Antonyms for confined
kənˈfaɪndcon·fined

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1. confinedadjective

   not invading healthy tissue

   Antonyms:
   invasive, unconfined, strong-growing, free-range, free, fast-growing(a), aggressive

   Synonyms:
   imprisoned, jailed, captive

2. confinedadjective

   not free to move about

   Antonyms:
   invasive, strong-growing, aggressive, fast-growing(a), free-range, unconfined, free

   Synonyms:
   imprisoned, jailed, captive

3. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

   being in captivity

   Antonyms:
   strong-growing, free, invasive, free-range, unconfined, fast-growing(a), aggressive

   Synonyms:
   captive, engrossed, absorbed, enwrapped, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent

How to use confined in a sentence?

1. V Naipaul:

   Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

2. Ralph Northam:

   No particular business has been singled out, but businesses where the patrons would be at risk to be confined and whether it would perhaps be more than 10 people, we made the decision to close them.

3. Albert Camus:

   What then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it may be, can be compared For there to be an equivalence, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal, who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him, and who from that moment onward had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life.

4. Hannah Siddle:

   Although this could be very bad news for the Tasmanian devil, we are in a better position than we were when the first contagious cancer emerged. We are further ahead with research and with developing captive management strategies, however, this is a warning to how we manage not just the Tasmanian devil but all vulnerable species, particularly those confined to islands, where disease is a real threat and can do a lot of damage quickly.

5. Aaron David Miller:

   But what do they amount to? It is confined and contained to a soap opera-like exchange that never leads to anything of consequence.

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