About The Word Restrictive
Learn about the word Restrictive to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Restrictive definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Restrictive
| Restrictive Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Restrictive?
[adj] (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
[adj] serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments" Synonyms | Synonyms for Restrictive: confining | constraining | constrictive | inhibiting | inhibitory | limiting | protective | regulating | regulative | regulatory | repressing | repressive | restricting | sumptuary | suppressive Related Terms | Find terms related to Restrictive: See Also | Restrictive In Webster's Dictionary \Re*strict"ive\, a. [Cf. F. restrictif.]
1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a
restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
--{Re*strict"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*strict"ive*ness}, n.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Marang ‐ tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds…
- Point in time ‐ a very short period of time; "at that point I had…
- Touchstone ‐ a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other…
- Systems program ‐ a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program)…
- Purplish blue ‐ a shade of blue tinged…
- Up on(p) ‐ being up to particular standard or level especially in being…
- Flagitious ‐ shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a…
- Flesh ‐ alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied…
- Bramley's seedling ‐ very large…
- Arraign ‐ accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy [v] call before a court to…