Restrictive

What do we mean by restrictive?

Of or relating to restriction. adjective

Tending or serving to restrict; limiting. adjective

Of, relating to, or being a subordinate clause or phrase that identifies the noun, phrase, or clause it modifies and limits or restricts its meaning, as the clause who live in glass houses in People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. adjective

Serving to bind or draw together; astringent; styptic.

Having the property of limiting or of expressing limitation: as, a restrictive particle or clause.

Imposing restrictions; operating through restrictions.

Expressing a restriction, or involving a restriction, in the logical sense.

Also restringent.

A styptic or astringent. noun

Serving or tending to restrict; limiting adjective

Astringent or styptic in effect. adjective

Confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds. adjective

(of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports adjective

Serving to restrict adjective

Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.

(Of clothing) limiting free and easy bodily movement.

Generally used when talking about eating disorders, meaning restricting food intake. Urban Dictionary

When you can't log into your account. Urban Dictionary

When something stops you from attending an event. Urban Dictionary

It's basically restricted but a different word. Urban Dictionary

1. When you can't do something 2. When a person cannot get to class 3. A bear 4. A person who likes Ice Mountain Urban Dictionary

What they put you on when you go to crap boarding schools like me. They take away things you NEED to do for no reason. Urban Dictionary

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RESTRICTED is an alias of a kid that thinks he can make a difference in the world with his music that he usually uploads on Soundcloud. Urban Dictionary

Something on YouTube that is really fucking annoying. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to restrictive:
restrictive, restriction, destructive, astrictive, retractive, restricting, rescriptive, unrestrictive.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word restrictive:
covenants, cardiomyopathy, covenant, clauses, quotas, zoning, laws, assumptions, abortion, deed, policies, immigration, restriction, lung, segregation, practices, enforced, clause, licensing, regulations, limiting, firearms, definitions, restrictions, measures, alert, legislation, definition, agreements, license, rules, provisions, imposed, diet, ballot, relative, copyright, prevented, requirement, environment, monitoring, interpretation, limit, limits, conditions, requirements, aspect, criteria, procedures, alcohol, engagement, requiring, dress, regime, permitted, policy, amendment, condition, contracts, immigrants, restricted, controls, regulation, jews, trade, gun.

Words that rhyme with restrictive:
vindictive, addictive, predictive, addict of, benedict of, derelict of, dicta of, interdict of, picked of, predict of, strict of.

Adjectives that are often used to describe restrictive:
non, least.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective restrictive:
practices, policy, policies, covenants, measures, legislation, laws, environment, clauses, conditions, rules, assumptions, covenant, disease, regulations, clause, cardiomyopathy, system, interpretation, agreements, provisions, definition, law, view, effect, nature, approach, alternative, assumption, sense, pattern, requirements, indorsement, effects, setting, defect, temperature, practice, means, condition, criteria, influence, regulation, controls, measure, rule, environments, procedures, terms, theory, diseases, attitude, agreement, settings, clothing, regime, quotas, standards, attitudes, definitions, diet, diets, alternatives, limits, arrangements, relatives, codes, set, act, norms, modifiers, orders, disorders, licensing, patterns, barriers, stance, statutes, provision, zoning, endorsement, devices, interpretations, framework, acts.

Words that sound like restrictive:
restrictive, restricting, restricted, retractive, restrict, restricts, restrictor, unrestrictive, destructive, instructive, retracting, reiterative, distractive, extractive, respective, restorative, redirecting, retroactive, obstructive, redistricting, frustrative, nonrestrictive.