446 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɹɪstɹˈɪktɪv], [ ɹɪstɹˈɪktɪv], [ ɹ_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_t_ɪ_v]

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)

Paraphrases for restrictive

Synonyms for Restrictive:

• adj.

  • all (adjective)
  • restrictive.
  • clannish (adjective)
  • related,
  • close,
  • like,
  • unfriendly,
  • unreceptive,
  • sectarian,
  • associative,
  • cliquish,
  • akin,
  • alike.
  • conditional (adjective)
  • 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.
  • exclusive (adjective)
  • 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.
  • fashionable (adjective)
  • proprietary.
  • opposed (adjective)
  • opposing,
  • Against.
  • opposed/opposing (adjective)
  • 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.
  • oppositional (adjective)
  • adverse,
  • adversarial.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • against the grain,
  • obstructive,
  • Exclusory,
  • Exclusionary,
  • up against,
  • dissentient,
  • in opposition,
  • anti,
  • at cross purposes,
  • opposed,
  • socially correct,
  • at odds,
  • at cross-purposes,
  • exclusive,
  • overprotective,
  • conditional,
  • clannish,
  • swank.
  • restraining (adjective)
  • coercive,
  • Prohibiting,
  • governing,
  • withholding.
  • withholding (adjective)
  • Deterring,
  • curbing.

• n.

  •
  • limited,
  • finite,
  • under control,
  • within limits,
  • specific.
  •
  • compound,
  • Frequentative,
  • deictic,
  • declarative,
  • grammatical,
  • feminine,
  • inflected,
  • complex.
  • 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.
  • regulating (noun)
  • regulating.

• v.

  • controlling (verb)
  • Restraining.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • exclusively,
  • restricted,
  • ineligible,
  • henpecked,
  • powerless,
  • phrase,
  • regimented,
  • enforced.
  •
  • narrowly,
  • reserved,
  • institutionalized.
  •
  • controlled,
  • dependent,
  • contingent.
  •
  • seasonal.
  •
  • closed,
  • private.
  •
  • little,
  • small.
  •
  • tight.
  •
  • weak.
  • Other relevant words:
  • 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.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    constraining.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    constraining.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    strict, stricter.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    trade-restrictive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    restrictiveness.

• Independent

  • 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.
  • Proper noun, singular
    restricted, restriction, Les, accords, settlements, understandings.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    restriction.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    circumscribed, narrow, prescriptive, reductionist, restrained, rigid, severe, tight.