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,
  • restriction.
  •ban (noun)
  • in junctions,
  • re strictions,
  • in-junctions,
  • a thou shalt nots,
  • donts,
  • no no,
  • a thou shalt not,
  • no no's,
  • nono,
  • no nos,
  • nonos,
  • re striction,
  • a thou-shalt-nots,
  • out of bound,
  • out bounds,
  • nono's,
  • in-junction,
  • off limit,
  • out bound,
  • re-striction,
  • re-strictions,
  • in junction.
  •blockade (noun)
  • blank walls,
  • encirclements.
  •censorship (noun)
  • thought controls,
  • bowdlerizations,
  • blue pencils,
  • iron curtains,
  • infringing right,
  • infringing on right,
  • infringing rights,
  • hush ups.
  •compass (noun)
  • ex-tent,
  • ex-tents,
  • ex tent,
  • ex tents.
  •constriction (noun)
  • stenosises,
  • tightnesses,
  • squeezings.
  •control (noun)
  • predomination,
  • subjection,
  • juice,
  • wire pulling,
  • containments.
  •cramp (noun)
  • charley horse,
  • charley horses,
  • shooting pains.
  •curb (noun)
  • re-strainer,
  • re-strainers,
  • re strainer,
  • re strainers.
  •diet (noun)
  • weight reduction plan,
  • weightreduction plans,
  • nutritional therapies,
  • weight-reduction plans,
  • weightreduction plan,
  • weight reduction plans.
  •disallowance (noun)
  • dis-allowance,
  • dis-allowances,
  • dis allowance,
  • dis allowances.
  •forbiddance (noun)
  • outlawings,
  • out-lawing,
  • out lawing,
  • out lawings,
  • pro-scribing,
  • pro scribing,
  • proscribings,
  • out-lawings.
  •handicap (noun)
  • in-jury,
  • psychological baggages,
  • in juries,
  • in jury.
  •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.
  •parameter (noun)
  • guideline,
  • constants.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • curtailment,
  • suppression,
  • rejection,
  • forbiddance,
  • prevention,
  • denial,
  • disapproval,
  • preclusion,
  • bar,
  • injunction.
  •provision/proviso (noun)
  • pre requisites,
  • pro visos,
  • pre requisite,
  • pro-visions,
  • pro-visos,
  • pro visions.
  •proviso (noun)
  • pro viso,
  • pro-viso.
  •reservation (noun)
  • bespeakings,
  • setting asides,
  • pro vision,
  • be-speakings,
  • be-speaking,
  • grain salt,
  • with-holdings,
  • with holdings,
  • be speaking,
  • with-holding,
  • be speakings,
  • retainings,
  • retainments,
  • exclusive possessions,
  • with holding,
  • pro-vision.
  •restraint (noun)
  • shackle,
  • leash,
  • stricture,
  • bondage,
  • bridle,
  • collar,
  • tether,
  • Detainment,
  • detention.
  •secrecy (noun)
  • stealth,
  • Covertness,
  • confidentiality,
  • secrecy.
  •stipulation (noun)
  • pre-condition,
  • string attacheds,
  • pre condition,
  • pre conditions.
  •taboo (noun)
  • thou-shalt-nots,
  • dis approvals,
  • dis approval,
  • thou shalt nots,
  • religious conventions,
  • dis-approvals,
  • thou shalt not,
  • dis-approval.
  •wall (noun)
  • sur face,
  • sur faces,
  • sur-face.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • horizon,
  • circumscription,
  • straightjacket,
  • bound,
  • age limit,
  • countermeasures,
  • parameter,
  • caveat,
  • stranglehold,
  • ambit,
  • gamut,
  • fetters,
  • crackdown,
  • stint,
  • straitjacket.
  •
  • containment,
  • squeeze,
  • moderation,
  • cramp,
  • qualification,
  • abbreviation,
  • chain,
  • yoke,
  • margin,
  • cap,
  • rider,
  • span,
  • string,
  • floor,
  • demarcation,
  • band,
  • threshold,
  • regulation.
  •
  • condition,
  • counter,
  • tie.
  •
  • ceiling.
  •
  • bond,
  • low.
  •
  • line.
  •
  • freeze.

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.

Restriction Sentence Examples:

• That result is due no less to the friendly representations of this Government than to a growing conviction in France that the restriction was not demanded by any real danger to health.

• This restriction upon free competition, by giving the advantage to Roman citizens, was in itself sufficient to ruin the prosperity of every Italian town.

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.