Synonyms of stints

stints 1 of 2

noun

plural of stint

1

as in terms

a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position

signed up for a three-year stint in the army

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terms
• tenures
• tours
• shifts
• hitches
• goes
• times
• runs
• watches
• durations
• cycles
• spans
• lifetimes
• spells
• stretches
• lives
• turns
• life spans
• standings

2

as in restrictions

the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries

his parents have always supported him without stint, no matter what interests he has chosen to pursue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restrictions
• limitations
• reins
• constraints
• restraints
• confinements
• circumscriptions
• isolations
• segregations
• containments

stints

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stint

1

as in retains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retains
• deprives (of)
• keeps
• withholds
• denies
• begrudges
• confiscates
• appropriates
• arrogates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lots
• allows
• portions
• parts
• assigns
• splits
• distributes
• deals
• allots
• allocates
• meters
• measures
• apportions
• divides
• shares (out)
• rations
• dispenses
• administers
• awards
• hands out
• parcels (out)
• metes (out)
• grants
• gives
• prorates
• accords
• doles out
• admeasures

2

as in skimps

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skimps
• exhausts
• strips
• drains
• depletes
• dispossesses
• divests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gifts
• favors
• provides
• blesses
• invests
• supplies
• indues
• endows
• clothes
• endues
• covers
• equips
• bestows (on or upon)
• confers (on)