restrict

Meaning

Verb

1. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
2. (specifically) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.

Adj

Restricted.

Synonyms

limit

confine

restrain

abridge

bound

bind

forbid

curtail

circumscribe

regulate

cramp

check

qualify

reduce

delimit

tie up

constrict

inhibit

narrow

prevent

narrow down

stint

localize

prohibit

curb

contain

cut down

constrain

control

fix

close

shorten

scant

cut back

throttle

tie down

hinder

trammel

contract

detain

truss up

localise

intern

make narrow

minimize

number

🔢

oppose

oppress

peg

prescribe

quarantine

restriction

shackle

sharpen

specify

straiten

suffocate

taboo

thwart

tie

tight

warn

yoke

zoom in

downscale

scotch

focalise

be strict

not allow

put in chains

circumsciribe

over-ride

over-rule

arrest

avoid

block

border

cap

chain

clamp down

commit

compact

compel

compress

concentrate

condense

condition

counter

crib

crowd

cut

cut down on

define

delimitate

demarcate

deny

detail

detention

determine

diminish

disable

discipline

encumber

fetter

fetters

firm

focalize

focus

hamstring

handcuff

handicap

hem in

hobble

impede

Translations

restreindre

limiter

beperken

restringere

limitare

beschränken

restringir

limitar

einschränken

beknotten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.