restrictive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
serving to restrict
teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments
Related & opposite
- unrestrictive antonym
- unpermissiveness derivation
- throttle derivation
- restrict derivation
- limiting similar to
- inhibitory similar to
- limiting similar to
- regulative similar to
- sumptuary similar to
- suppressive similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
Related & opposite
- restrict derivation
- protective similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unrestrictive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unpermissiveness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | throttle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrict |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | limiting |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inhibitory |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | limiting |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | regulative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sumptuary |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | suppressive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrict |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | protective |