Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Restraint

Nouns
  • restraint
  • hindrance etc. Hindrance
  • coercion etc. (compulsion) Compulsion
  • cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression
  • discipline, control. confinement
  • durance, duress
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration, coarctation, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity
  • blockade. arrest, arrestation
  • custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency. curb etc. (means of restraint) [Means of restraint.] Prison
  • restriction, protection, monopoly
  • prohibition etc. Prohibition. prisoner etc. Prisoner
  • repressionist.
Verbs
  • restrain, check
  • put under restraint, lay under restraint
  • enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall
  • restrict
  • debar etc. (hinder) Hindrance
  • constrain
  • coerce etc. (compel) Compulsion
  • curb, control
  • hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds
  • hold in leash, hold in leading strings
  • withhold. keep under
  • repress, suppress
  • smother
  • pull in, rein in
  • hold, hold fast
  • keep a tight hand on
  • prohibit etc. Prohibition
  • inhibit, cohibit. enchain
  • fasten etc. (join) Junction
  • fetter, shackle
  • entrammel
  • bridle, muzzle, hopple, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot
  • swathe, swaddle
  • pin down, tether
  • picket
  • tie down, tie up
  • secure
  • forge fetters
  • disable, hamstring (incapacitate) Impotence. confine
  • shut up, shut in
  • clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up
  • hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in
  • impound, pen, coop
  • inclose etc. (circumscribe) Circumscription
  • cage
  • incage, encage
  • close the door upon, cloister
  • imprison, immure
  • incarcerate, entomb
  • clap under hatches, lay under hatches
  • put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat
  • throw into prison, cast into prison
  • put into bilboes. arrest
  • take up, take charge of, take into custody
  • take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive
  • captivate
  • lead captive, lead into captivity
  • send to prison, commit to prison
  • commit
  • give in charge, give in custody
  • subjugate etc. Subjection.
Adjectives
  • restrained, constrained
  • imprisoned etc. v.
  • pent up
  • jammed in, wedged in
  • under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches
  • in swaddling clothes
  • on parole
  • in custody, doing time etc. (prisoner) Prisoner
  • cohibitive
  • coactive etc. (compulsory) Compulsion. stiff, restringent, strait-laced, hidebound, barkbound. ice bound, wind bound, weather bound
  • cabined cribbed confined" [Macbeth]
  • in Lob's pound, laid by the heels.