Synonyms for Restraining:

• adj.

  •binding (adjective)
  • more enslaved,
  • most enslaved,
  • more limiting,
  • most attached,
  • more attached,
  • most limiting.
  •controlling (adjective)
  • coercive,
  • Prohibiting,
  • restrictive,
  • forbidding,
  • constraining.
  •governing (adjective)
  • more ordering,
  • more mastering,
  • over-seeing,
  • super-intending,
  • more conducting,
  • more superintending,
  • most guiding,
  • more gubernatorial,
  • most directing,
  • most ordering,
  • most conducting,
  • super intending,
  • over seeing,
  • most gubernatorial,
  • more overseeing,
  • most overseeing,
  • most superintending,
  • more guiding,
  • more directing,
  • more presidential,
  • most mastering,
  • most presidential.
  •hindering (adjective)
  • crippling,
  • Resisting,
  • Delaying,
  • bottleneck,
  • Obstructing,
  • Damming,
  • impeding,
  • burdensome,
  • Cramping,
  • constipating,
  • Snarling,
  • Fouling,
  • Entrapping,
  • Snagging,
  • frustrating,
  • blocking,
  • Complicating,
  • baffling,
  • restricting,
  • choking,
  • Tangling,
  • Handicapping,
  • Entangling,
  • Crimping,
  • hindering,
  • congesting,
  • Detaining,
  • Clogging,
  • Encumbering,
  • thwarting.
  •limiting (adjective)
  • edge,
  • zenith,
  • utmost,
  • maximum,
  • extreme.
  •prohibitive (adjective)
  • Proscriptive,
  • financial means conditional,
  • sky-high.
  •retaining (adjective)
  • Having.
  •tying (adjective)
  • most shackling,
  • more restricting,
  • more shackling,
  • most restricting.

• n.

  •arrest (noun)
  • sequesterings,
  • de lay,
  • pull ins,
  • restrainings,
  • pick ups,
  • re straining,
  • de-lays,
  • gloms,
  • preventive custodies,
  • stayings,
  • de-lay,
  • re-straining,
  • protective custodies,
  • de lays.
  •confining (noun)
  • imprisonings,
  • boundings,
  • enclosings,
  • detainings.

• v.

