Synonyms for restrictive
- adjective
Most common
restricting repressive confining constrictive suppressive strictive
Definitions
- adj. 1
Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
Related words
- Word family
- restrictiveness
- Phrases
- restrictive relative clause restrictive clause
Example sentences
- restricting YouTube keeps restricting Yuri's videos.
- repressive Bouteflika stepped up his repressive tactics.
- suppressive Suppressive cultures are often superstitious.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| restrictive | steady | |
| restricting | steady | |
| repressive | rising | |
| confining | falling | |
| constrictive | steady | |
| suppressive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- confining3, strictive
- 10 letters
- repressive3
- 11 letters
- restricting3, suppressive
- 12 letters
- constrictive
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (confining3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- restrictif
- Italiano
- restrittivo