| Main Entry: | restriction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limit |
Synonyms: |
ball and chain, bounds, brake, catch, check, circumscription, condition, confinement, constraint, containment, contraction, control, cramp, curb, custody, demarcation, excess baggage, fine print, glitch*, grain of salt, handicap, hang-up, inhibition, limitation, limits, lock*, no-no, qualification, regulation, reservation, restraint, rule, small difficulty, stint, stipulation, stricture, string, stumbling block |
Antonyms: |
enlargement, expansion, freedom, 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: | blockade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier |
Synonyms: |
bar, barricade, blank wall, clog, closure, embolus, encirclement, hindrance, impediment, infarct, infarction, obstacle, obstruction, restriction, roadblock, siege, snag, stop, stoppage, wall |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | censorship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forbiddance; ban |
Synonyms: |
blackout, blue pencil, bowdlerization, control, forbidding, hush up, infringing on rights, iron curtain, restriction, suppression, thought control |
Antonyms: |
approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement, praise, recommendation, sanction |
| 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: | 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | cramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscle spasm |
Synonyms: |
ache, charley horse, circumscription, confinement, constipation, contraction, convulsion, crick, hindrance, impediment, kink, obstruction, pain, pang, restriction, shooting pain, stiffness, stitch, stricture, twinge |
| 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, restrainer, restraint, restriction, rim |
Antonyms: |
encouragement, opening |