What does "restrictive" mean?

A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase.

What is a synonym for "restrictive"?

Common synonyms include: limiting, suppressive, altering, assuasive, bounding, choking.

Pronounced //ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv//.

//ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase.
"[…] a couple of further differences between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: (1) in contrast with restrictives, the wh-phrase in non-restrictives cannot be ellipted; […]"

Adjective

1
Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
"The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome."
2
limiting free and easy bodily movement.
"Some of them [teenagers] who will become lesbians clearly are being hit with the same kind of garbage which we got hit with in the fifties. There's been a real resurgence of that in terms of values and double standards and music. The clothes again — we're back to high heels and restrictive little femmy outfits."