Synonyms for confine

Verb

1. limit, circumscribe, confine, decrease, lessen, minify

usage: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

2. restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle, control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate

usage: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

3. confine, restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back

usage: prevent from leaving or from being removed

4. enclose, hold in, confine, hold, bear, carry, contain

usage: close in or confine

5. confine, detain

usage: deprive of freedom; take into confinement

6. restrain, confine, hold, disable, disenable, incapacitate

usage: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"