Synonyms for restrict
rɪˈstrɪktre·strict

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1. restrictverb

   To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

   Synonyms:
   curb, bound, repress, circumscribe, restrain, limit, coerce

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1. restrict

   Binding is primarily by something flexible, as a cord or bandage drawn closely around an object or group of objects, as when we bind up a wounded limb. We bind a sheaf of wheat with a cord; we tie the cord in a knot; we fasten by any means that will make things hold together, as a board by nails, or a door by a lock. The verbs tie and fasten are scarcely used in the figurative sense, tho, using the noun, we speak of the ties of affection. Bind has an extensive figurative use. One is bound by conscience or honor; he is obliged by some imperious necessity; engaged by his own promise; compelled by physical force or its moral equivalent.

   Synonyms:
   bind, compel, engage, fasten, fetter, fix, oblige, restrain, secure, shackle, tie

   Antonyms:
   free, loose, set free, unbind, unfasten, unloose, untie

   Preposition:
   Bind to a pillar; unto an altar; to a service; bind one with chains or in chains; one is bound by a contract; a splint is bound upon a limb; the arms may be bound to the sides or behind the back; bind a wreath about, around, or round the head; twigs are bound in or into fagots; for military purposes, they are bound at both ends and in the middle; one is bound by a contract, or bound under a penalty to fulfil a contract.

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1. restrict, curtail, curb, cut backverb

   place restrictions on

   "curtail drinking in school"

   Synonyms:
   suppress, bring down, qualify, conquer, moderate, throttle, trim down, flash back, prune, inhibit, cut, trammel, trim back, lop, trim, cut down, reduce, control, subdue, curb, stamp down, hold, cut short, confine, restrain, clip, hold in, curtail, contain, bound, limit, cut back, snip, crop, dress, check

   Antonyms:
   derestrict

2. restrictverb

   place under restrictions; limit access to

   "This substance is controlled"

   Synonyms:
   bound, cut back, throttle, curb, restrain, limit, trammel, qualify, confine, curtail

   Antonyms:
   derestrict

3. 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, restrain, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose

   Antonyms:
   derestrict

4. qualify, restrictverb

   make more specific

   "qualify these remarks"

   Synonyms:
   stipulate, cut back, trammel, measure up, confine, bound, modify, restrain, curtail, condition, characterize, specify, qualify, limit, characterise, dispose, curb, throttle

   Antonyms:
   derestrict

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1. restrictverb

   Synonyms:
   limit, bound, restrain, confine, circumscribe, hedge in

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1. restrictverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, limit, confine, repress, curb, circumscribe

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1. List of paraphrases for "restrict":

   limit, restricting, confine, constrain, curtail, restrain, limiting, restricted, restriction, reduce, curb, restrictions, narrow, limitation, limited, circumscribe

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How to use restrict in a sentence?

1. Commodity Futures Trading Commission:

   Even after Binance purported to restrict US customers from trading on its platform, Binance instructed its customers — in particular its commercially valuable US-based VIP customers — on the best methods for evading Binance’s compliance controls.

2. Lujan Grisham:

   As more states move to restrict and prohibit access to reproductive care, New Mexico will continue to not only protect access to abortion, but to expand and strengthen reproductive health care throughout the state.

3. Kathleen Sebelius:

   The Senate has the keys to the castle right now, the Senate could actually pass a bill that gives Americans some confidence that they would have economic support, get the extra $ 600 in unemployment benefits running again, make sure that people understand that they could feed their kids and pay their rent if we have in some areas of the country to restrict activities. And they have the ability to step up to their president and say,' Kathleen Sebelius need to act differently, Kathleen Sebelius must acknowledge the election and conduct a smooth transition,'.

4. Barry Boden:

   With chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in football players, we only have the end point, we don’t always have the history of how many concussions they had or any genetic predisposition, it’s certainly worrisome, and it’s certainly better to err on the side of conservatism to reduce the number of impacts, at least during practices, and restrict contact during the week.

5. Edward Markey:

   President Erdogan is conducting one of the biggest campaigns to restrict rights and freedoms anywhere in the world.