Synonyms for confine
kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6 ; ˈkɒn faɪn for 3, 4con·fine

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1. confineverb

   To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area

   Synonyms:
   limit, border, bound

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1. confine

   To restrain is to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force. Constrain is positive; restrain is negative; one is constrained to an action; he is restrained from an action. Constrain refers almost exclusively to moral force, restrain frequently to physical force, as when we speak of putting one under restraint. To restrain an action is to hold it partially or wholly in check, so that it is under pressure even while it acts; to restrict an action is to fix a limit or boundary which it may not pass, but within which it is free. To repress, literally to press back, is to hold in check, and perhaps only temporarily, that which is still very active; it is a feebler word than restrain; to suppress is finally and effectually to put down; suppress is a much stronger word than restrain; as, to suppress a rebellion. Compare ARREST; BIND; KEEP.

   Synonyms:
   abridge, bridle, check, circumscribe, constrain, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, withhold

   Antonyms:
   aid, animate, arouse, emancipate, encourage, excite, free, impel, incite, let loose, release, set free

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1. confine

   Synonyms:
   immure, limit, bound, imprison, circumscribe, restrict, enclose, narrow, incarcerate, bind

   Antonyms:
   dilate, expand, extend, widen, unfasten, liberate, loosen, disenclose

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1. restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleverb

   place limits on (extent or access)

   "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

   Synonyms:
   spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, throttle, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose

   Antonyms:
   unloosen, liberate, unloose, free, release, loose

2. limit, circumscribe, confineverb

   restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

   Synonyms:
   restrict, detain, hold in, trammel, circumscribe, set, restrain, bound, throttle, hold, determine, define, specify, enclose, fix, limit

   Antonyms:
   unloose, free, release, loose, unloosen, liberate

3. confineverb

   prevent from leaving or from being removed

   Synonyms:
   restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, throttle, hold in, limit, trammel, enclose, detain

   Antonyms:
   loose, release, unloosen, unloose, free, liberate

4. enclose, hold in, confineverb

   close in; darkness enclosed him"

   Synonyms:
   curb, wrap, hold in, enwrap, trammel, restrain, hold back, control, bound, moderate, enfold, stick in, put in, hold, restrict, check, conceal, insert, circumscribe, enclose, shut in, limit, envelop, detain, introduce, inclose, close in, throttle, contain

   Antonyms:
   liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose, free, release

5. confine, detainverb

   deprive of freedom; take into confinement

   Synonyms:
   restrict, hold, bound, restrain, circumscribe, stay, throttle, hold in, hold up, delay, limit, trammel, enclose, detain

   Antonyms:
   release, free, unloose, loose, unloosen, liberate

6. restrain, confine, holdverb

   to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

   "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, book, support, intimidate, retain, hold in, throttle, circumscribe, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, restrict, deem, hold up, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, trammel, check, make, take for, go for, encumber, throw, defy, control, harbor, halt, keep, obligate, cumber, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, constrain, curb, hold, moderate, bind, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, view as, bound, detain, contain, concur, maintain, limit, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, enclose, agree, bear

   Antonyms:
   release, loose, liberate, free, unloose, unloosen

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1. confinenoun

   Synonyms:
   boundary, border, limit, frontier

2. confineverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, shut up, shut in

3. confineverb

   Synonyms:
   imprison, immure, incarcerate

4. confineverb

   Synonyms:
   limit, circumscribe, bound, restrict

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1. confinenoun

   Synonyms:
   boundary, border, frontier, limit

2. confineverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, restrict, limit, circumscribe, pinion, inclose, bound, immure, imprison, incarcerate

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1. List of paraphrases for "confine":

   limit, restrict, circumscribe

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1. Shannon Bream:

   I don't confine my enjoyment of Christmas music to November through December, i can be on a treadmill … at the gym in the middle of July, and if a Christmas song comes up on my playlist, I'll never hit ‘skip.’.

2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

3. David Howman:

   I don't confine my comments to the NCAA within the United States. I would say internationally that's an area where there needs to be much more done because there are young athletes who are tempted to cheat in order to try to get the professional contracts, i don't think you can even say that there's such a thing as an amateur athlete these days except within the college system in this country.

4. Francis Quarles:

   If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   This is an initiative that is the vision of President Joe Biden, joe Biden has said,' I want to do everything I can in a bipartisan way to build the infrastructure of our country, but I will not confine President Joe Biden vision for the country,'.