Defenition of the word limiting

• Defenition of the word limiting

  • restricting the scope or freedom of action
  • (grammar) strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"
  • the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
  • strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him'' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"
  • strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase

Synonyms for the word limiting

• • confining
  • constraining
  • constrictive
  • modification
  • off-putting
  • preventive
  • qualifying
  • restraining
  • restricting
  • restrictive
  • warning

Similar words in the limiting

• • limiting
  • restrictive

Hyponyms for the word limiting

• • apposition
  • restrictiveness

Hypernyms for the word limiting

• • grammatical relation

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