Circumscribe Synonyms and Antonyms

sûr'kəm-skrīb'

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Synonyms for Circumscribe

encompass
To enclose; envelop:
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girdle
To form a circle around:
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curb
To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.
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encircle
To move in a circle around
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restrict
(Specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
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bound
To set a limit to; confine:
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confine
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
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delineate
To mark, form, or show the outline or border of:
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enclose
To shut in all around; hem in; fence in; surround
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fence
To enclose, contain or separate by building fence
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impede
To get in the way of; to hinder
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restrain
To hold, fasten, or secure so as to prevent or limit movement:
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trammel
To hinder the activity or free movement of.
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Antonyms for Circumscribe

free
Free means to release or let go.
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open
(Sports) To modify (one's stance), as in baseball or golf, so that it is open.
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loose
Common misspelling of lose.
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Words Related to Circumscribe

circle
Circle means to surround or move around someone or something.
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limit
To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
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surround
To be present on all or nearly all sides of; encircle
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define
To determine or set down the boundaries of
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limited
Simple past tense and past participle of limit.
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constrain
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demarcate
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unconstrain
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Circumscribe Sentence Examples

  • Sidney first, and after him Humphrey Gilbert, could only circumscribe the rebellion.

  • It was the same optimism, with its easy methods of regenerating society and its fatal blindness to the real conditions that circumscribe human life, that was responsible for the wild theories of the French Revolution and many of its consequent excesses.

  • To circumscribe the influence of the ruling favourites he next suggested the formation of a cabinet council of six or eight ministers, through whom all the business of the state was to be transacted; but Catherine, suspecting in the skilfully presented novelty a subtle attempt to limit her power, rejected it after some hesitation.

  • The Pythagorean school of philosophers adopted the theory of a spherical earth, but from metaphysical rather than scientific reasons; their convincing argument was that a sphere being the most perfect solid figure was the only one worthy to circumscribe the dwellingplace of man.

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