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| Main Entry: | confined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, enclosed |
| Synonyms: | bedridden, bound, cramp, cramped, held, imprisoned, indisposed, jailed, restrained, restricted, sick, bedfast, bottled up, chilled, circumscribed, compassed, cooped up, detained, flattened out, grounded, hampered, hog-tied, iced, immured, in chains, in jail, incarcerated, incommodious, invalided, laid up, locked up, on ice, pent, sealed up, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, unlimited, liberated |
| Main Entry: | confine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, limit |
| Synonyms: | bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, constrain, cool, cramp, detain, enslave, fix, hinder, hold back, ice*, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, put away, repress, restrain, restrict, shorten, shut up, cool down, delimit, hem in, hog-tie, put a lid on, put on ice, send up |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloistered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secluded |
| Synonyms: | confined, hidden, recluse, reclusive, restricted, sheltered, withdrawn, cloistral, hermitic, insulated, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, shielded, shut off |
| Antonyms: | free, open, unsecluded |
| Main Entry: | cramped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested, overcrowded |
| Synonyms: | awkward, close, confined, crowded, illegible, indecipherable, irregular, little, minute, narrow, packed, restricted, small, tight, tiny, uncomfortable, circumscribed, closed in, crabbed, hemmed in, incommodious, jammed in, pent, squeezed, tucked up, two-by-four |
| Antonyms: | free, open, uninhibited, unobstructed, uncongested, uncramped, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | disabled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapacitated |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, confined, decrepit, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, infirm, lame, maimed, paralyzed, powerless, run-down, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked, disarmed, hamstrung, laid-up, out-of-action, out-of-commission, sidelined, stalled |
| Antonyms: | able, healthy |
| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, clannish, classy, closed, complete, confined, country club, elegant, entire, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, sole, total, undivided, unique, whole, circumscribed, cliquish, discriminative, exclusionary, exclusory, socially correct, swank, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | exiguous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scanty |
| Synonyms: | bare, confined, diminutive, inadequate, limited, little, meager, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, poor, restricted, skimpy, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, tenuous, thin, tiny |
| Antonyms: | plenty |
| Main Entry: | finite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subject to limitations |
| Synonyms: | bound, bounded, conditioned, confined, definable, definite, exact, fixed, limited, precise, restricted, specific, circumscribed, delimited, demarcated, determinate, terminable |
| Antonyms: | endless, infinite, interminable, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | genteel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sophisticated, cultured |
| Synonyms: | affected, aristocratic, artificial, chivalrous, civil, confined, courteous, courtly, elegant, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, mannerly, noble, ostentatious, polished, polite, pompous, precious, pretentious, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, refined, respectable, straitlaced, stuffy*, stylish, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered, cultivated, distingué, la-di-da |
| Notes: | genteel means marked by refinement in taste and manners; a gentile is a person who does not acknowledge your God or denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew; gentle means soft and mild or having or showing a kindly or tender nature |
| Antonyms: | boorish, callous, rough, rude, rugged, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incapacitated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disabled |
| Synonyms: | bedridden, broken-down, confined, crippled, debilitated, handicapped, helpless, hurt, impaired, impotent, incapable, infirm, lame, maimed, out of commission*, paralyzed, powerless, weak, weakened, immobilized, laid-up, out-of-action, sidelined, wornout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | narrow-minded |
| Synonyms: | bigoted, closed, confined, cut off, detached, illiberal, isolated, limited, narrow, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, restricted, secluded, separate, separated, circumscribed, contracted, inward-looking, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | broad-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | isolated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unique; private |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods*, confined, deserted, detached, exceptional, far-out, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado*, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, outlying, random, remote, retired, secluded, segregated, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn, off beaten track, screened, sequestered, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | included, incorporated, public, mingling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | local |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of a community, restricted to immediate area |
| Synonyms: | bounded, civic, confined, district, geographical, insular, legendary, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, territorial, town, vernacular, divisional, small-town |
| Antonyms: | foreign, nonnative |
| Main Entry: | imprisoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrested |
| Synonyms: | captive, confined, jailed, incarcerated |
| Main Entry: | behind bars |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serving jail time |
| Synonyms: | confined, imprisoned, jailed, put away, in jail, in prison, incarcerated, serving time, under lock and key |
| Main Entry: | punished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disciplined |
| Synonyms: | confined, corrected, dismissed, executed, imprisoned, scolded, whipped, birched, castigated, chastened, chastised, debarred, defrocked, exiled, expelled, flogged, grounded*, immured, incarcerated, lectured, penalized, reproved, sentenced, spanked, switched |
| Antonyms: | cleared, released, exonerated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quarantined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | isolated |
| Synonyms: | confined, restrained, secluded, shut up, cordoned off, detained, sealed off, shut off, under quarantine |
| Main Entry: | restricted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited |
| Synonyms: | bound, bounded, closed, confined, cramped, fastened, frustrated, governed, inhibited, modified, prescribed, prevented, reduced, restrained, small, stopped, surrounded, barred, blocked, bridled, chained, checked, clogged, controlled, curbed, decreased, defined, deprived, deterred, diminished, encircled, encircled, fettered, foiled, hampered, held back, hitched, impeded, manacled, moderated, narrowed, obstructed, reined in, repressed, secured, shortened, stayed, suppressed, tempered, tethered |
| Main Entry: | stir-crazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneasy from confinement |
| Synonyms: | antsy, confined, fidgety, restless, having cabin fever |
| Main Entry: | captive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically held by force |
| Synonyms: | bound, confined, imprisoned, incommunicado, jailed, restricted, caged, enslaved, ensnared, in custody, incarcerated, locked up, penned, subjugated, under lock and key |
| Antonyms: | free, independent, loose |
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