Synonyms for Constraint
kənˈstreɪntcon·straint

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1. constraint

   Bashfulness is a shrinking from notice without assignable reason. Coyness is a half encouragement, half avoidance of offered attention, and may be real or affected. Diffidence is self-distrust; modesty, a humble estimate of oneself in comparison with others, or with the demands of some undertaking. Modesty has also the specific meaning of a sensitive shrinking from anything indelicate. Shyness is a tendency to shrink from observation; timidity, a distinct fear of criticism, error, or failure. Reserve is the holding oneself aloof from others, or holding back one's feelings from expression, or one's affairs from communication to others. Reserve may be the retreat of shyness, or, on the other hand, the contemptuous withdrawal of pride and haughtiness. Compare ABASH; PRIDE; TACITURN.

   Synonyms:
   backwardness, bashfulness, coldness, coyness, diffidence, modesty, reserve, shyness, timidity, unobtrusiveness

   Antonyms:
   abandon, arrogance, assumption, assurance, boldness, conceit, confidence, egotism, forwardness, frankness, freedom, haughtiness, impudence, indiscretion, loquaciousness, loquacity, pertness, sauciness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, sociability

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. constraint, restraintnoun

   the state of being physically constrained

   "dogs should be kept under restraint"

   Synonyms:
   restraint, control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

2. restraint, constraintnoun

   a device that retards something's motion

   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

   Synonyms:
   restraint, control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

3. constraintnoun

   the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others

   Synonyms:
   restraint

Matched Categories

1. • Confinement
   • Device
   • Restriction

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. constraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, force, necessity, obligation, coercion

2. constraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   confinement, restraint, imprisonment, incarceration, inthralment, durance, duress, captivity

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1. constraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, coercion, force, pressure, restraint, restriction

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1. List of paraphrases for "constraint":

   restriction, limitation, coercion, coercive, obstacle, delimitation, duress, stress, compulsion, restraint, constraints, impediment, barrier, forced, hardship, curtailment, restrictions

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1. Jenny Higgins:

   Someone might look into alternatives such as herbs, spend time trying to gather information, procure that substance, take the herb, take it again, take it again, and by then, they are later in gestation and maybe even less likely to be able to access effective methods, there's a real-time constraint here.

2. Ting Lu:

   The possibility of contagion in other parts of China's vast economy remains very real, and, it is on this issue where China's central bank faces its biggest constraint — while it may be able to contain the financial implications from a housing default, it can not offset the housing market's impact on China's real economy.

3. Marc Postman:

   While the cosmic microwave background tells us about the first 450,000 years after the big bang, the cosmic optical background tells us something about the sum total of all the stars that have ever formed since then, it puts a constraint on the total number of galaxies that have been created, and where they might be in time.

4. Seth Jones:

   I don't think the sense of urgency and the hope for quick negotiations were really coming from Khalilzad or the negotiating team but were coming from the White House. It was the constraint the negotiators have been under. A quick turnaround on the negotiations will serve a political purpose because the election is coming up.

5. Olivier Mahafaly:

   I unconditionally accept this decision because I do not want to block a solution. I hand in my resignation without constraint or regret.