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Detailed Synonyms for restrictive in English

restrictive:

restrictive adj

  1. restrictive
  2. restrictive
    – (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports 1
    restrictive
    – (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports 1
  3. restrictive
    – serving to restrict 1
    restrictive
    – serving to restrict 1
    • restrictive adj
      • teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments1

restrictive

  1. restrictive

Related Words for "restrictive":

  • restrictiveness, restrictively, restrict

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Related Definitions for "restrictive":

  1. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports1
  2. serving to restrict1
    • teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments1

restrictive form of restrict:

restrict verb

  1. restrict
    restrict; to encapsulate; to confine; to limit; to enclose; envelope; to embank; to dam
    • restrict verb
    • encapsulate verb (encapsulates, encapsulated, encapsulating)
    • confine verb (confines, confined, confining)
    • limit verb (limits, limited, limiting)
    • enclose verb (encloses, enclosed, enclosing)
    • envelope verb
    • embank verb (embanks, embanked, embanking)
    • dam verb (dams, dammed, damming)
  2. restrict
    restrict; to curtail
  3. restrict
    – make more specific 1
    restrict; to qualify
    – make more specific 1
    • restrict verb
    • qualify verb (qualifies, qualified, qualifying)
      • qualify these remarks1
  4. restrict
    – place limits on (extent or access) 1
    to bound; to confine; restrict; to restrain; to limit; to throttle; trammel
    – place limits on (extent or access) 1
    • bound verb (bounds, bounded, bounding)
    • confine verb (confines, confined, confining)
    • restrict verb
      • restrict the use of this parking lot1
    • restrain verb (restrains, restrained, restraining)
    • limit verb (limits, limited, limiting)
      • limit the time you can spend with your friends1
    • throttle verb (throttles, throttled, throttling)
    • trammel verb
  5. restrict
    – place restrictions on 1
    restrict; to curb; to curtail; to cut back
    – place restrictions on 1
    • restrict verb
    • curb verb (curbs, curbed, curbing)
    • curtail verb (curtails, curtailed, curtailing)
      • curtail drinking in school1
    • cut back verb (cuts back, cut back, cutting back)
  6. restrict
    – place under restrictions; limit access to 1
    restrict
    – place under restrictions; limit access to 1
  7. restrict
    – To block access to a program or operating system functionality. 2
    restrict
    – To block access to a program or operating system functionality. 2

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Related Definitions for "restrict":

  1. make more specific1
  2. place limits on (extent or access)1
    • restrict the use of this parking lot1
  3. place restrictions on1
  4. place under restrictions; limit access to1
  5. To block access to a program or operating system functionality.2

Related Synonyms for restrictive