Synonyms for limit
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Restrict — to restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries
restrict, reduce, confine, restrain, check, curtail, diminish, lessen, inhibit, contain, qualify, narrow, curb US, hinder, hamper, throttle, withhold, handicap, cripple, shackle, repress, pale
Other
Noun
1. Restriction
limitation, boundary, bound, restriction, end, edge, measure, term, termination, restraint, margin, rim, verge, mete
2. Border
3. Inverse limit — the cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely
Other
extent, degree, frontier, terminus ad quem, bourne dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.
- v. 2
To have a limit in a particular set.
The sequence limits on the point a.
- n. 1
The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- n. 2
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
Two drinks is my limit tonight.
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The bound is the limit, marked or unmarked. Limit is now used almost wholly in the figurative sense; as, the limit of discussion, of time, of jurisdiction.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- restrict He feels this new law will restrict his freedom.
- restrain We tried to restrain him from his reckless action.
- curtail Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
- confine Confine your remarks to the matter we are discussing.
- determine The doctors couldn't determine the cause of death.
- define "Why can't you just be normal?" "Define 'normal'."
By length
- 3 letters
- end1, set1, fix1, rim1
- 4 letters
- term1, edge1, pale1, curb1, mete1
- 5 letters
- check1, bound1, verge1
- 6 letters
- degree2, reduce2, border2, extent2, narrow2, define2, margin2, modify3, lessen2, hinder2, bourne1, hamper2
- 7 letters
- measure2, contain2, qualify3, specify3, inhibit3, cripple2, curtail2, confine2, repress2, shackle2, impinge2, delimit
- 8 letters
- boundary3, frontier2, restrict2, handicap3, diminish3, throttle2, restrain2, withhold2
- 9 letters
- determine3, threshold2, restraint2
- 10 letters
- limitation4
- 11 letters
- restriction3, termination4, demarcation4
- 12 letters
- circumscribe3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (degree2 = 2 syllables).