  •commanding (verb)
  • governing.
  •dissuading (verb)
  • averting,
  • barring,
  • Deterring,
  • disheartening,
  • inhibiting,
  • diverting,
  • discouraging,
  • daunting,
  • depressing,
  • Preventing,
  • intimidating,
  • chilling,
  • Derailing,
  • admonishing,
  • Disinclining,
  • Deflecting,
  • banning,
  • dampening,
  • Checking,
  • Dissuading.
  •hindering (verb)
  • dragging,
  • opposing,
  • countering,
  • Impairing,
  • Miring,
  • Interrupting,
  • Hamstringing,
  • Burdening,
  • Hampering,
  • fettering,
  • Paralyzing,
  • stopping,
  • Staying,
  • catching,
  • bottlenecking,
  • curbing,
  • jamming,
  • Bunging,
  • Plugging,
  • braking.
  •limiting (verb)
  • ending,
  • Rimming,
  • bordering,
  • bounding,
  • edging,
  • Terminating,
  • limiting.
  •moderating (verb)
  • Subduing,
  • calming,
  • softening,
  • Quieting,
  • moderating,
  • soothing,
  • easing,
  • abating,
  • pacifying,
  • Alleviating,
  • cooling,
  • tranquilizing,
  • relaxing,
  • composing.
  •prohibiting (verb)
  • Disallowing,
  • controlling,
  • Suppressing,
  • disqualifying,
  • Oppressing,
  • disapproving,
  • Precluding,
  • Outlawing,
  • Curtailing,
  • Denying,
  • Rejecting,
  • Refusing.
  •restraining (verb)
  • Bridling,
  • Tethering,
  • Leashing,
  • Shackling,
  • constricting,
  • Collaring.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • arrest.
  •Other relevant words:
  • conclusion,
  • check,
  • containment,
  • withhold,
  • Recoiling,
  • Refraining,
  • preventative,
  • obstruction,
  • compulsion,
  • Mitigating,
  • forbiddance,
  • stand still,
  • hold back,
  • delay,
  • Modifying,
  • Chaining,
  • accommodating,
  • coercion,
  • remember,
  • Containing,
  • defending,
  • preclusion,
  • driving,
  • frustration,
  • supporting,
  • jumping,
  • constraint,
  • moderation,
  • hold,
  • extinction,
  • observing,
  • Squelching,
  • baulking,
  • compulsory,
  • Intercepting,
  • injunction,
  • Quashing,
  • enchaining,
  • Declaring,
  • proceeding,
  • compelling,
  • limit,
  • cutting off,
  • elimination,
  • holding back,
  • qualifying,
  • inhibitory,
  • baulk,
  • constrain,
  • curb,
  • arresting,
  • Cumbering,
  • retardation,
  • withholding,
  • hindrance,
  • foiling,
  • obliging,
  • Muting,
  • Abridging,
  • repress,
  • Harboring,
  • moderate,
  • repressing,
  • Carrying,
  • keeping in check,
  • ban,
  • fending off,
  • obligatory,
  • harbouring,
  • quenching,
  • preventive,
  • interception,
  • result,
  • reducing,
  • crushing,
  • quelling,
  • confinement,
  • astringent,
  • preserving,
  • taboo,
  • ensnaring,
  • govern,
  • raising,
  • Haltering,
  • contain,
  • Applying,
  • preclude,
  • interdiction,
  • childbirth,
  • enjoining,
  • Celebrating,
  • bound,
  • Defying,
  • end,
  • qualify,
  • suppression,
  • Ceasing,
  • inhibitive,
  • imperative,
  • bar,
  • reserve,
  • aborting,
  • tie down,
  • prohibitory,
  • snub,
  • Retarding,
  • Silencing,
  • stand firm,
  • retain,
  • prevention,
  • Proscribing,
  • Imprisoning,
  • catch up,
  • ricocheting,
  • hiding,
  • booking,
  • modesty,
  • control,
  • Adjudging,
  • enclosing,
  • avoidance,
  • Snaring,
  • Yoking,
  • Caging,
  • termination,
  • discontinuation,
  • bespeak,
  • censoring,
  • costive,
  • Deeming,
  • abstemious,
  • limitation,
  • continuous,
  • Modulating,
  • prohibition,
  • bridle,
  • guarding,
  • stifling,
  • receptacle,
  • confine,
  • compulsive,
  • continuing,
  • chaste,
  • balking,
  • Admitting,
  • crack down,
  • captivity,
  • obviation,
  • Managing,
  • ruling,
  • put-down,
  • slowing,
  • irresistible,
  • suppress,
  • concealment,
  • strangulating,
  • Apprehending,
  • impedance,
  • chastening,
  • detain,
  • smothering,
  • anticipation,
  • staving off,
  • impede,
  • conquering,
  • restrain,
  • waiting,
  • Interdicting,
  • entertaining,
  • Maintaining,
  • suppressive,
  • block,
  • prevailing,
  • imperious,
  • commanding,
  • Coercing,
  • extinguishing,
  • Muffling,
  • carry,
  • keep,
  • lid,
  • stringent,
  • proscription,
  • styptic,
  • balk,
  • forestalling,
  • repression,
  • surcease,
  • repressive,
  • Reserving,
  • bouncing,
  • cessation,
  • Circumscribing,
  • stinting,
  • qualification,
  • Obtaining,
  • nursing,
  • prevent,
  • Discontinuing,
  • throttling,
  • agreeing,
  • stop,
  • circumscription,
  • regulating,
  • rebounding,
  • bind,
  • debarment,
  • cracking down on,
  • putting down,
  • Avoiding,
  • Debarring,
  • censorship,
  • stricture,
  • abortion,
  • pressing,
  • Tabooing,
  • circumscribe,
  • Reining,
  • restrict,
  • cut-off,
  • Harnessing,
  • concealing,
  • halting,
  • restriction,
  • warding off,
  • concurring,
  • inhibit,
  • mitigation,
  • halt.

Paraphrases for Restraining:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    curbing, constraining.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    constraints, withholding.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    constraint, constraining, remoteness, banning, self-restraint, prohibition, Prohibiting, ban, alienation, contention, deportation, withholding.
  • Verb, past tense
    Curtailed, imposed, inhibited, limited, unrestricted, constraint.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Reining, retaining, Detaining, stifling, averting, discouraging, hindering, Relieving, minimising, regulating, Removing, impeding, Mitigating, Suppressing, Harnessing, Deterring, minimizing, thwarting, stopping, arresting, enjoining, contain, Containing, diminishing, inhibiting, Hampering, confining, Reversing, Subduing, countering, Impairing, mastering, reducing, locked-in, Depriving, Obstructing, Precluding, Sacrificing, Proscribing, Taming, undermining, Stemming, shrinking, governing, Selecting, Denying, forbidding, Disallowing, moderating, binding, rising, Exempting, engaging, cracking, tying, barring, throttling, Forfeiting, Deducting, braking, causing, blocking, Earmarking, locking, controlling, Choosing, delimiting, qualifying, slowing, Capping, keeping, bounding, banning, prohibition, Prohibiting, withholding.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    restraint.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    containment, injunction, restraint, curtailment, restrictiveness.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    dampening, halting.

Homophones for Restraining:

• right atrium, rostrum, restroom.