Definition for Limiting:

• Circumscribing; restricting.

Synonyms for Limiting:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • limiting.
  •authoritative (adjective)
  • definitive.
  •binding (adjective)
  • most enslaved,
  • most limiting,
  • most attached,
  • re straining,
  • more attached,
  • more limiting,
  • re-straining,
  • more enslaved.
  •definitive (adjective)
  • clearcut,
  • most terminating,
  • un ambiguous,
  • ex press,
  • more completing,
  • most completing,
  • ex-press,
  • de finite,
  • re-liable,
  • de-finite,
  • most ending,
  • most finishing,
  • most settling,
  • re liabler,
  • re-liablest,
  • re liablest,
  • more ending,
  • more terminating,
  • more settling,
  • re liable,
  • more finishing,
  • re-liabler.
  •prohibitive (adjective)
  • Preventing,
  • financial means conditional,
  • sky-high,
  • Proscriptive.
  •restrictive (adjective)
  • restrictive,
  • qualificatory.
  •terminal (adjective)
  • in curable,
  • most period,
  • in-curable,
  • hind-most,
  • most bounding,
  • most killing,
  • more period,
  • hind most,
  • laggest,
  • more killing,
  • more bounding.

• n.

  •
  • finite,
  • limited,
  • specific,
  • exclusive,
  • within limits,
  • under control.
  •constraining (noun)
  • constraining.
  •constrictive (noun)
  • constrictive.
  •restricting (noun)
  • restricting.

• v.

  •commanding (verb)
  • governing.
  •edging (verb)
  • Fringing,
  • ringing,
  • Outlining,
  • bordering,
  • Rimming,
  • edging,
  • contouring,
  • tracing,
  • bounding.
  •qualifying (verb)
  • Mitigating,
  • Modifying,
  • Excepting,
  • Reserving,
  • qualifying,
  • Allowing,
  • Stipulating,
  • tempering.
  •restraining (verb)
  • withholding.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • powerless,
  • henpecked,
  • regimented,
  • conditional,
  • restricted,
  • exclusively,
  • nonproliferation,
  • ineligible,
  • enforced.
  •
  • narrowly,
  • reserved,
  • institutionalized.
  •
  • controlled,
  • dependent,
  • contingent.
  •
  • seasonal.
  •
  • limit,
  • private,
  • closed.
  •
  • narrow,
  • small,
  • little.
  •
  • tight.
  •
  • weak.
  •binding
  • tying.

Paraphrases for Limiting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    limited.
  • Proper noun, singular
    limit, limits, restricting, restrict, limited.
  • Noun, plural
    limits.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    constrains.
  • Verb, base form
    constrain.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    rate-limiting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    delimiting.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    restricted, Exclusionary.
  • Proper noun, singular
    limitation, constraints, cutbacks, restriction, restrictions, restricted.
  • Noun, plural
    restrictions.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Curtailing, Prohibiting, Eliminating, inhibiting, interference, prohibition, listing, impeding, stifling, Mitigating, existing, lightening, discouraging, stopping, regulating, Delineating, imposing, reducing, minimising, diminishing, decreasing, Containing, Eradicating, Precluding, confining, halting, curbing, Impairing, isolating, Forfeiting, Outlining, Relieving, constricting, Concentrating, shortening, lessening, Obstructing, Maintaining, redefining, hindering, narrowing, Preventing, increasing, incriminating, tightening, Removing, Hampering, controlling, Establishing, undermining, blocking, Prescribing, challenging, Amounting, Overcoming, Counteracting, Jeopardizing, stretching, banning, affecting, Deterring, Suppressing, jeopardising, Deleting, conditioning, dwindling, tying, qualifying, Combating, throttling, Stemming, ending, Endangering, downsizing, Checking, slowing, tackling, Avoiding, lowering, countering, neighbouring, declining, Achieving, Addressing, Capping, fighting, Allowing, Resisting, threatening, Harming, shrinking, prejudice, Prejudicing, Earmarking, Defying, subsiding, dampening, governing, Managing, Denying, Bridging, compromising, Prejudging, weakening, easing, deciding, touching, Placing, damaging, Granting, Responding, restricting, pushing, speaking, focusing, ensuring, being, pursuing, Cruising, falling, sparing, counting, bounding, regarding, awarding, braking, cutting, Forcing, keeping, Having, giving, dealing, Carrying, bearing, making.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    reduces, restrictions.
  • Verb, base form
    curtail, restrain, confine, inhibit, restrict, fetter.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Circumscribing, Alleviating, minimizing, ceiling, bordering.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    minimizes.
  • Verb, base form
    circumscribe.

Antonyms for Limiting:

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    unrestrictive.

Limiting Sentence Examples:

• We may be assured that this narrow limiting of the number of themes likely to be treated by the painters of Italy and by the playwrights of Greece at once diminished the demand on them for mere invention and left them free to put forth the utmost strength of their imagination, so that the artist could express himself fully and interpret in his own fashion a subject certain to be handled sooner or later by the chief of his fellow - crafts - men.

• Despising the other - this is hating life, limiting life.

Homophones for Limiting:

• lending, lawn tennis, lentinus, lamenting, loony toons, landmass, Lamentations, lemonade mix, landing.

Hypernym for Limiting:

• n.

  • linkdef
    apposition, restrictiveness.

Hyponym for Limiting:

• n.

  • linkdef
    grammatical relation.