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What is another word for
constraining
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Verb
Present participle for to limit, restrict, or inhibit the degree or level of
Present participle for to impede or hamper the movement or progress of
Present participle for to physically restrict the movement of, such as by entrammeling
Present participle for to shut in or place a boundary around
Present participle for to forcefully pressure someone into doing something
Present participle for to forcefully persuade someone into doing something
Present participle for to hamper or hinder the development or activity of
Present participle for to regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
Present participle for to keep within certain limits
Present participle for to imprison, confine or incarcerate someone
Present participle for to have a significant influence on
Present participle for to cause physical pain to
Present participle for to command the doing of by one's authority
Adjective
Able or intended to restrict or prevent
Aggressively vigorous or forceful
Serving to repress or suppress
Compelling, able or likely to persuade
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to limit, restrict, or inhibit the degree or level of
restraining
controlling
curbing
checking
containing
inhibiting
regulating
limiting
restricting
taming
governing
holding
measuring
stifling
keeping
ruling
withholding
corking
reining
straitening
balking
US
baulking
UK
denying
reining in
holding back
pulling in
holding in
bottling up
holding down
cooling off
keeping down
keeping lid on
putting half nelson on
bridling
repressing
suppressing
keeping in check
moderating
subduing
smothering
keeping under control
hindering
keeping the lid on
cooling
keeping a tight rein on
keeping back
confining
calming
quelling
mitigating
keeping a lid on
toning down
softening
choking back
trammelling
trammeling
mellowing
curtailing
overcoming
mastering
tempering
holding in check
slowing down
biting back
arresting
fighting back
impeding
disciplining
hampering
modulating
muffling
stemming
damping
muzzling
simmering down
damping down
putting the brakes on
capping
composing
tranquilizing
US
dampening
licking
collecting
stilling
tranquillising
UK
stopping
pacifying
quieting
quashing
muting
deadening
reducing
diminishing
retarding
easing
gagging
squashing
squelching
preventing
freezing
swallowing
keeping in line
lessening
getting the better of
staunching
reining back
keeping within bounds
putting a brake on
getting under control
nipping in the bud
corking up
buttoning up
stemming the flow of
contracting
circumscribing
managing
settling
re-collecting
monitoring
adjusting
cornering
lulling
rallying
inspecting
recovering
interning
delimiting
relieving
halting
setting limits on
imposing limits on
resisting
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
keeping control of
keeping on a string
hog-tying
shutting in
strangling
barring
pegging
deterring
stultifying
throttling
constipating
blunting
alleviating
dulling
obstructing
thwarting
delaying
cushioning
entrammelling
fettering
entrammeling
allaying
frustrating
foiling
putting a limit on
palliating
soothing
breaking
mincing
relaxing
crushing
cutting back
boxing in
neutralizing
US
pausing
temperating
silencing
cooling down
blocking
cutting short
terminating
interrupting
tying up
bringing to screeching halt
keeping tight rein on
staying
bottlenecking
counteracting
cooling out
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
playing down
meeting halfway
buttressing
quietening
killing
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
braking
choking
circumventing
neutralising
UK
lightening
absorbing
depressing
decreasing
deflating
lowering
harshing
snuffing out
standing in the way of
slackening pace
playing for time
bringing to a standstill
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
interfering with
cracking down on
putting down
clamping down on
taking the edge off
slapping down
keeping in
quietening down
boxing up
making less active
soaking up
getting rid of
putting a damper on
conquering
bringing under control
cracking down
sitting on
pulling back
mollifying
gentling
humbling
cowing
reclaiming
busting
watering down
getting a grip on
more ❯
“No longer able to
constrain
her anger, Pari peeled the cloth off her forehead and threw it aside exploding in fury.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede or hamper the movement or progress of
