Synonyms for confined
kənˈfaɪndcon·fined

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1. confinedadjective

   not invading healthy tissue

   Synonyms:
   imprisoned, jailed, captive

   Antonyms:
   invasive, unconfined, strong-growing, free-range, free, fast-growing(a), aggressive

2. confinedadjective

   not free to move about

   Synonyms:
   imprisoned, jailed, captive

   Antonyms:
   invasive, strong-growing, aggressive, fast-growing(a), free-range, unconfined, free

3. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

   being in captivity

   Synonyms:
   captive, engrossed, absorbed, enwrapped, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent

   Antonyms:
   strong-growing, free, invasive, free-range, unconfined, fast-growing(a), aggressive

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1. List of paraphrases for "confined":

   limited, restricted, circumscribed, constrained, contained, reserved

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1. Jason Schratwieser:

   I think people want to believe stuff like that. I think that it's exciting to think that there are these strange things throughout the world, but again, for a confined body of water like that, I would be surprised if there was anything monster-ish in there.

2. Harry Emerson Fosdick:

   No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

3. Mark Pace:

   We are a little nervous about it. We knew it was a possibility, we came prepared with two weeks of extra medication and my laptop so that I could work if we were confined.

4. Albert Camus:

   What then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated it may be, can be compared For there to be an equivalence, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal, who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him, and who from that moment onward had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life.

5. Ralph Northam:

   No particular business has been singled out, but businesses where the patrons would be at risk to be confined and whether it would perhaps be more than 10 people, we made the decision to close them.