restrictive

1. 1.

   serving to restrict

   “teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments”

   Antonymsunrestrictive

   Similarconfininginhibitorylimitingregulativesumptuarysuppressive
2. 2.

   (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

   Similarprotective

Questions about restrictive

What does restrictive mean?

restrictive means "serving to restrict". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in restrictive?

restrictive has 3 syllables: re-stric-tive. The stress falls on "stric". In IPA it is /ɹiˈstɹɪktɪv/.

What is the opposite of restrictive?

The recorded antonyms are unrestrictive.

Is restrictive a common word?

restrictive 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.