Excessive reliance on monetary policy in an attempt to curb inflation could unnecessarily constrain credit and hence business.
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Constrain
/kənˈstɹeɪn/
Synonyms for "constrain" (321 found)
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Closest matches (65)
Verb(11 words)
Noun(11 words)
ban relaxationbirdcagebottleneckbottlenecksboundingboundsbox methodcageschecks on powerclampsconfines
Adjective(2 words)
binding legal ruleblinkered
Strong matches (96)
Verb(18 words)
Noun(16 words)
Adjective(1 words)
cribcrimpcrowdcrushcurbcurtaildampdampende emphasizede-emphasizedeadendeceleratedecreedemanddenydeprivedetaindictatediminishdisallow
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distressdomptdownplaydrivedullencageencloseenforceenjoinextenuatefence inforcegoverngrieveguardhavehem inhinderholdhold at bayhold backhold downhold fasthold inhold in checkhold in custodyhold in leashhold in restrainthold uphurtimmureimpelimpoundimprisonincarcerateinhibitinjureinsist uponinternintimidatejail
Related words (160)
jamjugkeepkeep backkeep fromkeep inkeep in checkkeep in custodykeep in detentionkeep under controlkeep within boundslaylay under restraintlenifylessenlightenlockmakemewmew up
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mitigatemoderatemodulatenecessitateobligeobtundpainpalliatepenpen upplay downpoundprescribepresspressureprisonprohibitpullpull inpushquodrailrail inreducereduce the temperaturerefrainreinrein inrepressrestrainrestrictretardretrenchscrewseal upset backshackleshotgunshut inshut upslackenslow downsmothersnubsobersober downsoftensquabsquashsqueezesquishstiflestraitensubduesuppresstake the edge offtametempertietone downtrammeltune downunderplayurgeuse force uponwall inweakenwithholdwrench
Noun(35 words)
kennellead limitleashleashinglimit behaviorlimit decisionslimit outingslimit phraselimitinglimiting adjectivelimitslimits conceptmanaclingnarrowingpadlockpenalizingpigeonholingplaguingrangerestrict data
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Verb(30 words)
kenneledlimitlocalizedmanacledmummifiesnarrowedobligateobligerregularizeregularizedregularizesrestrainrestrictrestrict decisionsrestrict privilegesrestrict rightsrestrictingrestrictsrigidifyingselar
Adjective(6 words)
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More general
17 entriesboundcoercive measurecompelconfineconstraintdisabledisenableincapacitatelimitlimitationobligateobligerestrictrestrictionrestrictive actionthrottle
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More specific
9 entriesbox constraintbudget capequality constraintinequality constraintmandateobligationoperational limitordertime cap
Collocations
6 entriesconstrain costsconstrain dataconstrain growthconstrain movementconstrain optionsconstrain resources
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Changes in water availability, both episodic and long-lasting, will constrain different forms of energy production.
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What human trespass would constrain thy power, O Zeus?
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Scarce out of sight of Sicily, they set / their sails to sea, and merrily ploughed the main, / with brazen beaks, when Juno, harbouring yet / within her breast the ever-ranking pain, / mused thus: "Must I then from the work refrain, / nor keep this Trojan from the Latin throne, / baffled, forsooth, because the Fates constrain?"
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