Definition for Constraint:

• Compulsion; confinement; restraint of natural feelings, constrained manner. [ old French]

Synonyms for Constraint:

• n.

  •
  • range,
  • force.
  •
  • awkwardness,
  • humility,
  • dignity.
  •
  • strength,
  • attack.
  •
  • limited.
  •
  • cramp,
  • limit,
  • curb.
  •act (noun)
  • constraint.
  •arrest (noun)
  • pick ups,
  • restrainings,
  • gloms,
  • re-straining,
  • re straining,
  • protective custodies,
  • preventive custodies,
  • sequesterings,
  • pull ins.
  •artifact (noun)
  • restraint.
  •brake (noun)
  • retarding devices.
  •captivity (noun)
  • vassalages,
  • subjections.
  •check (noun)
  • dis-appointment,
  • re-buff,
  • re strainer,
  • dis appointment,
  • re verse,
  • dis appointments,
  • re buffs,
  • re versal,
  • re-buffs,
  • re-strainers,
  • dis-appointments,
  • re-strainer,
  • re-verse,
  • re-versal,
  • re strainers,
  • re buff.
  •circumscription (noun)
  • curbings.
  •coercion (noun)
  • browbeatings,
  • strongarm tactic,
  • threatenings,
  • bullyings,
  • strongarm tactics,
  • menacings,
  • strong arm tactic.
  •command (noun)
  • primacy,
  • knowhow,
  • expertism.
  •compulsion (noun)
  • have on the brain,
  • hangup,
  • hang up,
  • tiger by the tail,
  • urgency,
  • obsession.
  •confinement (noun)
  • arrest.
  •constriction (noun)
  • stenosises,
  • squeezings,
  • tightnesses.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • exigency.
  •diffidence (noun)
  • self-consciousness,
  • mousiness,
  • insecurity,
  • unassertiveness,
  • timorousness,
  • shyness,
  • sheepishness,
  • in security,
  • timidity.
  •discouragement (noun)
  • dis incentive,
  • dis-incentives,
  • dis-incentive,
  • dis incentives.
  •enforcement (noun)
  • compulsory laws,
  • fulfillings,
  • carrying outs,
  • ex-actions,
  • ex-action,
  • ex action,
  • enforcings,
  • necessitations,
  • ex actions.
  •exigency/exigence (noun)
  • dis tresses,
  • needfulnesses,
  • dis-tresses,
  • imperativenesses,
  • dis-tress,
  • pressingnesses,
  • dis tress,
  • cross roads,
  • demandingnesses,
  • criticalnesses,
  • cross road.
  •force (noun)
  • hang-up,
  • necessity,
  • motive,
  • spring,
  • driving,
  • impelling,
  • suppression,
  • no-no,
  • repression,
  • a must,
  • spur,
  • monkey,
  • goad.
  •grip (noun)
  • grapnels,
  • handclasps,
  • handgrips,
  • crushings,
  • handholds,
  • handshakes,
  • handshake,
  • handgrip,
  • handhold,
  • grapnel,
  • handclasp.
  •humbleness (noun)
  • self-effaces,
  • selfeffaces,
  • self effaces,
  • selfefface,
  • self efface.
  •limit (noun)
  • restriction.
  •limitation (noun)
  • in junction,
  • in-junctions,
  • in-junction,
  • in junctions.
  •moderation (noun)
  • lenity,
  • sedation,
  • justness,
  • judiciousness,
  • toleration,
  • mildness,
  • reasonableness.
  •modesty (noun)
  • humbleness,
  • simplicity,
  • prudery,
  • innocence,
  • discreetness,
  • Lowliness,
  • Pruderies,
  • lack of pretension,
  • self-effacement,
  • unobtrusiveness.
  •obligation (noun)
  • need,
  • must,
  • mandate,
  • obligation,
  • inexorability,
  • demand.
  •pressure (noun)
  • mis fortune,
  • un naturalnesses,
  • mis fortunes,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • full court presses,
  • un-naturalnesses,
  • un naturalness,
  • un-naturalness.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • bar,
  • ban,
  • disapproval,
  • curtailment,
  • refusal,
  • preclusion,
  • Disallowance,
  • prevention,
  • injunction,
  • rejection,
  • denial,
  • forbiddance.
  •repression (noun)
  • smotherings,
  • quellings.
  •requirement (noun)
  • inevitability,
  • requisite,
  • imperative,
  • condition,
  • stipulation,
  • prerequisite,
  • proviso.
  •reserve (noun)
  • re serves,
  • selfrestraint,
  • re-serves,
  • re-serve,
  • re serve,
  • un responsivenesses,
  • un-responsiveness,
  • un-responsivenesses,
  • self restraint,
  • un responsiveness.
  •responsibility (noun)
  • answerabilities,
  • obligatorinesses,
  • holding bag,
  • boundnesses.
  •restraint (noun)
  • leash,
  • tether,
  • shackle,
  • stricture,
  • moderation,
  • Detainment,
  • detention,
  • collar,
  • control,
  • bondage,
  • bridle.
  •self-control (noun)
  • self-constraint,
  • strength of character,
  • selfcontrol.
  •shyness (noun)
  • bashfulness,
  • reservation,
  • embarrassment.
  •subordination (noun)
  • supineness,
  • servility,
  • service,
  • subjugation,
  • compliance,
  • enslavement,
  • subordination,
  • subservience,
  • slavery,
  • thrall,
  • submission,
  • obedience,
  • deference.
  •temperance (noun)
  • astringency,
  • asceticism,
  • soberness,
  • forgoing,
  • astringencies,
  • self-deprivation,
  • unintoxication,
  • eschewal,
  • Refrainment,
  • uninebriation,
  • moderatism,
  • teetotalism.
  •uncommunicativeness (noun)
  • un communicativeness,
  • un-communicativenesses,
  • un-communicativeness,
  • un communicativenesses.
  •uneasiness (noun)
  • dis pleasure,
  • dis quiets,
  • in-quietude,
  • dis quiet,
  • re morses,
  • in quietudes,
  • un certainties,
  • dis quietudes,
  • dis-belief,
  • dis-quiets,
  • in stability,
  • dis-quietude,
  • dyspathies,
  • in-stabilities,
  • un rest,
  • dis quietude,
  • in-stability,
  • re-morse,
  • dis pleasures,
  • un-certainty,
  • mis giving,
  • in stabilities,
  • un certainty,
  • in-quietudes,
  • dis-pleasure,
  • un easiness,
  • dis-contents,
  • un easinesses,
  • dis-beliefs,
  • dis beliefs,
  • un-easiness,
  • un-rest,
  • dis-quietudes,
  • dis-quiet,
  • queasinesses,
  • un-easinesses,
  • un-rests,
  • mis-giving,
  • dis contents,
  • dis content,
  • in quietude,
  • dis comfort,
  • re-morses,
  • un-certainties,
  • re morse,
  • dis-content,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis-pleasures,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis belief.
  •violence (noun)
  • ferocity,
  • wildness,
  • murderousness,
  • storminess,
  • destructiveness,
  • ferocities,
  • terrorism,
  • brute force.

