Synonyms of confining

confining

verb

present participle of confine

1

as in limiting

to set bounds or an upper limit for

will confine my remarks to the subject we came here to discuss

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limiting
• restricting
• tightening
• capping
• circumscribing
• holding down
• blocking
• hindering
• impeding
• obstructing
• suppressing
• hampering
• narrowing
• modifying
• constricting
• barring
• squeezing
• contracting
• lessening
• pinching
• repressing
• numbering
• quelling
• qualifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exceeding
• expanding
• widening
• broadening
• overextending
• overreaching

2

as in imprisoning

to put in or as if in prison

the accused was confined until the trial could take place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imprisoning
• jailing
• interning
• incarcerating
• detaining
• restraining
• committing
• restricting
• locking (up)
• limiting
• arresting
• constraining
• shutting
• catching
• capturing
• immuring
• jugging
• apprehending
• gating
• barring
• seizing
• keeping
• pinching
• holding
• binding
• shackling
• impressing
• impounding
• handcuffing
• busting
• nabbing
• fettering
• enchaining
• shanghaiing
• trammeling
• picking up
• manacling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• liberating
• discharging
• releasing
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• manumitting
• unchaining
• unbinding
• unfettering
• uncaging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confining

Potentially containing trillions of parameters — values learned during training — frontier models require vast computing resources, largely confining them to data centers, where they can be more easily monitored and, in principle, switched off. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026

Luck was not widespread among Wednesday’s Florida Lotto, Fantasy 5 and Powerball drawings, confining itself to a single ticket. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

If youth teams practiced like the pros, confining full contact to once a week, impacts could fall by more than half, Daneshvar says. — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026

If acquitted for lack of criminal responsibility, Clancy would then face a potentially indefinite series of commitment orders confining her to a secure state mental health facility. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

In schools, isolating or confining children is known as seclusion and restraint. — Beth Hawkins, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026

Frustrated with the confining nature of Japanese society, Kusama left for New York in 1957. — Kaori Kaneko, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

With Rear Window, Hitchcock and his collaborators miraculously craft an exhilarating, satisfying mystery-thriller while confining the protagonist to a single location. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026

The judge will then determine whether the dogs should be legally designated as dangerous, which could result in strict requirements for confining the dogs or even in dogs being euthanized. — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026