confining

Meanings

• place limits on (extent or access)
• restrict or confine,
• prevent from leaving or from being removed
• close in; darkness enclosed him"
• deprive of freedom; take into confinement
• to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
• restricting the scope or freedom of action
• crowded

Synonyms

bound, circumscribe, close, confine, constraining, constrictive, detain, enclose, hold, hold in, limit, limiting, restrain, restrict, restricting, throttle, trammel