Definition for Restriction:

• The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

Synonyms for Restriction:

• n.

  •
  • range.
  •
  • limited,
  • marginalization.
  •
  • check,
  • trammel.
  •act (noun)
  • confinement.
  •control (noun)
  • subjection.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • complication,
  • interruption,
  • hurdle,
  • catch,
  • jam,
  • crimp,
  • dam,
  • snag,
  • damper,
  • snarl,
  • delay,
  • plug,
  • choke,
  • impedance,
  • resistance,
  • disadvantage,
  • bung,
  • brake,
  • blockage,
  • bottleneck,
  • entanglement,
  • clog,
  • mire,
  • stop,
  • bafflement,
  • frustration,
  • deterrent,
  • restraint,
  • congestion,
  • impasse,
  • burden,
  • constraint,
  • block,
  • tangle,
  • stay,
  • opposition,
  • stoppage,
  • drawback,
  • drag,
  • entrapment.
  •limit (noun)
  • bounds,
  • brink,
  • border,
  • excess baggage,
  • edge,
  • zenith,
  • apex,
  • contraction,
  • fringe,
  • fine print,
  • maximum,
  • small difficulty,
  • acme,
  • extremity,
  • cutoff,
  • boundary,
  • rim,
  • end,
  • glitch,
  • stumbling block,
  • terminus,
  • hang-up,
  • stricture,
  • lock,
  • confines,
  • rule,
  • ball and chain,
  • custody,
  • deadline,
  • limits.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • curtailment,
  • suppression,
  • rejection,
  • forbiddance,
  • prevention,
  • denial,
  • disapproval,
  • preclusion,
  • bar,
  • injunction.
  •restraint (noun)
  • Detainment,
  • bridle,
  • bondage,
  • tether,
  • leash,
  • detention,
  • shackle,
  • collar.
  •secrecy (noun)
  • stealth,
  • Covertness,
  • confidentiality,
  • secrecy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fetters,
  • caveat,
  • bound,
  • stranglehold,
  • parameter,
  • crackdown,
  • stint,
  • circumscription.
  •
  • demarcation,
  • string,
  • regulation,
  • cramp,
  • squeeze,
  • band,
  • containment,
  • qualification,
  • chain,
  • abbreviation,
  • cap,
  • moderation,
  • floor.
  •
  • condition,
  • tie.
  •
  • low.
  •
  • line.
  •
  • freeze.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dictate,
  • narrow gauge,
  • debarment,
  • define,
  • travail,
  • decide,
  • conditional,
  • specialness,
  • shackles,
  • Nonadmission,
  • inadmissibility,
  • lying-in,
  • parturiency,
  • qualified,
  • manacles,
  • definitive,
  • consideration,
  • repressive,
  • monopoly,
  • interference,
  • exception,
  • disallow,
  • estoppel,
  • fetter,
  • nuisance value,
  • discount,
  • cession,
  • blocking,
  • arrest,
  • cuffs,
  • interception,
  • Arrestation,
  • nearness,
  • saving clause,
  • Cramping,
  • disable,
  • labor,
  • avoidance,
  • rampart,
  • finite,
  • closure,
  • bracelets,
  • forbidden fruit,
  • trammels,
  • incommodiousness,
  • requirement,
  • Interclusion,
  • veto,
  • limit to,
  • Oppilation,
  • hesitancy,
  • restricted,
  • fixation,
  • handcuffs,
  • prohibitive,
  • Holdback,
  • demand,
  • hindering,
  • resolve,
  • modification,
  • qualify,
  • repression,
  • curfew,
  • barricade,
  • describe,
  • closeness,
  • confine,
  • hold up,
  • hesitation,
  • Arrestment,
  • cessation,
  • let,
  • Debarring,
  • labour,
  • penning,
  • proficient,
  • omission,
  • provision,
  • coarctation,
  • command,
  • exclusive,
  • breastwork,
  • Hooker,
  • holdup,
  • adjudicate,
  • differentia,
  • quantification,
  • hair,
  • salvo,
  • exemption,
  • restrict,
  • tight squeeze,
  • Hampering,
  • efficient,
  • bulwark,
  • determine,
  • cut back,
  • specification,
  • embarrassment,
  • classification,
  • delimitation,
  • foot-dragging,
  • limiting,
  • hitch,
  • restrictive,
  • evasion,
  • sine qua non,
  • impoundment,
  • boycott,
  • pinions,
  • Straitness,
  • constrain,
  • gyves,
  • embolism,
  • coloring,
  • dodging,
  • occlusion,
  • Impedition,
  • concession,
  • disability,
  • unconfirmed,
  • escape clause,
  • provisional,
  • obstructionism,
  • narrowing,
  • pale,
  • restricting,
  • waiver,
  • curtail,
  • coercion,
  • lockout,
  • contingency,
  • prescription,
  • hedge,
  • interdict,
  • Fudging,
  • signify,
  • eligible,
  • inhibit,
  • crowdedness,
  • hedging,
  • reduce,
  • prohibit,
  • strictness,
  • parapet,
  • Index Expurgatorius,
  • restrain,
  • closing up,
  • competent,
  • appoint,
  • enjoin,
  • term,
  • reserve,
  • forbid,
  • clamp down,
  • barring,
  • special case,
  • lockup,
  • enjoin from,
  • continence,
  • prerequisite,
  • deter,
  • Caging,
  • grant,
  • setback,
  • specify,
  • shorten,
  • Strait-jacket,
  • embargo,
  • anathema,
  • Incapaciousness,
  • exclusion,
  • mental reservation,
  • extenuating circumstances,
  • tabu,
  • protection,
  • Clogging,
  • Restraining,
  • reduced,
  • clause,
  • capable,
  • slenderness,
  • childbed,
  • definite,
  • parochial,
  • hairsbreadth,
  • government,
  • uncertain,
  • exclude,
  • relegation,
  • negativism,
  • repudiation,
  • hairbreadth,
  • direction,
  • bonds,
  • ascertain,
  • Bilboes,
  • circumscribe.

Paraphrases for Restriction:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    limitation, limitations, constraint, constraints.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    limitation, limitations, constraint.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    restraint, restraints.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    restraint.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    restricting, restrictiveness, restricted, restrictive, limiting, prohibition, prohibitions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    restricting, derogation, cut, restrictiveness, requirement, hindrance, retrenchment, reservation, tightening, narrowing, impediment, qualification, clampdown, obstruction, proscription, abridgement, interference, impairment, Curtailing, infringement, restrictive, encroachment, proviso, exclusion, deprivation, Back-pressure, reductant, barrier, squeeze, exception, obstacle, constraining, registration, avoidance, exemption, enrolment, prohibition, stringency, deregulation, blockage, provision, distinction, mitigation, backpressure, compulsion, shortcoming, condition, crunch.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    limit, limits.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    suppression, decrease, limit.

Antonyms for Restriction:

• n.

  • limit
    help, freedom, liberation, advantage, allowance, enlargement, permission, release, expansion.
  • Other antonyms:
    way, entrance, admittance, transit, road, passage, thoroughfare, opening.

Hypernym for Restriction:

• n.

  • act
    circumscription, hold-down, stipulation, constraint, specification, clampdown, classification, load-shedding, arms control, freeze.

Hyponym for Restriction:

• n.

  • act
    regulating, regulation, restraint.