for jugular,
  • dis-pleases,
  • dis commodes,
  • up sets,
  • dis-tressed,
  • dis-comfits,
  • cuts to quick,
  • gives no quarter,
  • cutting quick,
  • cuts to the quick,
  • dis comfits,
  • wrought over,
  • cutting the quick,
  • ex cruciate,
  • cut quick,
  • dis-commodes,
  • dis commode,
  • hits where lives,
  • cuts the quick,
  • laid bad trip on,
  • cutting to the quick,
  • hits where one lives,
  • cutting to quick,
  • hitting where one lives,
  • dis-pleased,
  • dis please,
  • ex-cruciate,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • dis pleasing,
  • up-setting,
  • goes for jugular,
  • thumbs nose at,
  • zinged,
  • cut to quick,
  • up-set,
  • lay bad trip on,
  • dis-commode,
  • thumbed nose at,
  • gave no quarter,
  • went for jugular,
  • laying a bad trip on,
  • dis tress,
  • dis-tresses,
  • lays bad trip on,
  • cut the quick,
  • thumbing nose at,
  • works over,
  • dis-comfit,
  • dis tresses,
  • laying bad trip on,
  • cuts quick,
  • dis pleased,
  • up setting,
  • dis-please,
  • dis-tress,
  • dis pleases,
  • dis comfit,
  • laid a bad trip on,
  • up-sets.
  •impel (verb)
  • ex citing,
  • setting motion,
  • ex cited,
  • sets motion,
  • ex cites,
  • ex-cited,
  • set motion,
  • ex cite,
  • ex-cites,
  • ex-cite.
  •impose (verb)
  • intro-duce,
  • moved on,
  • in fringed,
  • moves in on,
  • in-fringed,
  • intro-duces,
  • in-fringe,
  • takes advantage,
  • moving on,
  • moved in on,
  • moving in on,
  • intro duce,
  • in fringes,
  • moves on,
  • intro duces,
  • in-fringes,
  • lays down,
  • in-fringing,
  • in fringing,
  • in fringe,
  • took advantage.
  •imprison (verb)
  • holds captive,
  • shuts in,
  • shutting in,
  • holding captive,
  • railing in,
  • railed in,
  • keeps captive,
  • sent to prison,
  • held custody,
  • keeping captive,
  • putting behind bars,
  • kept in custody,
  • rails in,
  • took prisoner,
  • fences in,
  • keeps custody,
  • hold custody,
  • keep custody,
  • keeps in custody,
  • keeping in custody,
  • send prison,
  • kept captive,
  • sends to prison,
  • puts behind bars,
  • holding hostage,
  • kept custody,
  • locks in,
  • sent prison,
  • sends prison,
  • held hostage,
  • keeping custody,
  • taking prisoner,
  • holds in custody,
  • sending to prison,
  • holds custody,
  • bastilled,
  • held in custody,
  • fencing in,
  • holding in custody,
  • takes prisoner,
  • bastilling,
  • held captive,
  • sending prison,
  • holds hostage,
  • holding custody.
  •incarcerate (verb)
  • send the river,
  • send river,
  • takes away,
  • sending river,
  • send up river,
  • sent the river,
  • sent up the river,
  • puts under lock key,
  • sending up river,
  • sent up river,
  • throwing book at,
  • sends river,
  • sends up the river,
  • put under lock key,
  • puts under lock and key,
  • sending the river,
  • putting under lock key,
  • threw book at,
  • sends up river,
  • throws book at,
  • sends the river,
  • sent river,
  • putting under lock and key.
  •inhibit (verb)
  • out lawing,
  • puts brakes,
  • inter dict,
  • putting brakes,
  • inter-dict,
  • keeps in,
  • out-lawing,
  • putting on brakes,
  • put brakes,
  • out lawed,
  • out-lawed,
  • puts on brakes.
  •intimidate (verb)
  • dis-heartening,
  • dis quieting,
  • dis maying,
  • over awing,
  • twisting someones arm,
  • over-awed,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis may,
  • pushes around,
  • buffaloing,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis mays,
  • dis heartens,
  • dis-quiets,
  • over-awe,
  • dis quieted,
  • twists someone's arm,
  • dis-maying,
  • dis-quiet,
  • twisted someone's arm,
  • twisting someone's arm,
  • dis-quieting,
  • twisted someone arm,
  • twist someones arm,
  • over awed,
  • dis-hearten,
  • dis quiets,
  • dis-heartens,
  • twisted someones arm,
  • over awe,
  • over-awing,
  • dis heartening,
  • dis-may,
  • showboated,
  • twists someone arm,
  • over-awes,
  • dis heartened,
  • dis hearten,
  • twisting someone arm,
  • over awes,
  • dis-heartened,
  • dis-quieted,
  • twists someones arm,
  • dis-mays,
  • pushed around,
  • dis-mayed,
