Synonyms for restraint
rɪˈstreɪntre·straint

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. restraint

   A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

   Synonyms:
   bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restriction

   Antonyms:
   admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

   Preposition:
   A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. restraintnoun

   the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

   "the unlawful restraint of trade"

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

2. restraint, controlnoun

   discipline in personal and social activities

   "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"

   Synonyms:
   dominance, control condition, controller, mastery, ascendancy, command, control, ascendency, ascendance, simplicity, chasteness, constraint, ascendence, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

3. constraint, restraintnoun

   the state of being physically constrained

   "dogs should be kept under restraint"

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

4. restraintnoun

   a rule or condition that limits freedom

   "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

5. chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simplenessnoun

   lack of ornamentation

   "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"

   Synonyms:
   simple mindedness, simmpleness, control, ease, easiness, simplicity, chasteness, constraint, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

6. restraint, constraintnoun

   a device that retards something's motion

   "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"

   Synonyms:
   control, constraint, simplicity, chasteness, simpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrestraint

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Device
   • Plainness
   • Restriction

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. restraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   check, curb, repression, bridle, suppression, constraint, CRAMP, prohibition, hold-back

2. restraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   hinderance, prevention

3. restraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   limitation, restriction, imprisonment, confinement

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. restraintnoun

   Synonyms:
   repression, constraint, check, suppression, limitation, prevention, confinement, duress

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "restraint":

   moderation, self-control, self-restraint, withholding, deduction, holdback, tie-down, restriction, containment, retention, restraining, constraint, reticence, restrictions, coercion, limitation, impoundment, austerity, chosen

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How to use restraint in a sentence?

1. Jim Ritterbusch:

   Trump appears to be attempting to micromanage the oil... to maintain strong enough production to keep global supplies in surplus, but as far as the Saudis are concerned, today's tweets could even embolden their efforts toward restraint.

2. Thomas Jefferson:

   The press, confined to truth, needs no other legal restraint.

3. Lisa Monaco:

   In the wake of a number of recent tragedies, law enforcement around the nation is reexamining the way it engages with individuals who come into contact with the criminal justice system, i am directing the Department's law enforcement components to revise their policies to explicitly prohibit the use of chokeholds and the carotid restraint technique unless deadly force is authorized, and to limit the circumstances in which agents may seek to enter a dwelling pursuant to a warrant without complying with the' knock and announce' rule.

4. Luo Zhaohui:

   We hope that the concerned parties will practice restraint and meet each other halfway, and work through dialogue to realize positive interactions and quickly find a meeting point to find a resolution.

5. David McLaughlin:

   Paramedics arrived on scene, and I see them put him in a four-point restraint or hogtie, I don't know how else to describe it.