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circumscribed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of circumscribed

having distinct or certain limits

The powers of that state's governor are so sharply circumscribed that often his hands are tied by the state legislature.

Synonyms of circumscribed

bounded, defined, definite, determinate, finite, limited, measured, narrow, restricted

Words Related to circumscribed

modified, qualified

detailed, exact, precise, specific

confined, constricted, moderate, modest

minute, puny, small, tiny

determined, fixed, settled

Near Antonyms of circumscribed

bottomless, countless, incalculable, inestimable, inexhaustible, innumerable, unfathomable

unqualified, unreserved

general, indeterminate, nebulous, vague

enlarged, escalated, expanded

copious, plenitudinous, plentiful

Antonyms of circumscribed

boundless, dimensionless, endless, illimitable, immeasurable, indefinite, infinite, limitless, measureless, unbounded, undefined, unlimited, unmeasured

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