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| Main Entry: | limitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint, disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | bar, block, check, condition, constraint, control, cramp, curb, definition, drawback, impediment, inhibition, injunction, modification, obstruction, qualification, reservation, restriction, snag, stint, stricture, taboo, circumspection |
| Notes: | limit marks an end to something; limitation is the extent of one's capacity or a constraint that stops something |
| Antonyms: | advantage, extent, freedom, infinity, range, release |
| Main Entry: | ban |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | a thou-shalt-not, boycott, censorship, don't, embargo, injunction, interdiction, limitation, no-no, off limits, out of bounds, prohibition, proscription, refusal, restriction, stoppage, suppression, taboo |
| Antonyms: | allowance, permission |
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction to goal |
| Synonyms: | bar, check, difficulty, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, pale, preventive, restraint, restriction, stumbling block |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | bound/bounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farthest limit |
| Synonyms: | boundary, compass, confine, edge, end, environs, extremity, fringe, limit, limitation, line, march, margin, pale, periphery, precinct, rim, term, termination, verge, purlieus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | blow, constraint, control, curb, damper, disappointment, frustration, grunt, harness, holdup, impediment, inhibition, limitation, obstruction, rebuff, rejection, reversal, reverse, setback, stoppage, trouble, restrainer |
| Antonyms: | aid, allowance, assistance, help, indulgence, liberation, permission |
| Main Entry: | clause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision in document |
| Synonyms: | article, catch*, chapter, codicil, condition, fine print, heading, item, joker*, limitation, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print*, specification, stipulation, ultimatum, kicker, paragraph, string attached to something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, periphery |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone, circumscription, purlieus, purview |
| Main Entry: | confinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imprisonment; restriction |
| Synonyms: | check, coercion, constraint, control, cramp, curb, custody, detention, incarceration, jail, keeping, limitation, repression, safekeeping, bonds, bounding, bounds, circumscription, constrainment, delimitation, immuration, internment, trammels |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberation |
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction |
| Synonyms: | arrest, captivity, check, confinement, cramp, curb, damper, detention, deterrent, hindrance, limitation, restraint, circumscription, constrainment |
| Antonyms: | allowance, permission |
| Main Entry: | constriction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage |
| Synonyms: | binding, compression, constraint, contraction, cramp, impediment, limitation, narrowing, pressure, reduction, restriction, stricture, choking, squeezing, stenosis, tightness |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, mastery |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authority, bridle, charge, check, clout, containment, curb, determination, direction, discipline, domination, dominion, driver's seat, force, government, guidance, inside track, juice, jurisdiction, limitation, management, manipulation, might, oversight, predomination, qualification, regimentation, regulation, restraint, restriction, ropes, rule, strings, subjection, subordination, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, weight, wire pulling |
| Antonyms: | helplessness, powerlessness, relinquishment, renouncement, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | curb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraining device; check |
| Synonyms: | barrier, border, brake, bridle, chain, control, deterrent, edge, harness, hindrance, ledge, limitation, lip, rein, restraint, restriction, rim, restrainer |
| Antonyms: | encouragement, opening |
| Main Entry: | disadvantage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty, trouble |
| Synonyms: | bar, burden, defect, deficiency, deprivation, detriment, disability, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, hamper, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imperfection, imposition, inadequacy, inconvenience, lack, liability, limitation, minus, nuisance, objection, obstacle, privation, problem, restraint, snag, stumbling block*, weakness, adverse circumstance, blocking, discommodity, fly in the ointment, inutility, weak point |
| Antonyms: | advantage, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discipline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regimen, training |
| Synonyms: | conduct, control, cultivation, curb, development, drill, education, exercise, indoctrination, limitation, method, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self-control, self-restraint, subordination, will, willpower, domestication, drilling, inculcation, orderliness, self-command, self-government, self-mastery, strictness |
| Antonyms: | chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, neglect, negligence, permissiveness |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme, limit |
| Synonyms: | borderline, bound, boundary, confine, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, term, terminal, termination, tip, top, ultimate, butt end, neb, nib, tail end, terminus |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, foundation, origin |
| Main Entry: | handicap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | affliction, baggage*, barrier, block, burden, detriment, disability, drawback, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, injury, limitation, load, millstone, obstacle, restriction, shortcoming, stumbling block*, hangup, impairment, psychological baggage |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hindrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, difficulty |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, albatross*, baggage*, ball and chain, bar, barrier, catch, check, clog, crimp, deterrent, drag, drawback, encumbrance, glitch*, gridlock, handicap, hang-up*, hitch, impediment, interference, interruption, intervention, joker, limitation, lock, millstone*, monkey wrench*, obstacle, restraint, restriction, snag, stoppage, stumbling block*, trammel, cumbrance, excess baggage, foot dragging, impedance, jam-up |
| Antonyms: | advance, aid, assistance, encouragement, expedition, help, promotion, push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | limit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greatest extent |
| Synonyms: | absolute, bitter end, border, bottom line*, bound, breaking point*, brim, brink, cap, ceiling, check, conclusion, confinement, confines, curb, deadline, destination, edge, end, extremity, far out, fence, finality, goal, limitation, margin, maximum, obstruction, restraint, restriction, rim, termination, ultimate, utmost, verge, bourne, circumscription, cutoff point, end point, farthest point, farthest reach, the max, the most, tops |
| Antonyms: | infinity, limitlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preventive or institutive action |
| Synonyms: | act, action, agency, control, course, deed, device, effort, expedient, limit, limitation, makeshift, maneuver, means, moderation, move, procedure, proceeding, project, proposal, proposition, resort, resource, restraint, shift, step, stopgap*, strategem, bounds |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parameter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limit |
| Synonyms: | constant, criterion, framework, guideline, limitation, restriction, specification |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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