What is another word for restrictive?
446 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪstɹˈɪktɪv], [ ɹɪstɹˈɪktɪv], [ ɹ_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_t_ɪ_v]
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Similar words for restrictive:
- all (adjective)
- clannish (adjective)
- conditional (adjective)
- exclusive (adjective)
- fashionable (adjective)
- opposed (adjective)
- opposed/opposing (adjective)
- oppositional (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- restraining (adjective)
- withholding (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- regulating (noun)
- controlling (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Restrictive:
adj.
• all (adjective) • clannish (adjective)- related,
- close,
- like,
- unfriendly,
- unreceptive,
- sectarian,
- associative,
- cliquish,
- akin,
- alike.
- modified,
- reliant,
- qualified,
- inconclusive,
- tentative,
- uncertain,
- provisory,
- Codicillary,
- granted on certain terms,
- fortuitous,
- incidental,
- with reservations,
- relying on,
- iffy,
- guarded,
- obscure,
- depending on,
- relative,
- with grain of salt,
- provisional,
- with strings attached,
- subject to,
- not absolute.
- confined,
- single,
- aloof,
- licensed,
- total,
- complete,
- selfish,
- privileged,
- unique,
- undivided,
- only,
- fashionable,
- full,
- entire,
- aristocratic,
- discriminative,
- chic,
- independent,
- peculiar,
- upper crust,
- segregated,
- country club,
- sole,
- choice,
- particular,
- absolute,
- posh,
- chosen,
- preferential,
- classy,
- elegant,
- ritzy,
- circumscribed,
- whole.
- counter,
- conflicting,
- defensive,
- disputed,
- protesting,
- incompatible,
- hostile,
- facing,
- averse,
- antonymous,
- Battling,
- enemy,
- Denying,
- defending,
- clashing,
- opposite,
- Controverting,
- warring,
- antithetical,
- rival,
- antipathetic,
- disagreeing,
- Exposing,
- Combating,
- crossing,
- repelling,
- Disputing,
- confronting,
- allergic,
- irreconcilable,
- Objecting,
- inimical,
- Gainsaying.
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)- exceptional,
- keep,
- debilitate,
- localize,
- chain,
- Extenuatory,
- Cramping,
- hobble,
- qualify,
- box,
- constrict,
- straitjacket,
- ration,
- Obstructing,
- ethnocentric,
- xenophobic,
- repressing,
- crowd,
- confine,
- separative,
- counterproductive,
- confining,
- strangling,
- hindering,
- damage limitation,
- constrain,
- cordon sanitaire,
- prescriptive,
- restricting,
- altering,
- segregative,
- Seclusive,
- illiberal,
- curtail,
- fetter,
- non-proliferation,
- parochial,
- cap,
- defining,
- qualifying,
- lenitive,
- constraining,
- stabilizer,
- sumptuary,
- Obstruent,
- contrary,
- snobbish,
- sit,
- tie,
- selective,
- narrow,
- regulative,
- keep to somewhere,
- palliative,
- inhibiting,
- Excluding,
- protective,
- Interrupting,
- inhibitive,
- select,
- repressive,
- modulatory,
- preventive,
- steady,
- hindersome,
- stunt,
- restrain,
- regulatory,
- insular,
- preclusive,
- bounding,
- Modificatory,
- qualificatory,
- inadmissible,
- clampdown,
- clip,
- occlusive,
- limitative,
- confines,
- squeeze,
- suppressive,
- Qualificative,
- definitive,
- crosswise,
- choking,
- hold,
- cripple,
- inhibitory,
- troublesome,
- assuasive,
- Mitigating,
- stranglehold,
- Interruptive,
- constrictive,
- extenuating,
- infringe,
- mitigative,
- circumscribe,
- softening,
- Modifying,
- muzzle,
- clamp,
- limiting,
- restrict,
- hedge,
- Limitary,
- mitigatory,
- narrowing,
- stifling,
- fetters,
- in the way,
- rationing,
- prohibitive,
- delimit,
- hamstring,
- contain.
v.
• controlling (verb)Other synonyms:
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- seasonal.
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- tight.
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- weak.
- compass,
- Purlieu,
- interdiction,
- ceiling,
- limitation,
- glitch,
- regulation,
- proscription,
- cramp,
- rule,
- lid,
- extreme,
- perimeter,
- difficulty,
- contraction,
- borderland,
- limits,
- interdict,
- qualification,
- demarcation,
- catch,
- stint,
- order,
- official,
- handicap,
- curb,
- prohibition,
- boundary,
- check,
- frontier,
- court,
- embargo,
- border,
- limit,
- stricture,
- veto,
- bar,
- stipulation,
- taboo,
- extremity,
- refusal,
- constraint,
- boycott,
- reservation,
- rein,
- injunction,
- forbiddance,
- excess,
- custody,
- inhibition,
- confinement,
- precinct,
- circumscription,
- stoppage,
- brake,
- suppression,
- censorship,
- restraint,
- edge,
- lock,
- periphery,
- string,
- bounds,
- control,
- tabu,
- condition,
- sanction,
- containment,
- ban,
- bound,
- restriction.
- efficient,
- rigorous,
- define,
- sneaking,
- dam,
- conservative,
- stingy,
- harsh,
- damp,
- severely,
- concealed,
- cut short,
- dictatorial,
- upper-class,
- abate,
- personal,
- Coactive,
- competent,
- strict,
- autocratic,
- Hampering,
- enclose,
- rigid,
- severe,
- inflexible,
- compulsory,
- obligatorily,
- hidebound,
- arrest,
- forbidding,
- stern,
- uncompromising,
- stringently,
- definite,
- cramped,
- stylish,
- capable,
- decrease,
- drastic,
- dispose,
- inaccessible,
- rigidly,
- provisionally,
- secret,
- preventative,
- terminate,
- restrictively,
- necessary,
- imperious,
- astringent,
- prohibitory,
- Astringently,
- didactic,
- imperative,
- oppositional,
- compulsorily,
- Warningly,
- unyielding,
- prohibitively,
- uncertainly,
- block,
- discouraging,
- binding,
- tough,
- costive,
- hidden,
- meagre,
- conditionally,
- conclusive,
- austere,
- antagonistic,
- trendy,
- secluded,
- Bindingly,
- obligatory,
- curt,
- Preventing,
- draconian,
- non-public,
- diminish,
- determine,
- overbearing,
- impeding,
- decisive,
- special,
- Proscriptive,
- stringent,
- demarcate,
- halt,
- dogmatic,
- stiff,
- eligible,
- authoritarian.
Paraphrases for Restrictive:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
constraining.
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Noun, singular or mass
constraining.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
trade-restrictive.
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Proper noun, singular
restrictiveness.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
aggressive, binding, burdensome, coercive, compelling, compulsory, cramped, cumbersome, enforceable, exacting, exclusive, exhaustive, harsh, imperative, mandatory, narrow-minded, obligatory, onerous, oppressive, prohibitive, repressive, restricted, rigorous, selective, simplistic, stringent, tough, unrestricted, Exclusionary, anti-competitive, limitative.
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Proper noun, singular
restricted, restriction, Les, accords, settlements, understandings.
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Noun, singular or mass
restriction.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
circumscribed, narrow, prescriptive, reductionist, restrained, rigid, severe, tight.
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Adjective
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