Constrain [verb]
Definition of Constrain:
force; restrain
Synonyms of Constrain:
● Inhibit
● Bind
● Curb
● Stifle
● Chain
● Immure
● Deprive
● Coerce
● Intern
● Check
● Make
● Compel
● Confine
● Urge
● Oblige
● Cork
● Pressure
● Bridle
● Disallow
● Hog-tie
● Deny
● Bar
● Drive
● Withhold
● Impel
● Jail
● Imprison
● Ban
● Concuss
● Cool off
● Hem in
● Hold in
● Shotgun
Opposite/Antonyms of Constrain:
● Stop
● Halt
● Indulge
● Let go
● Help
● Free
● Allow
● Repress
● Delay
● Dissuade
● Permit
● Liberate
● Release
● Loosen
● Assist
● Aid
Sentence/Example of Constrain:
It should also help cut the size and weight of these crucial components, which could help us pack far more electronics into constrained platforms like drones or wearables.
Vlontzos and his colleagues used this concept to constrain the future frames an AI could pick.
Additionally, the bank is constrained by a $2 trillion asset cap imposed on it by the Federal Reserve.
Ramstead sees this line of thinking as compatible with Krakauer and Flack’s formalism but usefully constrained by an account of how a biological entity maintains its own individuality.
Our perspectives have been constrained by the expectations and incentives that limit every other part of the system, as well as our perceptions of those limitations, which are not always correct.
The first conclusion is that rent control doesn’t help many people for very long, in part because it constrains the supply of affordable housing.
The president’s power is really constrained in a lot of different ways.
The dramatist "may call up the shadows of the past, but like the Witch of Endor, in order to constrain them to reveal the future."
And the very instant the cloth was removed, she rose, unable to constrain herself any longer, and ran up stairs to her own room.
O for the lyre of some Orpheus, to constrain, with touch of melodious strings, these mad masses into Order!