Synonyms of restricting

restricting

verb

present participle of restrict

as in limiting

to set bounds or an upper limit for

will restrict access to the laboratory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limiting
• tightening
• confining
• capping
• blocking
• holding down
• hindering
• impeding
• circumscribing
• suppressing
• obstructing
• hampering
• narrowing
• modifying
• barring
• lessening
• contracting
• squeezing
• constricting
• pinching
• repressing
• numbering
• qualifying
• quelling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exceeding
• expanding
• widening
• broadening
• overextending
• overreaching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of restricting

Further restricting sideloading, perhaps more than anything else, is the game-changer here. —Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024

What To Know Last week, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of genocide by restricting water to Gaza amid the country's ongoing war with Hamas militants. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024

To fix this, organizations must classify and manage sensitive data across their environments, restricting AI agents’ access to only what’s necessary. —Rich Vibert, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

Other potential fixes the Tribune identified include restricting the free flow of cash in political campaigns, increasing transparency around the money spent on lobbying and reducing the sheer number of government bodies in Illinois. —Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024

When your core gets cold, your body contracts the muscles around those arteries, restricting blood flow. —Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024

The Biden administration on Friday withdrew an amendment to Title IX that would have prevented local school districts from restricting transgender athletic participation. —Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024

While reciprocity can be helpful in bidirectional communication systems, breaking it or restricting wave propagation in one direction can be used to block unwanted signal reflections for these systems as well. —Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024

These bills cover everything — from banning books and restricting healthcare to permitting open carry. —Colleen Hamilton, Them, 11 Dec. 2024