cramped - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | cramp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, restrain |
| Synonyms: | bottle up*, check, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clog, confine, constrain, encumber, fasten, grip, hamper, hamstring, handicap, impede, inhibit, limit, object, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart, box up, coop up |
| Antonyms: | allow, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | crowded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | busy, congested |
| Synonyms: | brimming, chock-full, clean, close, compact, cramped, dense, full, full house, jammed, loaded, overflowing, packed, populous, stuffed, teeming, thick, tight, SRO, awash, brimful, crammed, crushed, elbow-to-elbow, filled to the rafters, fit to bust, full up, huddled, jam-packed, lousy with, massed, mob scene, mobbed, sardined, sold out, standing room only, stiff with, swarming, thickset, thronged, topped off, up to here, up to the hilt, wall-to-wall |
| Antonyms: | empty, unfilled, uncongested, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | deformed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disfigured, distorted |
| Synonyms: | askew, awry, bent, bowed, cramped, crippled, crooked, curved, damaged, disjointed, gnarled, grotesque, irregular, knotted, maimed, malformed, misshapen, twisted, ugly, blemished, buckled, contorted, humpbacked, hunchbacked, ill-made, mangled, marred, misproportioned, out of shape, scarred, warped |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, graceful, improved, shapely, symmetrical, beautified |
| Main Entry: | frustrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed, thwarted |
| Synonyms: | cramped, defeated, discontented, discouraged, embittered, balked, crabbed, crimped, disheartened, foiled, fouled up, hung up on, irked, resentful, stonewalled, stymied, through the mill, ungratified, unsated, unslaked, up the wall |
| Antonyms: | encourage, fulfilled, stimulated, inspirited, uplifted |
| Main Entry: | illegible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unreadable |
| Synonyms: | cramped, faint, indecipherable, indistinct, obscure, scrawled, unclear, undecipherable, unintelligible, cacographic, crabbed, difficult to read, hard to make out, hieroglyphic |
| Notes: | eligible means qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen while illegible means hard to read or not legible illegible refers to bad handwriting, while unreadable refers to poor writing |
| Antonyms: | legible, understandable, decipherable, readible |
| 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: | scrawled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scribbled |
| Synonyms: | cramped, inscribed, scratched |
| Main Entry: | little |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in size, amount |
| Synonyms: | babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hasty, immature, imperceptible, infant, infinitesimal, insufficient, junior, light, limited, meager, microscopic, miniature, minute, peanut*, petite, short, short-lived, skimpy, slight, snub, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, toy, undersized, undeveloped, wee, wizened, young, Lilliputian, hardly any, inappreciable, inconsiderable, mini, not big, not large, scant, shrimpy, shriveled, truncated |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, giant, great, huge, immense, large, massive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | narrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confined, restricted |
| Synonyms: | close, confining, cramped, definite, exclusive, exiguous, fine, fixed, limited, meager, near, paltry, precarious, precise, scanty, select, set, shrunken, slender, slim, small, spare, strait, taper, tapering, thin, threadlike, tight, attenuated, circumscribed, compressed, constricted, contracted, determinate, incapacious, linear, pent, pinched, scant, tapered |
| Antonyms: | broad, generous, liberal, unrestricted, wide, unconfined |
| Main Entry: | small |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny in size, quantity |
| Synonyms: | baby, bantam, cramped, diminutive, humble, immature, inadequate, inconsequential, insufficient, limited, little, meager, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, modest, narrow, paltry, petite, petty, picayune, piddling*, pitiful, poor, puny*, scanty, short, slight, stunted, teeny, toy, trifling, trivial, undersized, unpretentious, wee*, young, bitty, inconsiderable, mini, pint-sized, pocket-sized, runty, scrubby, shrimp*, small-scale, teensy |
| Antonyms: | big, enormous, generous, huge, immense, large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close, snug |
| Synonyms: | bound, compact, cramped, crowded, dense, drawn, enduring, established, fast, firm, fixed, inflexible, invulnerable, narrow, quick, rigid, secure, set, solid, stable, steady, stiff, strained, strong, sturdy, taut, tenacious, tense, thick, unbending, unyielding, clasped, close-fitting, constricted, contracted, hidebound, skintight, stretched, tightened |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, free, loose, open, slack |
| Main Entry: | uncomfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painful, rough |
| Synonyms: | agonizing, annoying, awkward, bitter, cramped, difficult, disagreeable, distressing, dolorous, excruciating, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, irritating, thorny, troublesome, vexatious, wearisome, afflictive, ill-fitting, incommodious, torturing |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, easy, painless |
| Main Entry: | awkward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to handle |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bulky, chancy, cramped, cumbersome, dangerous, disagreeable, hazardous, inconvenient, perilous, risky, troublesome, uncomfortable, unmanageable, unwieldy, discommodious, hard to use, incommodious, unhandy |
| Antonyms: | convenient, easy, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | limited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate, short |
| Synonyms: | cramped, faulty, ineffectual, insufficient, little, mean, minimal, narrow, paltry, poor, reduced, restricted, set, small, unsatisfactory, diminished |
| Antonyms: | adequate, satisfactory, sufficient, ok |
| Main Entry: | balk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop short |
| Synonyms: | cramp, crimp, demur, desist, dodge, evade, flinch, hesitate, recoil, refuse, resist, shirk, shy, turn down, shrink from, upset apple cart |
| Main Entry: | balk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thwart |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bar, beat, check, circumvent, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, foil, forestall, frustrate, hinder, obstruct, prevent, ruin, stall, stop, throw a curve, throw monkey wrench in, upset the apple cart |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, make easier |
| Main Entry: | bottle up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in check |
| Synonyms: | check, collar, contain, cork, corner, cramp, curb, enclose, entrap, hold back, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, trap, box up, bring to naught, coop up, cover up, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep feeling inside oneself, keep secret, shut in |
| Antonyms: | confide, reveal, tell |
| Main Entry: | circumvent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, mislead |
| Synonyms: | avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, circumnavigate, get around, steer clear of, ward off |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, help, permit |
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