Synonyms for constraint
kənˈstreɪntcon·straint

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1. constraint

   Bashfulness is a shrinking from notice without assignable reason. Coyness is a half encouragement, half avoidance of offered attention, and may be real or affected. Diffidence is self-distrust; modesty, a humble estimate of oneself in comparison with others, or with the demands of some undertaking. Modesty has also the specific meaning of a sensitive shrinking from anything indelicate. Shyness is a tendency to shrink from observation; timidity, a distinct fear of criticism, error, or failure. Reserve is the holding oneself aloof from others, or holding back one's feelings from expression, or one's affairs from communication to others. Reserve may be the retreat of shyness, or, on the other hand, the contemptuous withdrawal of pride and haughtiness. Compare ABASH; PRIDE; TACITURN.

   Synonyms:
   backwardness, bashfulness, coldness, coyness, diffidence, modesty, reserve, shyness, timidity, unobtrusiveness

   Antonyms:
   abandon, arrogance, assumption, assurance, boldness, conceit, confidence, egotism, forwardness, frankness, freedom, haughtiness, impudence, indiscretion, loquaciousness, loquacity, pertness, sauciness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, sociability

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. constraint, restraintnoun

   the state of being physically constrained

   "dogs should be kept under restraint"

   Synonyms:
   restraint, control, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

2. restraint, constraintnoun

   a device that retards something's motion

   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

   Synonyms:
   restraint, control, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

3. constraintnoun

   the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others

   Synonyms:
   restraint

Matched Categories

1. • Confinement
   • Device
   • Restriction

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1. constraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, force, necessity, obligation, coercion

2. constraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   confinement, restraint, imprisonment, incarceration, inthralment, durance, duress, captivity

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1. constraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, coercion, force, pressure, restraint, restriction

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1. List of paraphrases for "constraint":

   restriction, limitation, coercion, coercive, obstacle, delimitation, duress, stress, compulsion, restraint, constraints, impediment, barrier, forced, hardship, curtailment, restrictions

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How to use constraint in a sentence?

1. Roger K. Summit:

   Make profit a constraint, not an objective.

2. Eric Lee:

   The fact is, it's hard to know what the constraint is, at least without extremely distressed pricing.

3. Ting Lu:

   The possibility of contagion in other parts of China's vast economy remains very real, and, it is on this issue where China's central bank faces its biggest constraint — while it may be able to contain the financial implications from a housing default, it can not offset the housing market's impact on China's real economy.

4. Andy Haldane:

   If global real interest rates are persistently lower, central banks may then need to think imaginatively about how to deal on a more durable basis with the technological constraint imposed by the zero lower bound on interest rates, that may require a rethink, a fairly fundamental one, of a number of current central bank practices.

5. Aaron David Miller:

   Mike Pompeo has been very tough on Iran publicly and as secretary of state would manage the negotiations if there were any, but Mike Pompeo'd unlikely push back hard against those who were recommending a military strike. In the end, the biggest constraint against one is The President The President.