Synonyms for restrictive
rɪˈstrɪk tɪvre·stric·tive

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1. restrictiveadjective

   serving to restrict

   "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

   Antonyms:
   nonrestrictive, unprotective, unrestrictive, emancipative

2. restrictiveadjective

   (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

   Antonyms:
   emancipative, unprotective, unrestrictive, nonrestrictive

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1. List of paraphrases for "restrictive":

   narrow, binding, restricted, stringent, limitative, strict, restriction, trade-restrictive, restraining, limited, constraining, tight, reductionist

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1. Jim White:

   Most people on these meal plans have a hard time staying on them for a lifetime because it’s hard to stay on something that’s as restrictive as this, restrictive behavior becomes a mental game— forcing yourself to eat a certain way, labeling foods as good or bad, and feeling guilty if you fall off the ‘plan,’.

2. Joe Calvello:

   John takes his constitutional duty serving as president of the Pennsylvania Senate incredibly seriously, during the spring of 2020, beginning in March, much of the commonwealth, including John's home county of Allegheny, and Dauphin, the county where the state Capitol is located, were under restrictive red and yellow phases to stop the spread of COVID-19. After Allegheny County and Dauphin Countyreturned to green phase status on June 19, Fetterman returned to presiding.

3. Nancy Northup:

   We're relieved that the Louisiana law has been blocked today but we're concerned about tomorrow, (The) Court's decision could embolden states to pass even more restrictive laws when clarity is needed if abortion rights are to be protected.

4. Michael Kang:

   The laws for presidential elections are sometimes different and I think always in the less restrictive direction, even some states with outright prohibitions on sore loser candidates for Congress or other offices have an exemption for presidential candidates. So applied to Trump's case, there's a lot less in the way of an independent run for a president than there would be for Congress or most other offices.

5. Judge Comstock:

   It is my intention to release you, Mr. Duggar, with a number of contentious conditions which the court is going to find to be the least restrictive conditions necessary to ensure the safety of the community, so I need you to listen up because we're in the room, and if you can't comply with any of them, then you're going to stay right where you are. OK. First, I agree with Mr. Gelfand that I haven't heard any evidence that you're a flight risk. I'm going to impose some conditions that's going to make traveling out of here pretty hard.