Synonyms of straitjacket

straitjacket

noun

variants also straightjacket

as in confinement

a jacket that has long arms which can be tied together behind someone's back and that is used to control the movement (as of a violent prisoner or patient)

The magician struggled to free his arms from the straitjacket and escape from the tank of water he was submerged in.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confinement
• chain
• handcuff(s)
• trap
• collar
• shackle
• irons
• constraint
• restraint
• bind
• band
• restriction
• net
• fetter
• captivity
• ligature
• bond
• bracelet
• hindrance
• imprisonment
• enslavement
• curb
• incarceration
• cuff(s)
• entanglement
• manacle(s)
• tie
• enchainment
• holding
• immurement
• trammel
• fastener
• hobble
• hold-down
• hold

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of straitjacket

The music video may cause initial backlash among those concerned about propagating mental health stigmas by featuring images of a person in a straitjacket. —Ingrid Fajardo, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025

Rope, leather, buckles, straitjackets, Lycra, latex, gas masks, ball gags. —Jessica Furseth, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025

Neither immediately opened, yet the play was anything but over; Jackson, one of the league’s most elusive playmakers, has slipped a defense’s apparent straitjacket many times before on the way to becoming the NFL’s two-time Most Valuable Player. —Andrew Greif, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2024

This means that the straitjacket of sanctions has been loosened for Kim. —Daniel R. Russel, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2018