Synonyms for Re strict:

• n.

  •stranglehold (noun)
  • monopoly.

• v.

  •abbreviate (verb)
  • restrict,
  • curtail,
  • truncate,
  • stop short,
  • abort.
  •abridge (verb)
  • compress,
  • concentrate,
  • chop,
  • downsize,
  • lessen,
  • clip,
  • abstract,
  • digest,
  • condense,
  • abbreviate,
  • blue pencil,
  • cut,
  • put in nutshell,
  • limit,
  • summarize,
  • snip,
  • trim,
  • slash.
  •arrest (verb)
  • prevent,
  • end,
  • suppress,
  • hinder,
  • stall,
  • interrupt,
  • drop,
  • freeze,
  • obstruct,
  • hold,
  • stay,
  • scrub,
  • can,
  • delay,
  • halt,
  • block,
  • retard,
  • knock off,
  • shut down.
  •ban (verb)
  • outlaw,
  • close up,
  • shut out,
  • enjoin,
  • prohibit,
  • illegalize,
  • close down,
  • curse,
  • interdict,
  • exclude,
  • proscribe,
  • pass by,
  • bar,
  • blackball,
  • disallow,
  • banish,
  • ice out,
  • declare illegal,
  • pass up.
  •bind (verb)
  • necessitate,
  • handcuff,
  • swathe,
  • prescribe,
  • require,
  • force,
  • glue,
  • tack on,
  • lace,
  • connect,
  • hogtie,
  • fix,
  • attach,
  • hitch,
  • tie up,
  • lock up,
  • hitch on,
  • finish,
  • rope,
  • edge,
  • cover,
  • bandage,
  • put half nelson on,
  • shackle,
  • unite,
  • hobble,
  • hook on,
  • hook up,
  • enslave,
  • manacle,
  • truss,
  • lap,
  • dress,
  • pinion,
  • cinch,
  • border,
  • stick,
  • fetter,
  • peg down,
  • encase,
  • leash,
  • lash,
  • adhere,
  • confine,
  • compel,
  • hem,
  • put lock on,
  • indenture,
  • trammel,
  • oblige,
  • clamp,
  • muzzle,
  • wrap,
  • constrain,
  • strap,
  • Enfetter,
  • pin,
  • detain,
  • paste,
  • engage,
  • moor,
  • yoke,
  • fold,
  • put together,
  • enchain,
  • furl.
  •bottle up (verb)
  • repress,
  • box up,
  • keep secret,
  • trap,
  • keep back,
  • entrap,
  • bring to naught,
  • cover up,
  • cork,
  • hold in,
  • coop up,
  • collar,
  • keep feeling inside oneself,
  • corner.
  •bound (verb)
  • mark out,
  • mark,
  • measure,
  • terminate,
  • determine.
  •censor (verb)
  • review,
  • sanitize,
  • withhold,
  • inspect,
  • prevent publication,
  • sterilize,
  • expurgate,
  • supervise communications,
  • oversee,
  • bowdlerize,
  • strike out,
  • refuse transmission,
  • blue-pencil,
  • delete,
  • bleach,
  • Exscind,
  • edit,
  • purify,
  • put the lid on,
  • scissor out,
  • abridge,
  • purge,
  • drop the iron curtain,
  • examine,
  • control,
  • criticize,
  • bleep,
  • blacklist,
  • clean up,
  • excise,
  • conceal,
  • launder,
  • revile,
  • decontaminate,
  • squelch,
  • black out.
  •circumscribe (verb)
  • girdle,
  • delineate,
  • nail down,
  • outline,
  • encompass,
  • environ.
  •coerce (verb)
  • push,
  • menace,
  • browbeat,
  • shotgun,
  • drive,
  • intimidate,
  • threaten,
  • make an offer they can't refuse,
  • cow,
  • strong-arm,
  • impel,
  • make,
  • dragoon,
  • bulldoze,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • bully,
  • terrorize,
  • lean on,
  • beset,
  • pressurize,
  • high pressure,
  • concuss,
  • urge,
  • twist one's arm.
  •compress (verb)
  • stuff,
  • squash,
  • coagulate,
  • syncopate,
  • epitomize,
  • press,
  • wedge,
  • densen,
  • crush,
  • telescope,
  • pack,
  • shrivel,
  • dehydrate,
  • consolidate,
  • force into space,
  • cram,
  • tighten,
  • ram,
  • boil down,
  • squeeze,
  • press together,
  • crowd,
  • make brief,
  • densify.
  •confine (verb)
  • intern,
  • ice,
  • cool,
  • immure,
  • shut up,
  • cage,
  • hog-tie,
  • put a lid on,
  • imprison,
  • keep,
  • incarcerate,
  • jail.
  •constrict (verb)
  • draw together,
  • astringe,
  • strangulate,
  • clench,
  • tense,
  • pinch,
  • tauten,
  • choke,
  • tuck,
  • constringe,
  • strangle.
  •contain (verb)
  • harness,
  • compose,
  • simmer down,
  • stop,
  • stifle,
  • keep lid on,
  • collect,
  • rein,
  • smother.
  •cramp (verb)
  • encumber,
  • clog,
  • grip,
  • stymie,
  • object,
  • thwart,
  • clasp,
  • fasten,
  • hamstring.
  •dam (verb)
  • close,
  • brake,
  • slow,
  • stop up,
  • barricade.
  •dedicate (verb)
  • pledge,
  • surrender,
  • apportion,
  • apply,
  • give over to,
  • devote,
  • appropriate,
  • inscribe,
  • assign,
  • give,
  • offer,
  • commit,
  • allot,
  • consign,
  • address.
  •delay (verb)
  • procrastinate,
  • lag,
  • temporize,
  • slacken,
  • discourage,
  • tarry,
  • deter,
  • remand,
  • arrest,
  • shelve,
  • interfere,
  • protract,
  • hold over,
  • stave off,
  • prolong,
  • dawdle,
  • suspend,
  • prorogue,
  • adjourn,
  • drag,
  • bide time,
  • loiter,
  • linger,
  • filibuster,
  • postpone,
  • put off,
  • defer,
  • intermit,
  • lay over,
  • table,
  • gain time,
  • dilly-dally.
  •enclose (verb)
  • induct,
  • impound,
  • blockade,
  • insert,
  • enshroud,
  • hedge,
  • pen,
  • Mure,
  • corral,
  • lock in,
  • fence,
  • implant,