  • twist someone arm.
  •jail (verb)
  • throw away keys,
  • threw dungeon,
  • threw away keys,
  • threw the book at,
  • throwing in dungeon,
  • throw dungeon,
  • threw in dungeon,
  • throwing away the keys,
  • throwing away keys,
  • throwing the book at,
  • throws dungeon,
  • throws away keys,
  • throws in dungeon,
  • throwing dungeon,
  • throws the book at,
  • threw away the keys,
  • throws away the keys.
  •make (verb)
  • inter-fere,
  • inter-feres,
  • prevails upon,
  • inter feres,
  • inter fere,
  • prevail up on.
  •moderate (verb)
  • de creasing,
  • sub side,
  • sub sides,
  • sub-sides,
  • de-creased,
  • de creases,
  • de creased,
  • de-creases,
  • met halfway,
  • eased off,
  • softpedal,
  • cools out,
  • dieing down,
  • de-creasing,
  • de-crease,
  • cooled out,
  • sub sided,
  • de crease,
  • cooling out,
  • eases off.
  •necessitate (verb)
  • be hooves,
  • be-hooves.
  •obligate (verb)
  • in debts,
  • making indebted,
  • Astricting,
  • makes indebted,
  • astricts,
  • in-debts,
  • made indebted,
  • Astricted,
  • indebts,
  • in-debt.
  •pain (verb)
  • ex asperating,
  • ex-asperating,
  • dis comforted,
  • in flame,
  • dis-comforted,
  • ex-asperate,
  • dis-comfort,
  • in-flamed,
  • in-flame,
  • ex-asperates,
  • in flaming,
  • ex asperate,
  • dis comforting,
  • in flamed,
  • ex asperates,
  • dis-comforting,
  • ex-asperated,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis comfort,
  • in-flames.
  •press (verb)
  • de-pressed,
  • unwrinkles,
  • de-pressing,
  • un wrinkling,
  • ex pressing,
  • bears heavily,
  • de pressing,
  • de presses,
  • un wrinkle,
  • forcing down,
  • ex press,
  • bearing heavily,
  • forces down,
  • beared heavily,
  • un-wrinkling,
  • bare heavily,
  • forced down,
  • unwrinkling,
  • de press,
  • de-presses,
  • un wrinkles,
  • un-wrinkled,
  • un-wrinkle,
  • de-press,
  • bore heavily,
  • de pressed,
  • ex pressed,
  • un-wrinkles,
  • un wrinkled,
  • ex-press,
  • ex-pressing.
  •pressure (verb)
  • politicked.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • reject,
  • prohibit,
  • refuse,
  • preclude,
  • disqualify,
  • prevent,
  • outlaw,
  • curtail,
  • oppress,
  • forbid,
  • disapprove.
  •push (verb)
  • over press,
  • goes town on,
  • overpresses,
  • pouring on,
  • over-pressing,
  • sells on,
  • over-press,
  • went town on,
  • overpressing,
  • over pressed,
  • putting the screws to,
  • going to town on,
  • keying up,
  • pours on,
  • poured on,
  • speeds up,
  • poured it on,
  • exerted influence,
  • going town on,
  • exerts influence,
  • over presses,
  • goes to town on,
  • keys up,
  • over-presses,
  • pouring it on,
  • over pressing,
  • puts the screws to,
  • go town on,
  • firing up,
  • overpressed,
  • over-pressed,
  • selling on,
  • went to town on.
  •put (verb)
  • subjected to,
  • subjects to,
  • subjecting to.
  •require (verb)
  • mandate,
  • stipulate,
  • obligate.
  •restrain (verb)
  • collar,
  • tether,
  • shackle.
  •screw (verb)
  • holds knife to,
  • holding knife to,
  • holds a knife to,
  • hold knife to,
  • de-fraud,
  • holding a knife to,
  • held knife to,
  • de fraud,
  • held a knife to,
  • de-frauds,
  • de frauds.
  •social (verb)
  • constrain.
  •stabilize (verb)
  • fix,
  • stabilize,
  • secure.
  •subordinate (verb)
  • enthrall,
  • subject,
  • subordinate,
  • subjugate,
  • enslave.
  •withhold (verb)
  • keep under one hat,
  • kept to oneself,
  • de-ducted,
  • keeps under hat,
  • re-tains,
  • kept under one hat,
  • with hold,
  • keeps under wraps,
  • dummying up,
  • re tain,
  • de ducting,
  • keeping under one hat,
  • stopt oneself,
  • holding out on,
  • stopping oneself,
  • keeps under one hat,
  • with-hold,
  • kept under wraps,
  • holds out on,
  • with-holds,
  • with-holding,
  • re tains,
  • de ducts,
  • de ducted,
  • de-ducts,
  • kept under ones hat,
  • re-tain,
  • keeps under one's hat,
  • stops oneself,
  • stopped oneself,
  • held out on,
  • with held,
  • de-ducting,
  • kept under hat,
  • keep under hat,
  • dummies up,
  • keeping under wraps,
  • with holds,
  • de duct,
