Synonyms for Detaining:

• adj.

  •hindering (adjective)
  • Encumbering,
  • blocking,
  • restricting,
  • Entangling,
  • Obstructing,
  • thwarting,
  • Entrapping,
  • constraining,
  • Cramping,
  • hindering,
  • Restraining,
  • Fouling,
  • constipating,
  • frustrating,
  • crippling,
  • impeding,
  • choking,
  • Clogging,
  • Snagging,
  • Complicating,
  • bottleneck,
  • Snarling,
  • baffling,
  • Handicapping,
  • congesting,
  • Delaying,
  • Tangling,
  • inhibiting,
  • Resisting,
  • Deterring,
  • burdensome,
  • Crimping,
  • Damming.

• n.

  •confining (noun)
  • enclosings,
  • restrainings,
  • imprisonings,
  • re straining,
  • re-straining,
  • detainings,
  • boundings.

• v.

  •hindering (verb)
  • opposing,
  • Hampering,
  • jamming,
  • barring,
  • Hamstringing,
  • Paralyzing,
  • stopping,
  • bottlenecking,
  • catching,
  • Interrupting,
  • Burdening,
  • countering,
  • braking,
  • curbing,
  • Bunging,
  • Miring,
  • Staying,
  • Checking,
  • fettering,
  • Impairing,
  • dragging,
  • Plugging.
  •restraining (verb)
  • controlling,
  • Shackling,
  • Bridling,
  • binding,
  • Collaring,
  • Tethering,
  • constricting,
  • Leashing.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • confining,
  • imprisonment,
  • locking up,
  • jailings.
  •Other relevant words:
  • acquire,
  • acquit,
  • adherence,
  • adhesion,
  • admiration,
  • admonish,
  • affixation,
  • agitate,
  • agree,
  • aim,
  • aliveness,
  • amaze,
  • animation,
  • antagonise,
  • antagonize,
  • apprehend,
  • apprehensiveness,
  • arrive,
  • ascertain,
  • ask for,
  • assay,
  • assure,
  • auction block,
  • avoid,
  • back,
  • baffle board,
  • balk,
  • bandaging,
  • bank check,
  • bar,
  • barricade,
  • batch,
  • baulk,
  • bear,
  • beat,
  • become,
  • bedevil,
  • beget,
  • begin,
  • behave,
  • betoken,
  • bewilder,
  • bilk,
  • bind,
  • blackball,
  • blank out,
  • block off,
  • block up,
  • blockade,
  • blockage,
  • bond,
  • book binding,
  • bottle up,
  • bread and butter,
  • break,
  • bridle,
  • bring,
  • bring forth,
  • bugger off,
  • bullying,
  • buzz off,
  • call for,
  • call up,
  • capture,
  • catch,
  • cause,
  • channel,
  • check into,
  • check mark,
  • check off,
  • check out,
  • check over,
  • check up on,
  • check-out procedure,
  • checker,
  • checkout,
  • cheque,
  • chequer,
  • childbed,
  • chink,
  • chip,
  • chit,
  • choke up,
  • chronic,
  • city block,
  • clasp,
  • clench,
  • cling to,
  • close,
  • close out,
  • close up,
  • closure,
  • clutch bag,
  • clutch pedal,
  • collar,
  • come,
  • commence,
  • commove,
  • communicable,
  • comport,
  • conceal,
  • condition,
  • conduct,
  • confine,
  • confirmation,
  • constrain,
  • constriction,
  • constrictive,
  • contagious,
  • contain,
  • continue,
  • contract,
  • contractable,
  • contracting,
  • contradict,
  • control,
  • controvert,
  • convey,
  • cop,
  • correspond,
  • counterbalance,
  • countercheck,
  • countermine,
  • countervail,
  • cover,
  • cross,
  • crucify,
  • crushing,
  • cube,
  • cumber,
  • curb,
  • cut,
  • cylinder block,
  • dam,
  • debar,
  • deceleration,
  • deduct,
  • defend,
  • defer,
  • deflect,
  • defy,
  • deport,
  • detection,
  • determine,
  • deterrent,
  • develop,
  • disabling,
  • disallow,
  • discernment,
  • discipline,
  • disincentive,
  • disregard,
  • disrupt,
  • dissent,
  • dogging,
  • draw,
  • draw a blank,
  • dread,
  • dressing,
  • dribble,
  • drive,
  • dumbfound,
  • dun,
  • durable,
  • electronic jamming,
  • elusive,
  • embarrass,
  • enclosure,
  • encouraging,
  • engender,
  • engine block,
  • enslavement,
  • ensure,
  • envelopment,
  • espial,
  • expect,
  • experience,
  • express,
  • extend,
  • fastening,
  • father,
  • fend,
  • fend off,
  • fetch,
  • fight,
  • fight back,
  • fight down,
  • fillet,
  • find,
  • find out,
  • fit,
  • fix,
  • flummox,
  • foil,
  • foiling,
  • fond regard,
  • forbear,
  • foreclose,
  • forestall,
  • forget,
  • freeze,
  • frustration,
  • frustrative,
  • fuck off,
  • gaining control,
  • generate,
  • gestate,
  • get down,
  • get hold of,
  • gibe,
  • go,
  • go over,
  • grasp,
  • grasping,
  • gravel,
  • grip,
  • grow,
  • halt,
  • hamper,
  • handicap,
  • hands,
  • have,
  • head off,
  • hind,
  • hindrance,
  • hitch,
  • hold,
  • hold close,
  • hold firm,
  • hold in,
  • hold off,
  • hold out,
  • hold over,
  • hold tight,
  • hold up,
  • holding,
  • holdup,
  • ictus,
  • ignore,
  • immobilise,
  • immobilize,
  • immurement,
  • impart,
  • impediment,
  • impoundment,
