Restrictive
Restrictive adjective - Serving to restrict.
Usage example: teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments
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Synonyms for Restrictive
Suppressive and restrictive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suppressive" instead an adjective "Restrictive". popular alternative
Suppressive
Suppressive adjective - Tending to suppress.
Usage example: the government used suppressive measures to control the protest
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Synonyms for Suppressive
Restrictive and suppressive are semantically related. You can use "Restrictive" instead an adjective "Suppressive".
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Related pairs
- forbidding and restrictive
- forbidding and suppressive
- confining and restrictive
- confining and suppressive
- governing and restrictive
- governing and suppressive
- repressive and restrictive
- repressive and suppressive
- retaining and restrictive
- retaining and suppressive
- restraining and restrictive
- restraining and suppressive
- prohibitive and restrictive
- prohibitive and suppressive
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