restrict

Other forms of restrict

past tense

restricted·

present participle

restricting·

third person

restricts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about restrict

What does restrict mean?

restrict means "place restrictions on". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in restrict?

restrict has 2 syllables: re-strict. The stress falls on "strict". In IPA it is /ɹiˈstɹɪkt/.

What is another word for restrict?

Close synonyms include curtail, curb, cut back, control, trammel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of restrict?

The recorded antonyms are derestrict.

Is restrict a common word?

restrict is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with restrict?

2 words rhyme with restrict. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.