Synonyms for restraint
Most common
patience simplicity chasteness simpleness control constraint
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Patience
2. Constraint
control, constraint, restriction, confinement, limitation, curb US, inhibition, suppression, discipline, coercion, fetter, prevention, hindrance, detention, bridle, compulsion, limit, moderation, prohibition, duress, arrest, cramp
Other
belt, restrainment, withstraint rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
Make sure all the restraints are tight.
- n. 2
Control or caution; reserve.
Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
Related words
- Word family
- restrain restrict
- Phrases
- head restraint
Forms
- Plural
- restraints → patiences, simplicities, chastenesses, simplenesses…
Example sentences
- restriction This is not protection. This is just restriction.
- constraint Following the rules was a constraint on my creativity.
- belt You need to attach a white garter belt underneath.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| restraint | falling | |
| restriction | steady | |
| constraint | rising | |
| belt | steady | |
| restrainment | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- belt1, curb1
- 5 letters
- limit2, cramp1
- 6 letters
- arrest2, duress2, bridle2, fetter2
- 7 letters
- control2
- 8 letters
- patience2, coercion3
- 9 letters
- detention3, hindrance2
- 10 letters
- prevention3, discipline3, simplicity4, limitation4, moderation4, inhibition4, constraint2, compulsion3, simpleness, chasteness
- 11 letters
- restriction3, prohibition4, suppression3, confinement3, withstraint
- 12 letters
- restrainment
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (limit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- retenue
- Italiano
- trattenuta