What is another word for constraint?
333 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kənstɹˈe͡ɪnt], [ kənstɹˈeɪnt], [ k_ə_n_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for constraint:- act (noun)
- arrest (noun)
- artifact (noun)
- brake (noun)
- captivity (noun)
- check (noun)
- circumscription (noun)
- coercion (noun)
- command (noun)
- compulsion (noun)
- confinement (noun)
- constriction (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- diffidence (noun)
- discouragement (noun)
- enforcement (noun)
- exigency/exigence (noun)
- force (noun)
- grip (noun)
- humbleness (noun)
- limit (noun)
- limitation (noun)
- moderation (noun)
- modesty (noun)
- obligation (noun)
- pressure (noun)
- prohibition (noun)
- repression (noun)
- requirement (noun)
- reserve (noun)
- responsibility (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- self-control (noun)
- shyness (noun)
- subordination (noun)
- temperance (noun)
- uncommunicativeness (noun)
- uneasiness (noun)
- violence (noun)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Constraint:
n.
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- awkwardness,
- humility,
- dignity.
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- limited.
- pick ups,
- restrainings,
- gloms,
- re-straining,
- re straining,
- protective custodies,
- preventive custodies,
- sequesterings,
- pull ins.
- 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.
- browbeatings,
- strongarm tactic,
- threatenings,
- bullyings,
- strongarm tactics,
- menacings,
- strong arm tactic.
- self-consciousness,
- mousiness,
- insecurity,
- unassertiveness,
- timorousness,
- shyness,
- sheepishness,
- in security,
- timidity.
- compulsory laws,
- fulfillings,
- carrying outs,
- ex-actions,
- ex-action,
- ex action,
- enforcings,
- necessitations,
- ex actions.
- dis tresses,
- needfulnesses,
- dis-tresses,
- imperativenesses,
- dis-tress,
- pressingnesses,
- dis tress,
- cross roads,
- demandingnesses,
- criticalnesses,
- cross road.
- hang-up,
- necessity,
- motive,
- spring,
- driving,
- impelling,
- suppression,
- no-no,
- repression,
- a must,
- spur,
- monkey,
- goad.
- grapnels,
- handclasps,
- handgrips,
- crushings,
- handholds,
- handshakes,
- handshake,
- handgrip,
- handhold,
- grapnel,
- handclasp.
- humbleness,
- simplicity,
- prudery,
- innocence,
- discreetness,
- Lowliness,
- Pruderies,
- lack of pretension,
- self-effacement,
- unobtrusiveness.
- need,
- must,
- mandate,
- obligation,
- inexorability,
- demand.
- mis fortune,
- un naturalnesses,
- mis fortunes,
- mis-fortunes,
- full court presses,
- un-naturalnesses,
- un naturalness,
- un-naturalness.
- bar,
- ban,
- disapproval,
- curtailment,
- refusal,
- preclusion,
- Disallowance,
- prevention,
- injunction,
- rejection,
- denial,
- forbiddance.
- re serves,
- selfrestraint,
- re-serves,
- re-serve,
- re serve,
- un responsivenesses,
- un-responsiveness,
- un-responsivenesses,
- self restraint,
- un responsiveness.
- leash,
- tether,
- shackle,
- stricture,
- moderation,
- Detainment,
- detention,
- collar,
- control,
- bondage,
- bridle.
- supineness,
- servility,
- service,
- subjugation,
- compliance,
- enslavement,
- subordination,
- subservience,
- slavery,
- thrall,
- submission,
- obedience,
- deference.
- astringency,
- asceticism,
- soberness,
- forgoing,
- astringencies,
- self-deprivation,
- unintoxication,
- eschewal,
- Refrainment,
- uninebriation,
- moderatism,
- teetotalism.
- 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.
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.
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- discipline.
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- line.
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- get together.
Paraphrases for Constraint:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
restriction, restrictions, restraint, restraints.
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Noun, singular or mass
restriction, barrier, restraint.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
coercive.
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Proper noun, singular
Boundaries, restricting.
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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.
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Verb, past tense
imposed, Curtailed, Stipulated, inhibited, placed, Restraining.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
restricts.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
pressures, demands, coercion, delimitation.
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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.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Constraint:
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n.
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force
allowance, hindrance, deterrent, discouragement, aggression, permission, freedom, liberty.
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restriction
release, encouragement.
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shyness
pride, liberation.
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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.
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force
Homophones for Constraint:
Hypernym for Constraint:
n.
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act
swaddling clothes.
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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.
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state
cage.
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act
Hyponym for Constraint:
n.
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act
restriction, confinement.
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artifact
device.
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state
confinement.
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act