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Synonyms for restrain
rɪˈstreɪnre·strain

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. restrain

    To restrain is to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force. Constrain is positive; restrain is negative; one is constrained to an action; he is restrained from an action. Constrain refers almost exclusively to moral force, restrain frequently to physical force, as when we speak of putting one under restraint. To restrain an action is to hold it partially or wholly in check, so that it is under pressure even while it acts; to restrict an action is to fix a limit or boundary which it may not pass, but within which it is free. To repress, literally to press back, is to hold in check, and perhaps only temporarily, that which is still very active; it is a feebler word than restrain; to suppress is finally and effectually to put down; suppress is a much stronger word than restrain; as, to suppress a rebellion. Compare ARREST; BIND; KEEP.

    Synonyms:
    abridge, bridle, check, circumscribe, confine, constrain, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under, repress, restrict, suppress, withhold

    Antonyms:
    aid, animate, arouse, emancipate, encourage, excite, free, impel, incite, let loose, release, set free

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. restrain

    Synonyms:
    check, repress, hinder, limit, confine, restrict, withhold, curb, coerce, prohibit, narrow, circumscribe, reduce

    Antonyms:
    promote, advance, urge, incite, aid, liberate, indulge, loose, vent, amplify, enlarge, expand, extend

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. restrain, keep, keep back, hold backverb

    keep under control; keep in check

    "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

    Synonyms:
    intimidate, retain, hold off, throttle, hold back, restrict, hold on, continue, withhold, save, stay fresh, trammel, go along, wait, hold in, stop, encumber, turn back, celebrate, hold open, keep, proceed, cumber, observe, forbear, go on, constrain, hold, conceal, confine, preserve, prevent, arrest, bound, keep open, keep on, maintain, limit, contain, keep back, sustain, check

  2. restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleverb

    place limits on (extent or access)

    "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

    Synonyms:
    spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, throttle, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, confine, bounce, leap, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose

  3. restrain, confine, holdverb

    to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

    "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, book, support, intimidate, retain, hold in, throttle, circumscribe, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, restrict, deem, hold up, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, trammel, check, make, take for, go for, encumber, throw, defy, control, harbor, halt, keep, obligate, cumber, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, constrain, curb, hold, moderate, bind, confine, have got, declare, withstand, view as, bound, detain, contain, concur, maintain, limit, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, enclose, agree, bear

  4. restrain, encumber, cumber, constrainverb

    hold back

    Synonyms:
    stiffen, restrict, trammel, constrain, keep, hold back, confine, bound, cumber, hold, tighten, encumber, tighten up, keep back, intimidate, limit, throttle

  5. intimidate, restrainverb

    to compel or deter by or as if by threats

    Synonyms:
    restrict, bound, throttle, keep back, limit, constrain, trammel, hold back, confine, keep, encumber, hold, intimidate, cumber

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. choke back (verb)

    fail to control one’s emotions

    they choked back tears (feelings; anger; disappointment, etc.)

    Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. restrainverb

    Synonyms:
    check, curb, bridle, repress, suppress, withhold, constrain, cramp, interdict, keep, contain, hold back, hold in, keep under

  2. restrainverb

    Synonyms:
    hinder, prevent, debar, bar, stop, prohibit

  3. restrainverb

    Synonyms:
    limit, confine, restrict, circumscribe

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. restrainverb

    Synonyms:
    repress, suppress, check, bridle, curb, constrain, abridge, circumscribe, limit, restrict, narrow, withhold, forbear, debar, prevent, interdict, prohibit

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "restrain":

    restrict, limit, curb, contain

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#189set
#246take
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#1914determine
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#2233define
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#3823specify
#3889narrow
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#5420moderate
#5628proceed
#6428qualify
#6691celebrate
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#7466harbour
#7523arrest
#7583trap
#7591observe
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#9348declare
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#9453concord
#10365leap
#10952bounce
#11256sustain
#12551curb
#13003prohibit
#13959halt
#14008entertain
#16683suppress
#16912throttle
#17822prevail
#19121withstand
#21204choke
#21844tighten
#21923deem
#22436snare
#22854hinder
#23556enclose
#23641withhold
#24594conceal
#24755concur
#29907defy
#30094restrain
#31363constrain
#31728recoil
#36343confine
#37428bridle
#37463intimidate
#40155detain
#43430curtail
#44733oblige
#47072ricochet
#48826coerce
#53932obligate
#56041repress
#60869strangle
#78986stiffen
#90962forbear
#98831encumber
#101576abridge
#111104trammel
#113280reverberate
#126145entrap
#149524ensnare
#158830circumscribe
#199421adjudge
#202907cumber

How to use restrain in a sentence?

  1. Charles Haddon Spurgeon:

    Never, for fear of feeble man, restrain your witness.

  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

    Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.

  3. Alexis de Tocqueville:

    The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.

  4. Lee Ryan:

    Our pilot relied on his training and professionalism, was able to just push the passenger backwards, retook control of the aircraft, passengers helped restrain the unruly passenger, and they landed the plane without incident. Further incident.

  5. Charlton Heston:

    Celebrity is a corrosive condition for the soul. I have tried to restrain its inroads on me, but there are odd corners of my character that have been harmed


Translations for restrain

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  • zbavit svobody, oklešťovat, mít pod kontrolou, omezit, restringovat, provést restrikciCzech
  • abgrenzen, eingrenzen, zügeln, begrenzen, einschränken, behindernGerman
  • restringir, reprimir, retenerSpanish
  • pidättää, rajoittaa, hallita, kukistaa, hillitäFinnish
  • restreindre, retenir, réprimerFrench
  • srianScottish Gaelic
  • trattenere, sorvegliare, trattenersi, ridurre, limitare, restringere, contenere, delimitareItalian
  • teneoLatin
  • of own feelings, whakatina, whakaitaMāori
  • beteugelenDutch
  • coibir, reprimir, restringir, conter, deter, encarcerarPortuguese
  • opri, a deține, îngrădi, restrânge, a ține închis,, împiedica, rețineRomanian
  • задержать, обуздать, сдержать, обуздывать, заключить, ограничивать, [[лишать]] [[свобода, [[лишить]] [[свобода, задерживать, сдерживать, заключать, ограничитьRussian

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