Constraining Synonyms and Antonyms

To check the freedom and spontaneity of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. inhibiting
  2. cramping
  3. constricting
Restrict
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tightening
  2. restraining
  3. keeping
  4. inhibiting
  5. holding
  6. curbing
  7. checking
  8. bridling
  9. braking
  10. stiffening
  11. bitting
Hold back
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. restraining
  2. stifling
  3. obliging
  4. forcing
  5. compelling
  6. pressuring
  7. violating
  8. cumbering
  9. urging
  10. subduing
  11. squashing
  12. securing
  13. restricting
  14. repressing
  15. ravishing
  16. obligating
  17. pressing
  18. oppressing
  19. limiting
  20. inhibiting
  21. making
  22. encumbering
  23. impelling
  24. enforcing
  25. coercing
  26. distressing
  27. deterring
  28. depriving
  29. denying
  30. curbing
  31. constricting
  32. confining
  33. compressing
  34. clasping
  35. checking
  36. necessitating
Antonyms:
  1. freeing
  2. releasing
Restricting the scope or freedom of action
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. confining
  2. constrictive
  3. limiting
  4. restricting

Constraining Sentence Examples

  • Under the constraining power of the Roman Empire the older city states were reduced to the position of municipalities, and their financial administration became dependent on the control of the Emperor - as is abundantly illustrated in the correspondence of Pliny and Trajan.

  • But even his eloquence was constraining and constructive - a personal call for immediate and universal co-operation; and that personal influence survives to this day in the institutions of his people, and perhaps still more in their character.

  • These results provide constraining data for models of inflectional morphology.

  • Guests must be at least 54 inches tall in order to ride, and the over-the-shoulder safety harnesses may be constraining and uncomfortable for guests with wide shoulders or thick torsos.

  • Some doctors refer to the girdles as constraining devices so as not to upset their patients further.

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