Synonyms of stints

stints 1 of 2

noun

plural of stint

1

as in terms

a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position

signed up for a three-year stint in the army

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terms
• tenures
• tours
• shifts
• hitches
• goes
• times
• runs
• watches
• durations
• cycles
• spans
• lifetimes
• spells
• stretches
• lives
• turns
• life spans
• standings

2

as in restrictions

the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries

his parents have always supported him without stint, no matter what interests he has chosen to pursue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restrictions
• limitations
• reins
• constraints
• restraints
• confinements
• circumscriptions
• isolations
• segregations
• containments

stints

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stint

1

as in retains

Related Words

• retains
• deprives (of)
• keeps
• withholds
• denies
• begrudges
• confiscates
• appropriates
• arrogates

Dissimilar Words

• lots
• allows
• portions
• parts
• assigns
• splits
• distributes
• deals
• allots
• allocates
• meters
• measures
• apportions
• divides
• shares (out)
• rations
• dispenses
• administers
• awards
• hands out
• parcels (out)
• metes (out)
• grants
• gives
• prorates
• accords
• doles out
• admeasures

2

as in skimps

Related Words

• skimps
• exhausts
• strips
• drains
• depletes
• dispossesses
• divests

Dissimilar Words

• gifts
• favors
• provides
• supplies
• blesses
• invests
• endows
• clothes
• covers
• endues
• equips
• bestows (on or upon)
• confers (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stints

Noun

Puhm served as lead AI artist on Free Leonard Peltier, a Sundance 2025 documentary, and had stints as a writer at Leonine Studios’ Wiedemann & Berg TV and Red Bull Media’s Terra Mater Studios. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Related Stories The disclosure landed midway through the band’s Arirang World Tour, which launched in South Korea in April and reunited all seven members for the first time in years following their individual stints in the military. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Take Care has collected an even dozen stints in first place after launching there nearly a decade and a half ago, in December 2011. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Iger, 75, stepped down as CEO of Disney earlier this year after two stints that totaled roughly 20 years at the helm of the media giant. — Alex Sherman,jessica Golden, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Willis is a fifth-year pro at age 27, after two-year stints with Tennessee and Green Bay. — Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026

While Elliott nabbed several stints on the small screen throughout the early 1970s, his film breakthrough came with the role of Rick Carlson in 1976’s Lifeguard. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

In the 11 seasons between Nelson’s stints, the Warriors never made the playoffs. — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

Elliott was a college head coach between her stints as a UConn assistant, and Berube has been successful at Tufts and Princeton and is now at Northwestern. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026