Confine Synonyms and Antonyms

kən-fīn
To keep shut up
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. imprison
  2. enclose
  3. bar
  4. immure
  5. shut in
  6. lock
  7. restrain
  8. shut up
  9. wall
  10. hold in
  11. hold
To enclose so as to hinder or prohibit escape
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. closet
  2. imprison
  3. shut up
To put in jail
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. detain
  2. immure
  3. imprison
  4. incarcerate
  5. intern
  6. jail
  7. lock
Antonyms:
  1. free
A demarcation point or boundary beyond which something does not extend or occur.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. limit
  2. Used in plural: bound
  3. accouchement
  4. border
  5. boundary
  6. end
  7. circumscription
  8. confinement
  9. frontier
  10. immurement
  11. incarceration
  12. snape
  13. limbo
The boundary surrounding a certain area.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Used in plural: bound
  2. limit
  3. precinct
To keep within bounds; restrict:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. limit

Words Related to Confine

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. define
  2. hinder
  3. edge
  4. limited
  5. separate
  6. unsuite
  7. be-confined

Confine Sentence Examples

  • But he did not confine his attention to abstract inquiries.

  • He did not, however, confine his energies to travelling.

  • With few and early exceptions, such as we may note in the Epistle of Barnabas, chap. i., they confine the word to doctrine.

  • But Hale did not confine himself to law.

  • In dealing briefly with the modern history of craft gilds, we may confine our attention to England.

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