Synonyms of constraining

constraining

verb

present participle of constrain

1

as in forcing

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

constrained by conscience to tell only the truth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forcing
• coercing
• compelling
• obligating
• obliging
• pressuring
• driving
• impelling
• pressing
• impressing
• making
• blackmailing
• dragooning
• intimidating
• muscling
• sandbagging
• bullying
• threatening
• blackjacking
• cowing
• browbeating
• dragging
• twisting one's arm
• hectoring
• shaming
• terrorizing
• bulldozing
• menacing
• badgering
• harassing
• hounding
• high-pressuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permitting
• allowing
• letting
• moving
• talking (into)
• inducing
• satisfying
• arguing
• winning (over)
• prevailing (on or upon)
• convincing
• persuading

2

as in regulating

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

constrained his anger at the needless interruption

Synonyms & Similar Words

• regulating
• controlling
• curbing
• containing
• restraining
• keeping
• stifling
• measuring
• inhibiting
• suppressing
• governing
• taming
• holding
• checking
• ruling
• stopping
• bridling
• pulling in
• interrupting
• hindering
• impeding
• repressing
• swallowing
• hampering
• strangling
• reining (in)
• blocking
• smothering
• obstructing
• arresting
• choking (back)
• holding back
• silencing
• bottling (up)
• squelching
• muffling
• sinking
• mincing
• pocketing
• handcuffing
• muzzling
• gagging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• loosening
• liberating
• expressing
• venting
• unleashing
• taking out
• airing
• loosing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of constraining

The drug stops the virus from multiplying in the body, effectively constraining its severity. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026

Done well, pricing and packaging can improve margins without reducing service quality or constraining growth. — Basant Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Employers are freezing or cutting hiring, with the steepest declines concentrated in middle- and entry-level roles, effectively constraining household earnings exactly when energy and living costs are surging. — Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Corrales argues that college athletes are relatively insulated from the forces constraining study abroad. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2026

As the United States and China continue high-level talks, constraining the underground financial architecture of the illicit economy is an opportunity for a mutual diplomatic win. — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026

Studies suggest Imperial Japan’s sardine catch declined drastically and even ceased during the early 1940s, constraining the empire’s military power relying on fisheries resources. — Pei-Hsu Lin, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026

In the post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era, this thinking went, Congress had gone too far in constraining the executive branch with presumptuous reforms that aimed to secure greater accountability and transparency from the White House. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Tuesday's vote ended with 189 voting in favor and 235 voting in opposition of constraining the president's authority. — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 June 2026