hindering
hampering
impeding
cramping
retarding
hamstringing
prohibiting
frustrating
obstructing
cooling
restricting
inhibiting
handicapping
restraining
checking
trammelling
trammeling
curbing
encumbering
stymieing
limiting
shackling
hobbling
blocking
holding up
holding back
fettering
thwarting
interfering with
clogging
slowing down
embarrassing
delaying
preventing
bridling
confining
short-circuiting
handcuffing
manacling
hog-tying
tying up
baulking
UK
slowing
tying
cumbering
balking
US
foiling
setting back
crippling
stopping
curtailing
hanging up
throwing a spanner in the works
stalling
barring
arresting
borking
getting in the way
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
circumscribing
disrupting
forestalling
baffling
inconveniencing
constricting
deterring
straitening
burdening
interfering
keeping back
debarring
disadvantaging
controlling
slowing up
holding down
getting in the way of
suppressing
detaining
repressing
capping
withholding
averting
tying down
keeping
binding
delimiting
opposing
leashing
making late
crimping
incommoding
holding
discommoding
hemming in
bogging down
weighing down
keeping within the limits of
putting at a disadvantage
placing at a disadvantage
weakening
tying someone's hands
subduing
overloading
decelerating
regulating
keeping within bounds
moderating
oppressing
bothering
charging
catching
capturing
ensnaring
enmeshing
netting
putting straitjacket on
throwing monkey wrench in
impairing
snagging
keeping waiting
sidelining
tethering
halting
interrupting
keeping in check
bottlenecking
saddling with
making impossible
making difficult
narrowing down
causing to wait
causing to stay
getting bogged down
setting limits on
imposing limits on
neutralizing
US
muzzling
contravening
counteracting
choking
crabbing
resisting
neutralising
UK
entangling
wronging
taking out
giving disadvantage
debilitating
putting out of commission
lousing up
boxing in
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
shutting out
affecting
disturbing
suspending
remitting
treating harshly
influencing
tampering
confusing
inflicting a handicap on
doing a disservice to
telling against
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
treating unfavourably
giving a disadvantage to
jamming
intermitting
troubling
conflicting
cramping one's style
dragging your feet
standing in the way of
tiing one's hands
stifling
smothering
reducing
interdicting
forbidding
outlawing
sandbagging
enjoining
fazing
warding
reining in
holding in
putting a brake on
keeping in
stemming the flow of
putting on brakes
derailing
stonewalling
cutting off
putting a stop to
staying
stemming
heading off
shutting off
staving off
putting an end to
warding off
circumventing
defeating
scuppering
discontinuing
nipping in the bud
closing off
damming
intercepting
sabotaging
spoiling
putting the kibosh on
containing
countering
ceasing
closing
lessening
nullifying
staunching
ruining
putting off
fending off
shutting down
choking off
ending
precluding
braking
finishing
plugging
terminating
diverting
evading
retardating
postponing
overturning
circumnavigating
obscuring
scotching
skirting
sidestepping
diminishing
laying off
stoppering
discomfiting
holding off
stanching
taking down
avoiding
decreasing
clogging up
closing out
blocking out
defending against
steering clear of
cutting short
blocking up
stopping up
bringing to an end
giving a hard time
blocking off
bringing to a standstill
plugging up
shaking
obviating
slackening
miring
shelving
stunting
beating
deferring
letting
throttling
barricading
stuffing
dissuading from
sealing
quitting
filling
quieting
holding off on
dropping
chaining
caulking
putting paid to
congesting
concluding
blockading
rattling
closing up
disconcerting
upsetting
putting back
choking up
bunging up
backing off
turning off
outwitting
checkmating
letting up
bringing to a stop
bringing to screeching halt
doing for
putting the stopper on
occluding
winding up
bringing to a close
calling a halt to
picking off
screwing up
fouling up
withstanding
dashing
adjourning
pulling the plug on
breaking up
cutting out
knocking off
upsetting the applecart
disappointing
breaking off
sidetracking
straitjacketing
filling up
retaining
petering out
standing off
packing
jamming up
freezing
entrammelling
entrammeling
subverting
screening
complicating
protracting
pausing
strangulating
bunging
preventing from making progress
denying
proroguing
proscribing
getting out of
disempowering
bottling
gagging
prolonging
fending
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