  • enfold,
  • circle,
  • fence off,
  • close in,
  • mew,
  • imbue,
  • block off,
  • include,
  • wall in,
  • coop,
  • veil,
  • set apart.
  •enslave (verb)
  • put in irons,
  • get hooks into,
  • disenfranchise,
  • deprive,
  • keep under thumb,
  • secure,
  • disfranchise,
  • subject,
  • dominate,
  • subdue,
  • subjugate,
  • enthrall,
  • coerce,
  • oppress,
  • capture.
  •fence (verb)
  • protect,
  • defend,
  • rail,
  • wall,
  • fortify,
  • guard.
  •fetter (verb)
  • drag feet,
  • hold captive,
  • put straitjacket on,
  • throw monkey wrench in,
  • cuff.
  •forbid (verb)
  • preclude,
  • deny,
  • Forfend,
  • hold up,
  • taboo,
  • obviate,
  • debar,
  • embargo,
  • oppose,
  • nix,
  • veto,
  • rule out,
  • cancel,
  • censor,
  • forestall,
  • ban,
  • say no,
  • put the chill on,
  • spike.
  •force (verb)
  • obtrude,
  • conscript,
  • order,
  • inflict,
  • bear hard on,
  • impose,
  • put screws to,
  • blackmail,
  • exact,
  • bring pressure to bear upon,
  • enforce,
  • impress,
  • move,
  • wrest,
  • put squeeze on,
  • extort,
  • bear down,
  • occasion,
  • sandbag,
  • burden,
  • pressure,
  • insist,
  • command,
  • overcome,
  • charge,
  • cause,
  • demand,
  • wring,
  • draft.
  •handicap (verb)
  • put out of commission,
  • take out,
  • sideline,
  • cripple.
  •hedge (verb)
  • siege,
  • ring.
  •immobilize (verb)
  • bring to a screeching halt,
  • idle.
  •incarcerate (verb)
  • railroad,
  • book,
  • slough,
  • put under lock and key,
  • send up the river,
  • throw book at,
  • bastille,
  • settle,
  • take away.
  •localize (verb)
  • pinpoint,
  • center,
  • stop from spreading.
  •modify (verb)
  • mitigate,
  • remit,
  • soften,
  • lower,
  • modulate,
  • relax,
  • tone down,
  • abate.
  •muzzle (verb)
  • quieten,
  • dry up,
  • still,
  • hush,
  • clamp down on,
  • shush,
  • crack down on,
  • dummy up,
  • tongue-tie,
  • muffle,
  • silence.
  •nullify (verb)
  • Disannul,
  • kill,
  • repeal,
  • scratch,
  • ax,
  • offset,
  • annihilate,
  • invalidate,
  • wipe out,
  • rescind,
  • negate,
  • abolish,
  • counteract,
  • stamp out,
  • renig,
  • wash out,
  • vitiate,
  • renege,
  • quash,
  • annul,
  • undo,
  • nig,
  • forget it,
  • counterbalance,
  • compensate,
  • render null and void,
  • countervail,
  • trash,
  • call all bets off,
  • zap,
  • neutralize,
  • torpedo,
  • abrogate,
  • void.
  •obligate (verb)
  • Indebt,
  • Astrict,
  • make indebted.
  •prevent (verb)
  • turn aside,
  • anticipate,
  • counter,
  • put a stop to,
  • avoid,
  • intercept,
  • frustrate,
  • put an end to,
  • nip in the bud,
  • head off,
  • forbid,
  • defend against,
  • foil,
  • avert,
  • dam,
  • ward off,
  • hold off,
  • balk,
  • chill,
  • baffle.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • put down,
  • box in,
  • jam up,
  • pass on,
  • put a stopper in,
  • throw cold water on,
  • put a lock on,
  • gridlock,
  • put chill on,
  • zing,
  • bring to screeching halt.
  •quarantine (verb)
  • keep apart,
  • close off,
  • seclude,
  • detach,
  • separate,
  • remove,
  • segregate,
  • cordon,
  • sequester,
  • insulate,
  • seal off.
  •ration (verb)
  • prorate,
  • allocate,
  • divvy up,
  • share,
  • conserve,
  • parcel out,
  • measure out,
  • quota,
  • save,
  • mete out,
  • issue,
  • Mete,
  • give out,
  • budget,
  • dole,
  • proportion,
  • parcel,
  • distribute,
  • divvy,
  • deal.
  •rein (verb)
  • slow down,
  • bridle.
  •restrain (verb)
  • govern,
  • choke back,
  • keep in line,
  • direct,
  • tie down,
  • guide,
  • pull back,
  • crack down,
  • sit on,
  • gag,
  • keep down.
  •restrict (verb)
  • contract,
  • come down on,
  • surround,
  • shorten,
  • Prelimit,
  • modify,
  • hem in,
  • tether,
  • hang up,
  • impede,
  • demarcate,
  • delimit,
  • temper,
  • hold back,
  • cool down,
  • check,
  • circumscribe,
  • bound,
  • decrease,
  • hamper,
  • moderate,
  • define,
  • qualify,
  • keep within limits,
  • send up,
  • bind,
  • put away,
  • shrink,
  • keep within bounds,
  • put on ice,
  • curb,
  • tie,
  • handicap,
  • chain,
  • regulate,
  • narrow,
  • diminish,
  • inclose,
  • hold down,
  • cramp,
  • delimitate,
  • shut in,
  • bottle up,
  • demark,
  • enclose,
  • pin down,
  • constrict,
  • reduce,
  • contain,
  • inhibit,
  • encircle,
  • restrain.
  •stave (verb)
  • ward.
  •terminate (verb)
  • result,
  • wind down,
  • recess,
  • Prorogate,
  • bounce,
  • cut off,
  • expire,
  • conclude,
  • cease,
  • achieve,
  • complete,
  • ultimate,
  • perfect,
  • wrap up,
  • eliminate,
  • run out,
  • dismiss,
  • dissolve,
  • desist,
  • wind up,
  • discontinue,
  • come to an end,
  • discharge,
  • bring to an end,
  • extinguish,
  • lapse,
  • fire,
  • sack.
  •tie/tie up (verb)
  • tie one's hands,
  • Entrammel.
  •trammel (verb)
  • disrupt.