  • keeping under one's hat,
  • keeping under ones hat,
  • keeps to oneself,
  • clams up,
  • keeps oneself,
  • keep under ones hat,
  • kept under one's hat,
  • kept oneself,
  • with-held,
  • keeping secret,
  • keeps secret,
  • keeps under ones hat,
  • keep oneself,
  • keeping under hat,
  • de-duct,
  • with holding,
  • keeping oneself.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • infringe,
  • Disempower,
  • pen in,
  • lock into,
  • fence in.
  •
  • ensnare,
  • rein,
  • hedge in,
  • straiten,
  • commit.
  •
  • hold-down,
  • quash,
  • urge,
  • suffocate.
  •
  • purge.
  •
  • put down.
  •command
  • prevails,
  • taking over,
  • overbear,
  • Tyrannized,
  • overborne,
  • predominates,
  • Wielding,
  • preside over,
  • hold office,
  • over-ride,
  • over-bear,
  • exercise power,
  • overbears,
  • reign over,
  • presided over,
  • take over,
  • have authority.
  •compel
  • make necessary,
  • throw weight around,
  • put the chill on,
  • crack down,
  • put the arm on,
  • throwing weight around,
  • turn on the heat.
  •control
  • quell,
  • simmer down.
  •gag
  • Garroting,
  • Garroted,
  • corked up,
  • Shying,
  • shies,
  • garrote,
  • tongue-tie,
  • garrotes,
  • corking up,
  • corking,
  • put the lid on,
  • tape up,
  • corked,
  • tongue tie,
  • cork up,
  • keep the lid on.
  •impose
  • take advantage,
  • read riot act,
  • laid down,
  • move on,
  • lay down,
  • put foot down,
  • laying down,
  • taking advantage,
  • move in on.
  •imprison
  • Remanding,
  • lock in,
  • hold captive,
  • bastille,
  • send to prison,
  • occlude,
  • put behind bars,
  • Remanded,
  • remands,
  • shut in,
  • keep in custody,
  • take prisoner,
  • Stockading,
  • keep captive,
  • bastilles,
  • Stockaded,
  • locked in,
  • rail in,
  • Closeting,
  • imprisoned,
  • locking in,
  • hold in custody,
  • fenced in,
  • closeted,
  • hold hostage,
  • remand.
  •moderate
  • easing off,
  • Downs,
  • cool out,
  • dies down,
  • downing,
  • dying down,
  • died down,
  • die down,
  • soft pedal,
  • ease off,
  • downed.
  •oblige
  • obliged.
  •pain
  • in flames,
  • anguished,
  • pained,
  • harrow.
  •prohibit
  • passed on,
  • put a lock on,
  • put chill on,
  • nixing,
  • passes on,
  • Forfend,
  • gridlock,
  • gridlocked,
  • throw cold water on,
  • jam up,
  • pass on,
  • put a stopper in,
  • passing on.
  •require
  • looking for,
  • calls upon,
  • looks for,
  • look for,
  • assert oneself,
  • call upon,
  • push for,
  • looked for,
  • called upon.
  •restrain
  • pull back,
  • keep down,
  • tying down,
  • pinions,
  • pinion,
  • Pinioning,
  • ties down,
  • sitting on,
  • pulling back,
  • sit on,
  • choke back,
  • pulled back,
  • tied down,
  • kept down,
  • tie down,
  • pulls back,
  • pinioned,
  • keep in line.

Paraphrases for Constrain:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    restricted, limited.
  • Verb, past tense
    impede, limited.
  • Verb, base form
    restrict, limit, limiting, impede.

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    Curtailed, inhibited, Interfered, Prevented, undermined, blocked.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    hinders.
  • Verb, base form
    curtail, curb, contain, confine, inhibit, reduce, reducing, obstruct, compel, impair, prevent, discourage, mitigate, diminish, undermine, rein, dampen, minimize, frustrate, narrow, stifle, jeopardize, disrupt, interfere, preclude, thwart, affect, complicate, stop, suppress, control, bind, bound, endanger, block, deter, lessen, halt, oblige, erode, disturb, jeopardise, force, regulate, fetter, derail, decrease.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    restrain, constrict, coerce, circumscribe.

Antonyms for Constrain:

• v.

  • force; restrain
    halt, indulge, liberate, discourage, dissuade, free, release, delay, help, leave alone, repress, allow, stop, aid, encourage, assist, permit, loosen, let go.
  • Other antonyms:
    let, induce, talk, loose, persuade, express, vent, move, unleash, convince, prevail, satisfy, argue, lose, air, win.

Hyponym for Constrain:

• v.

  • social
    compel, oblige, obligate.