escaping
bypassing
holding over
putting a crimp in
refusing
monkeying with
keeping under control
indisposing
disallowing
banning
destabilizing
US
discouraging
tempering
expiring
bringing an end to
acting against
working against
throwing a curve
deflecting
demoralizing
US
attenuating
putting on ice
putting on hold
refusing to pay
crashing
unsettling
juking
wrecking
keeping lid on
stumping
taking wind out of
ditching
emasculating
sapping
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
clotting
estopping
finishing off
completing
dissolving
cutting in
heading off at pass
taking away
lagging
abating
undermining
botching
softening
destabilising
UK
challenging
demoralising
UK
invalidating
scuttling
snookering
abolishing
annulling
bringing to a halt
squashing
repelling
confounding
corking
bogging
throwing cold water on
embogging
reefing
loitering
qualifying
procrastinating
shutting
dragging through the mud
repulsing
nobbling
undoing
parrying
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
calling a halt
coming to an end
immobilizing
US
desisting
turning back
counterplotting
beating down
crossing
taking wind out of sails
burying
messing up
blanking
getting the better of
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting end to
putting the mockers on
causing setback
poking full of holes
forbidding to
deactivating
immobilising
UK
cutting down
cutting back
letting down flaps
winding down
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
putting the brakes on
hitting the brakes
gumming up
locking out
forfending
helping
damping
saving
chillin
dampening
chilling
pre-empting
ruling out
turning aside
breaking
leaving off
blowing the whistle on
putting a cork in
packing up
closing down
desisting from
packing in
giving over
more ❯
“The specific technical shortages in their pool of personnel will
constrain
their progress.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to physically restrict the movement of, such as by entrammeling
chaining
shackling
fettering
restraining
trammelling
trammeling
enfettering
enchaining
fastening
bridling
hog-tying
tying up
pinioning
binding
handcuffing
immobilizing
US
tying
securing
manacling
gyving
holding
confining
pinning
trapping
cuffing
pinning down
immobilising
UK
holding fast
holding down
chaining up
pressing
clapping
clapping in irons
putting in chains
putting in irons
tying someone's hands
trussing
lashing
roping
tethering
pressing down
hobbling
trussing up
more ❯
“Those who, like Menelaus or Aristaeus, wish to consult him must first capture him and
constrain
him in chains, a thing notoriously difficult to do.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shut in or place a boundary around
enclosing
encircling
surrounding
circumscribing
confining
constricting
hemming in
fencing in
closing in
cooping up
encompassing
bounding
ringing
compassing
girding
corralling
kettling
fixing
hurdling
straitening
hindering
boxing in
boxing up
mewing up
penning in
holding back
hedging in
penning up
railing in
shutting in
“
Constrain
them within a suitable cage until we are ready to unleash them.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forcefully pressure someone into doing something
forcing
compelling
obliging
coercing
pressuring
impelling
pressing
making
driving
dragooning
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
bulldozing
browbeating
requiring
obligating
railroading
impressing
blackjacking
pushing
sandbagging
bullying
muscling
necessitating
steamrollering
hustling
binding
strong-arming
prevailing on
leaning on
putting the screws on
intimidating
harassing
bludgeoning
hounding
demanding
commanding
influencing
threatening
exacting
squeezing
badgering
enforcing
imposing
urging
putting pressure on
menacing
inducing
goading
putting under an obligation
twisting one's arm
bringing pressure to bear on
tyrannizing
US
putting the squeeze on
terrorizing
US
twisting someone's arm
harrying
using strong-arm tactics on
brainwashing
cowing
hectoring
nagging
causing
terrorising
UK
tyrannising
UK
using pressure on
fast-talking
working on
press-ganging
claiming
domineering
extorting
shotgunning
bearing
charging
pestering
ordering
dictating
prodding
concussing
persuading
enjoining
making necessary
oppressing
acting on
warranting
insisting on
tightening the screws on
pushing around
turning on the heat
committing
needing
wanting
restricting
restraining
moving
taking
bouncing
challenging
bullyragging
asking
bogarting
postulating
craving
besetting
blustering
