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

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1. constraint, restraintnoun

   the state of being physically constrained

   "dogs should be kept under restraint"

   Synonyms:
   restraint, control, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

2. restraint, constraintnoun

   a device that retards something's motion

   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

   Synonyms:
   restraint, control, 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 Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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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How to use constraint in a sentence?

1. Kreg Ruhl:

   When you add to it this re-supply constraint of not being able to move barges up the Mississippi, it puts us in a precarious position.

2. 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.

3. Sulemanu Koney:

   It is...a major constraint and the net effect is that your costs go up and your margins are squeezed, for companies which are already marginal, it'll mean they are just being pushed out of business. Survival becomes the name of the game.

4. Stephen Shay:

   It, without doubt, significantly changes the rules of the game, in the old days you bought and then you levered up as much as you can and that is not going to happen in the same way, but how much of a constraint that becomes is unclear.

5. 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.