Words Like RESTRAIN

We have put together a list of words that are similar to RESTRAIN.

38 Alternative Words Similar to restrain

1 Restrain Verb      Synonym Words Like Restrain
2 Keep Verb      Synonym Words Like Keep
3 Restrict Verb      Synonym Words Like Restrict
4 Trammel Verb      Synonym Words Like Trammel
5 Limit Verb      Synonym Words Like Limit
6 Bound Verb      Synonym Words Like Bound
7 Confine Verb      Synonym Words Like Confine
8 Throttle Verb      Synonym Words Like Throttle
9 Hold Verb      Synonym Words Like Hold
10 Check Verb      Synonym Words Like Check
11 Contain Verb      Synonym Words Like Contain
12 Control Verb      Synonym Words Like Control
13 Curb Verb      Synonym Words Like Curb
14 Disable Verb      Synonym Words Like Disable
15 Disenable Verb      Synonym Words Like Disenable
16 Incapacitate Verb      Synonym Words Like Incapacitate
17 Moderate Verb      Synonym Words Like Moderate
18 Prevent Verb      Synonym Words Like Prevent
19 Suppress Verb      Synonym Words Like Suppress
20 Restrained Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Restrained
21 Restraining Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Restraining
22 Withhold Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Withhold
23 Forbear Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Forbear
24 Tie Verb      Hyponym Words Like Tie
25 Clampdown Verb      Hyponym Words Like Clampdown
26 Rule Verb      Hyponym Words Like Rule
27 Baffle Verb      Hyponym Words Like Baffle
28 Reduce Verb      Hyponym Words Like Reduce
29 Tighten Verb      Hyponym Words Like Tighten
30 Regulate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Regulate
31 Pinion Verb      Hyponym Words Like Pinion
32 Ground Verb      Hyponym Words Like Ground
33 Truss Verb      Hyponym Words Like Truss
34 Fold Verb      Hyponym Words Like Fold
35 Enchain Verb      Hyponym Words Like Enchain
36 Bind Verb      Hyponym Words Like Bind
37 Dash Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dash
38 Pall Verb      Hyponym Words Like Pall

6 examples of restrain

1 keep your cool
2 Keep your temper
3 limit the time you can spend with your friends
4 The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
5 The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
6 About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade

10 definitions of restrain

1 To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.
2 To draw back toghtly, as a rein.
3 To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
4 To limit; to confine; to restrict.
5 To withhold; to forbear.
6 hold back
7 keep under control; keep in check
8 place limits on (extent or access)
9 to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
10 to compel or deter by or as if by threats
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