tormenting
buffaloing
plaguing
insisting
cajoling
blackmailing
cracking down
wresting
putting the arm on
putting screws to
mau-mauing
having someone do something
turning the screws on
coming at
putting the heat on
astricting
indebting
ramrodding
leaving someone no option
actuating
making indebted
hassling
involving
overbearing
frightening
despotizing
leaning
bothering
entailing
calling for
assailing
importuning
wheedling
pressurizing into
coercing into
steamrolling
provoking
worrying
politicking
selling
arguing
bludgeoning into
browbeating into
bullying into
dragooning into
walking heavy
riding roughshod
putting the frighteners on
meaning
applying pressure
talking
swaying
besieging
terrorizing into
intimidating into
working over
breathing down someone's neck
kicking
overcoming
behooving
troubling
vexing
bidding
instructing
prevailing upon
effecting
having
tightening the screw on
putting up to
turning the screw on
imposing on
behoving
throwing your weight around
foisting
occasioning
dogging
commandeering
using force on
conscripting
urging by force
burdening
contracting
obtruding
choking
using duress on
applying
leaving someone no option but to
putting the chill on
inciting
exerting force on
requesting
directing
invoking
exerting
whipping
expecting
spurring
pinning down
bearing down
putting the bite on
bearing hard on
putting squeeze on
beseeching
begging
soliciting
requisitioning
making compulsory
forcing upon
leaving no choice but to
levying
employing
pushing for
bringing pressure to bear upon
asserting oneself
calling upon
insisting upon
inflicting
laying
subjecting
assessing
fining
repressing
suppressing
hindering
justifying
persecuting
gouging
fleecing
consigning
assigning
milking
subduing
awing
aweing
dooming
putting
condemning
riding
high pressuring
overawing
wringing
bleeding
extracting
making an offer they can't refuse
affrighting
skinning
picking on
pushing about
screwing
bleeding someone of something
pinching
holding up
holding a knife to
wrenching
obtaining by force
scaring off
subjecting to
scaring the bejesus out of
prompting
encouraging
instigating
stirring
triggering
inspiring
motivating
egging on
rousing
riding roughshod over
propelling
dominating
stimulating
nudging
spurring on
inveigling
leading
subjugating
chivvying
pricking
siccing
firing up
exhorting
getting
tempting
rallying
incentivizing
animating
arousing
crushing
bossing about
bossing around
enslaving
exciting
inclining
convincing
victimizing
US
invigorating
sparking
rowelling
roweling
sounding
emboldening
galvanizing
US
trampling
envigorating
galvanising
UK
lording it over
victimising
UK
keeping down
treating harshly
holding down
grinding down
ruling with a rod of iron
keying up
trampling underfoot
ruling with an iron hand
compressing
scaring
terrifying
squashing
condensing
constricting
unnerving
egging
shanghaiing
spooking
heckling
rooting
mistreating
antagonizing
US
taunting
chivying
putting heat on
antagonising
UK
mobilizing
US
inhibiting
enticing
putting through the wringer
stinging
inflaming
holding a gun to one's head
needling
predisposing
conditioning
mobilising
UK
enthusing
determining
fomenting
making it hot for someone
making things hot for someone
bringing pressure upon
lashing
titillating
rousting
bringing force to bear on
putting the screws to
orienting
railroading into
working up
steamrollering into
exerting influence on
bearing down on
bulldozing into
going to town on
disposing
coaxing
impassioning
eliciting
evoking
bringing
activating
steeling
inspiriting
maltreating
empowering
advising
converting
exhilarating
heartening
vitalizing
impacting
uplifting
torturing
incentifying
helping
striking
refreshing
abusing
hegemonizing
wronging
exploiting
overthrowing
pumping up
stirring up
suggesting to
scourging
ruling
distressing
aggrieving
boosting up
pepping up
whipping up
talking into
winning over
hinting to
cheering on
mastering
spiriting up
handicapping
straining
annoying
encumbering
saddling
outraging
chastening
taxing
controlling
ill-treating
acting upon
holding sway over
riding herd on
tyrannizing over
beating down
trampling on
weighing heavy upon
walking all over
ruling over
putting upon
ordering around
ordering about
dictating to
domineering over
having someone under your thumb
treating brutally
ruling despotically
keeping under thumb
bringing someone to their knees
more ❯
“If she silently rebelled against a command, nothing could
constrain
her into obedience.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forcefully persuade someone into doing something
