restriction

1. 1.

   a principle that limits the extent of something

   “I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements”

   Synonymslimitation

   Broaderrule

   Narrowernarrownessquantificationrestraint
2. 2.

   an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

   Synonymslimitation

   Broaderregulation

   Narrowerload-sheddingarms controlhold-downfreezeclampdown
3. 3.

   the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

   “the restriction of the infection to a focal area”

   Synonymsconfinement

   Broaderrestraint

   Narrowerclassificationstipulationcircumscriptionconstraint

Other forms of restriction

plural

restrictions·

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 restriction

What does restriction mean?

restriction means "a principle that limits the extent of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in restriction?

restriction has 3 syllables: re-stric-tion. The stress falls on "stric". In IPA it is /ɹiˈstɹɪkʃən/.

What is another word for restriction?

Close synonyms include limitation, limitation, confinement. 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.

Is restriction a common word?

restriction 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 restriction?

1 word rhymes with restriction. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.