Antonyms for Re strict:

• v.

  • abbreviate
    amplify.
  • abridge
    fill, add, strengthen.
  • arrest
    further, expedite, promote, continue, push, advance, activate.
  • ban
    include, admit, welcome.
  • bind
    succeed, center, detach, unhitch, disjoin, unlace, unlock, disconnect, unwrap, lay bare, remove, lose, uncover, forget, let, set free, separate.
  • bottle up
    reveal, confide, tell.
  • bound
    start, begin, unrestrict.
  • censor
    endorse, praise, put in, dirty, ignore, neglect, sanction, approve.
  • coerce
    repress, leave alone, stop, halt, suppress, dissuade, discourage.
  • compress
    Unwrinkle, disperse, uncompress, uncondense, blow up.
  • constrict
    give.
  • contain
    exclude.
  • cramp
    support, forward.
  • dam
    unblock, facilitate, unclog.
  • dedicate
    misuse, desecrate, keep, refuse, misapply, take, steal, hold, alienate, withhold.
  • delay
    hurry, dispatch, carry out, finish, speed, abandon, complete, DO, go, rush, hasten, leave.
  • enclose
    meet, face, reject.
  • enslave
    emancipate.
  • fence
    hurt, harm, injure, uncoop, attack.
  • forbid
    authorize.
  • force
    prevent, disallow, surrender, yield, check.
  • handicap
    give advantage, benefit.
  • hedge
    confront.
  • incarcerate
    cease, cancel.
  • mew
    take out.
  • modify
    intensify, incite, stagnate, worry, aggravate.
  • nullify
    revive, institute, pass, affirm, schedule, establish, sanctify, validate, legalize, save, ratify, enact, set up.
  • obligate
    let off.
  • prevent
    warm, heat, cause, abet.
  • prohibit
    favor.
  • quarantine
    unite, join, desegregate, combine.
  • ration
    gather, collect.
  • rein
    scatter.
  • restrain
    misguide, give up, mislead, turn on, forsake.
  • restrict
    loose, develop, open, aid, lengthen, stretch, untie, encourage, extend, free, unfasten, unloose, let go, expand, unbind, enlarge, increase, grow, release, loosen, help, liberate, raise, assist, permit, allow.
  • terminate
    hire, accept, keep on, initiate, go on, employ, restart, introduce, commence, engage, carry on, bear, uphold, create.
  • trammel
    clear.