  • incapacitating,
  • inclosure,
  • incur,
  • indicate,
  • induce,
  • insure,
  • interdict,
  • internment,
  • jam,
  • jib,
  • jibe,
  • keep,
  • keep back,
  • keep down,
  • keep on,
  • keeping,
  • kerb,
  • knock back,
  • knotty,
  • labor,
  • labour,
  • learn,
  • let,
  • life,
  • limiting,
  • livelihood,
  • load-bearing,
  • long-lasting,
  • long-lived,
  • look into,
  • lug,
  • lying-in,
  • make,
  • mark,
  • mark off,
  • match,
  • memory,
  • mental block,
  • misgiving,
  • moderate,
  • monish,
  • mother,
  • muffle,
  • mystify,
  • nab,
  • nail,
  • narrowing,
  • neutralize,
  • nix,
  • nonplus,
  • obstructive,
  • obtain,
  • obturate,
  • obviate,
  • occlude,
  • occlusion,
  • onerous,
  • opponent,
  • pack,
  • parry,
  • parturiency,
  • pay back,
  • pay off,
  • perceptiveness,
  • permanent,
  • perplex,
  • persistent,
  • persuade,
  • pinch,
  • pit,
  • placating,
  • placative,
  • placatory,
  • play off,
  • point,
  • pose,
  • post,
  • postpone,
  • postponement,
  • poundage,
  • prehend,
  • prehension,
  • problematic,
  • problematical,
  • produce,
  • prorogue,
  • proscribe,
  • protest,
  • pulley,
  • pulley-block,
  • put back,
  • put over,
  • puzzle,
  • quash,
  • quest,
  • rag,
  • raise up,
  • raptus,
  • react,
  • rebuff,
  • recall,
  • receive,
  • recoup,
  • reduce,
  • refuse,
  • regulate,
  • reject,
  • remember,
  • remit,
  • repel,
  • repulse,
  • request,
  • restriction,
  • retardation,
  • retentiveness,
  • retentivity,
  • retrieve,
  • rule out,
  • run,
  • sabotage,
  • savvy,
  • scotch,
  • scram,
  • see,
  • see to it,
  • seize,
  • sensational,
  • set about,
  • set out,
  • shelve,
  • signal,
  • sire,
  • smother,
  • spoil,
  • spotting,
  • spying,
  • stand,
  • stand fast,
  • stand pat,
  • start,
  • start out,
  • stay,
  • stick,
  • stifle,
  • stifling,
  • stimulate,
  • stir up,
  • stock,
  • stockpile,
  • stop,
  • stoppage,
  • strangle,
  • strangling,
  • strangulation,
  • stuff,
  • stunning,
  • stupefy,
  • stymie,
  • stymy,
  • subdue,
  • subjugate,
  • substantiation,
  • subvert,
  • suffer,
  • support,
  • suppress,
  • suppression,
  • sustain,
  • sustenance,
  • sway,
  • tab,
  • table,
  • take,
  • taking hold,
  • taking into custody,
  • tally,
  • taste,
  • taxing,
  • think,
  • thwart,
  • tick,
  • tick off,
  • time lag,
  • torment,
  • touch,
  • tough,
  • train,
  • transmissible,
  • transmit,
  • transmittable,
  • transport,
  • travail,
  • trouble,
  • truss,
  • turn away,
  • turn back,
  • undermine,
  • understanding,
  • upset,
  • verification,
  • veto,
  • vex,
  • wait,
  • ward off,
  • warn,
  • watch,
  • weaken,
  • withstand,
  • cold shoulder,
  • chokepoint,
  • pick up,
  • break up,
  • have a bun in the oven,
  • cut off,
  • call back,
  • put off,
  • tie up,
  • shake up,
  • get under one's skin,
  • crack,
  • retard,
  • queer,
  • ski binding,
  • pulley block.

Paraphrases for Detaining:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    detain.
  • Proper noun, singular
    detain.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    detain.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Incarcerating, Imprisoning.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Detained, arresting, arrest, arrests.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Detained, arrest.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Restraining, Confiscating, Sustaining, retaining, Maintaining, Explaining, Containing, Entrapping, Suspending, Stoping, withholding, catching, Deducting, finalizing, seizing, captivating, halting, confining, Pausing, Possessing, Enjoying, engaging, impounding, trapping, agreeing, Stemming, hunting, upholding, Owning, sticking, Placing, Reserving, curbing, Reversing, bust, Quitting, blocking, Having, slowing, taking, Carrying, keeping, booking, arresting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    holds, arrest, arrests.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    arresting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    detention, detentions, arrested.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    arresting, detention, arrested.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Apprehending, detention.

Detaining Sentence Examples:

• He - he was all for detaining me right away, Renie; sending for pa, and - and sicking the law right on his - his own sister's son.

• She would have liked to put up a detaining hand and hold him there for the rest of the evening.

Homophones for Detaining:

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