• Other synonyms:

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  • bound,
  • crackdown,
  • ambit,
  • stranglehold,
  • self-censorship,
  • caveat,
  • countermeasures,
  • age limit,
  • stiff upper lip,
  • gamut,
  • compass,
  • parameter,
  • cutoff,
  • straitjacket,
  • confines,
  • willpower,
  • boundary,
  • self-discipline,
  • fetters,
  • horizon,
  • straightjacket,
  • self-restraint.
  •
  • counter,
  • violence,
  • tie.
  •
  • trammel,
  • ceiling.
  •
  • discipline.
  •
  • low,
  • bond.
  •
  • line.
  •
  • get together.

Paraphrases for Constraint:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    restriction, restrictions, restraint, restraints.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    restriction, barrier, restraint.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    coercive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Boundaries, restricting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    containment, Restraining, roadblock, handicap, imposition, disincentive, reduction, factor, embarrassment, retrenchment, shortcoming, impairment, challenge, challenges, encroachment, scarcity, interference, burden, control, enforcement, obligation, shortage, self-restraint, bottleneck, tightening, disadvantage, Curtailing, conditionality, drawback, mandatory, restricting, condition, derogation, contraction, imprisonment, conditioning, deterrent, relationship, coercive.
  • Verb, past tense
    imposed, Curtailed, Stipulated, inhibited, placed, Restraining.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    restricts.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    pressures, demands, coercion, delimitation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    impediment, obstacle, compulsion, hindrance, limit, duress, hurdle, restrictiveness, straitjacket, difficulty, obstruction, requirement, delineation, demarcation, problem, clampdown, pressure, squeeze, coercion, stringency, brake, delimitation, enrolment.

Antonyms for Constraint:

• n.

  • force
    allowance, hindrance, deterrent, discouragement, aggression, permission, freedom, liberty.
  • restriction
    release, encouragement.
  • shyness
    pride, liberation.
  • Other antonyms:
    agreement, haughtiness, egotism, reason, latitude, gratification, assurance, sauciness, loquaciousness, assumption, indiscretion, overindulgence, convincing, suasion, Self-conceit, persuasion, frankness, conceit, impudence, indulgence, self-sufficiency, bluntness, pertness, abandon, unrestrainedness, sociability, consent, incontinence, self-indulgence, loquacity, candor, Immoderacy, boldness, confidence, arrogance, intemperance, approval, forwardness.

Constraint Sentence Examples:

• The shadow of constraint was fast slipping from them both.

• He encouraged them to eat, and frequently drank to their health; but in spite of all this, his encouragement failed to overcome the timidity of some, and the servants removed the plates of each course without their having touched them, though this constraint did not prevent their being full of joy and enthusiasm as they left the table.

Homophones for Constraint:

• constrained, consternate.

Hypernym for Constraint:

• n.

  • act
    swaddling clothes.
  • artifact
    bond, catch, trammel, airbrake, arrester, drogue, safety harness, fixing, holdfast, leash, fastener, gag, lead, band, tether, brake shoe, sea anchor, brake pad, muzzle, ignition lock, life belt, brake, shoe, chain, arrester hook, fastening, skid, shackle, lock, air bag, hamper, safety belt, stop, dive brake.
  • state
    cage.

Hyponym for Constraint:

• n.

  • act
    restriction, confinement.
  • artifact
    device.
  • state
    confinement.