This kind of restrictive legislation is bound to hobble the economy.
Source: tatoeba (1345424)
Restrictive
//ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv//
Synonyms for "restrictive" (77 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (38)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
10 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
45 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَقْيِيدِيّ adj (confining; limiting)
Belarusian
1 entries- абме́жавальны adj (confining; limiting)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ограничи́телен adj (confining; limiting)
Catalan
1 entries- restrictiu adj (confining; limiting)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 限制性 adj (confining; limiting)
Czech
2 entries- omezující adj (confining; limiting)
- restriktivní adj (confining; limiting)
Danish
1 entries- restriktive adj (confining; limiting)
Dutch
1 entries- beperkend adj (confining; limiting)
Estonian
1 entries- piiravate adj (confining; limiting)
Finnish
1 entries- rajoittava adj (confining; limiting)
French
1 entries- restrictif adj (confining; limiting)
German
2 entries- einschränkend adj (confining; limiting)
- restriktiv adj (confining; limiting)
Greek
1 entries- περιοριστική adj (confining; limiting)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रतिबंधात्मक adj (confining; limiting)
Hungarian
1 entries- korlátozó adj (confining; limiting)
Indonesian
1 entries- ketat adj (confining; limiting)
Italian
1 entries- restrittivo adj (confining; limiting)
Japanese
1 entries- 限定的 adj (confining; limiting)
Korean
2 entries- 제한하는 adj (confining; limiting)
- 한정적인 adj (confining; limiting)
Latin
1 entries- restrictivus adj (confining; limiting)
Latvian
1 entries- ierobežojošus adj (confining; limiting)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ribojančių adj (confining; limiting)
Macedonian
2 entries- ограничителен adj (confining; limiting)
- рестриктивен adj (confining; limiting)
Malay
1 entries- ketat adj (confining; limiting)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- restriktiv adj (confining; limiting)
Persian
1 entries- محدود adj (confining; limiting)
Polish
2 entries- ograniczający adj (confining; limiting)
- restrykcyjny adj (confining; limiting)
Portuguese
1 entries- restritivo adj (confining; limiting)
Romanian
1 entries- restrictiv adj (confining; limiting)
Russian
1 entries- ограничи́тельный adj (confining; limiting)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- restriktivan adj (confining; limiting)
- рестриктиван adj (confining; limiting)
Slovak
1 entries- obmedzujúci adj (confining; limiting)
Slovene
1 entries- omejevalen adj (confining; limiting)
Spanish
1 entries- restrictivo adj (confining; limiting)
Thai
1 entries- จำกัด adj (confining; limiting)
Turkish
1 entries- kısıtlayıcı adj (confining; limiting)
Ukrainian
1 entries- обме́жувальний adj (confining; limiting)
Urdu
1 entries- مؤکد adj (confining; limiting)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hạn chế adj (confining; limiting)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I find the concept of Globish restrictive and unreal.
Source: tatoeba (3451653)
Life became very restrictive.
Source: tatoeba (5735659)
Restrictive practices can be damaging for industries.
Source: tatoeba (5939848)
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