Synonyms for restrained
re·strained

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1. restrained, reticent, unemotionaladjective

   cool and formal in manner

   Synonyms:
   guarded, moderate, untalkative, retiring, reticent, self-effacing, quiet, unemotional

   Antonyms:
   unrestrained, intemperate, ostentatious, unhindered, unhampered, excessive, freewheeling, ungoverned, demonstrative, unbridled, unlaced, incautious, uncurbed, overweening, exuberant, highflying(a), pretentious, unchecked, extravagant, unbuttoned

2. restrainedadjective

   under restraint

   Synonyms:
   quiet, unemotional, moderate, guarded, reticent

   Antonyms:
   freewheeling, unhampered, intemperate, unrestrained, unlaced, exuberant, pretentious, ungoverned, highflying(a), unbridled, excessive, extravagant, unbuttoned, incautious, overweening, demonstrative, unchecked, ostentatious, unhindered, uncurbed

3. moderate, restrainedadjective

   marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

   "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"

   Synonyms:
   quiet, unemotional, moderate, temperate, guarded, reticent

   Antonyms:
   unlaced, pretentious, overweening, demonstrative, freewheeling, ostentatious, ungoverned, unchecked, unhampered, highflying(a), unbridled, uncurbed, unrestrained, unbuttoned, incautious, extravagant, excessive, intemperate, exuberant, unhindered

4. quiet, restrainedadjective

   not showy or obtrusive

   "clothes in quiet good taste"

   Synonyms:
   placid, moderate, hushed, guarded, still, muted, reticent, smooth, unruffled, tranquil, quiet, unemotional, subdued

   Antonyms:
   excessive, ungoverned, unchecked, unbridled, overweening, highflying(a), unbuttoned, demonstrative, uncurbed, ostentatious, unhampered, unrestrained, intemperate, incautious, freewheeling, exuberant, extravagant, pretentious, unlaced, unhindered

5. guarded, restrainedadjective

   prudent

   "guarded optimism"

   Synonyms:
   quiet, unemotional, moderate, guarded, reticent

   Antonyms:
   unbridled, intemperate, unbuttoned, ostentatious, demonstrative, highflying(a), ungoverned, exuberant, excessive, incautious, unhindered, overweening, unchecked, unrestrained, extravagant, pretentious, unhampered, unlaced, freewheeling, uncurbed

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1. List of paraphrases for "restrained":

   braked, moderate, restricted, limited, hampered

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How to use restrained in a sentence?

1. Sam Davis:

   I feel sad. I feel angry. I feel confused. I wish it never would have happened, he was getting older. Sometimes his anger was getting stronger and sometimes he had to be physically restrained.

2. Supervisor Curt Hagman:

   With this situation behind us, we can move forward with protecting our residents and ensuring that local enforcement is responsive, effective and restrained.

3. Shinichi Hisadome:

   I think this is the first time that criticism of the government itself has been so restrained.

4. Mao Zedong:

   A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

5. Shinichi Hisadome:

   There have been cases of media self-restraint in the past, but they usually involved the imperial family, or, as after the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, when media adopted a sober tone, i think this is the first time that criticism of the government itself has been so restrained.