| Main Entry: | limitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint, disadvantage |
Synonyms: |
bar, block, check, circumspection, condition, constraint, control, cramp, curb, definition, drawback, impediment, inhibition, injunction, modification, obstruction, qualification, reservation, restriction, snag, stint, stricture, taboo |
| 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, purlieus, rim, term, termination, verge |
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, restrainer, reversal, reverse, setback, stoppage, trouble |
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*, kicker, limitation, paragraph, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print, specification, stipulation, string attached to something, ultimatum |
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, periphery |
Synonyms: |
ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscription, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone |
| Main Entry: | confinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imprisonment; restriction |
Synonyms: |
bonds, bounding, bounds, check, circumscription, coercion, constrainment, constraint, control, cramp, curb, custody, delimitation, detention, immuration, incarceration, internment, jail, keeping, limitation, repression, safekeeping, trammels |
Antonyms: |
freedom, liberation |
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction |
Synonyms: |
arrest, captivity, check, circumscription, confinement, constrainment, cramp, curb, damper, detention, deterrent, hindrance, limitation, restraint |
Antonyms: |
allowance, permission |
| Main Entry: | constriction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage |
Synonyms: |
binding, choking, compression, constraint, contraction, cramp, impediment, limitation, narrowing, pressure, reduction, restriction, squeezing, stenosis, stricture, tightness |
Antonyms: |
opening |