pressing
goading
spurring
inducing
prodding
urging
beseeching
pushing
moving
persuading
provoking
instigating
piquing
pricking
stinging
swaying
needling
egging on
spurring on
encouraging
prompting
inciting
influencing
putting up to
begging
imploring
compelling
motivating
exhorting
promoting
adjuring
soliciting
stimulating
entreating
nagging
impelling
insisting
propelling
nudging
inspiring
trying to persuade
tempting
pushing for
insisting on
appealing to
firing up
rousing
arousing
exciting
triggering
stirring
inflaming
sparking
making
impassioning
enticing
procuring
stirring up
prevailing upon
revving up
driving on
rooting on
pleading
enjoining
admonishing
pressurizing
US
pressuring
dragooning
requesting
appealing
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
sanctioning
asking
proposing
wheedling
countenancing
rationalising
UK
conjuring
pressurising
UK
advancing
commending
charging
rationalizing
US
prevailing on
using pressure on
twisting someone's arm
putting the screws on
calling on
bulldozing into
leaning on
psyching up
putting pressure on
putting the heat on
railroading into
advising
hustling
driving
bothering
hounding
harassing
advocating
expediting
pestering
badgering
inspanning
recommending
hassling
harrying
keying up
speeding up
pouring it on
turning on
selling one on
more ❯
“There was no show of eagerness to dispense with his services as gamekeeper, or to
constrain
him into retirement from duty.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hamper or hinder the development or activity of
strangling
restraining
checking
inhibiting
subduing
curbing
quashing
impeding
muffling
squashing
hindering
restricting
silencing
squelching
hampering
quelching
quelling
stopping
overpowering
killing
extinguishing
gagging
preventing
quenching
deadening
crushing
destroying
muting
shushing
stamping out
interfering with
damping down
putting an end to
putting a stop to
stifling
suppressing
repressing
smothering
holding back
shutting down
overcoming
controlling
ending
defeating
terminating
abolishing
conquering
annihilating
vanquishing
holding in
overwhelming
reining in
snuffing out
putting the lid on
slapping down
cracking down on
putting down
clamping down on
swallowing
containing
frustrating
halting
arresting
keeping back
fighting back
choking back
stemming
bottling
bottling up
overturning
keeping in check
keeping under control
burying
corking up
buttoning up
discontinuing
blocking out
keeping in
sitting on
nipping in the bud
putting out
keeping the lid on
keeping inside
mastering
fighting
withholding
beating
thwarting
demolishing
extirpating
finishing
queering
subjugating
routing
clobbering
getting rid of
putting the kibosh on
wiping out
concealing
sinking
hiding
submerging
pocketing
corking
internalizing
US
blocking
internalising
UK
biting back
jamming up
keeping under wraps
blacking out
interrupting
overthrowing
cowing
trampling
dominating
clamping
spiking
putting lid on
bringing to naught
trampling on
putting kibosh on
triumphing over
driving underground
cutting off
beating down
holding down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
pacing
regulating
controlling
limiting
managing
containing
monitoring
administering
curbing
measuring
adjusting
methodizing
overlooking
tempering
adapting
guiding
organising
UK
organizing
US
systematising
UK
systematizing
US
allocating
directing
reconciling
restraining
administrating
legislating
policing
taming
bridling
setting
coordinating
inhibiting
standardising
UK
standardizing
US
governing
modulating
supervising
balancing
holding
superintending
moderating
overseeing
restricting
stewarding
presiding over
pulling in
reining in
keeping an eye on
keeping tabs on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to keep within certain limits
restricting
limiting
confining
circumscribing
delimiting
capping
bounding
controlling
demarcating
regulating
fixing
demarking
delimitating
containing
prelimiting
tethering
keeping within bounds
imposing limits on
keeping within limits
setting limits on
keeping under control
pinning down
putting a ceiling on
keeping a tight rein on
restraining
concentrating
isolating
centreing
centering
focusing
localising
UK
pinpointing
narrowing
localizing
US
focussing
centring
curbing
checking
barring
hindering
arresting
inhibiting
constricting
pegging
trammelling
holding
fettering
trammeling
freezing
bridling
cramping
governing
terminating
stopping from spreading
straitening
setting
prescribing
specifying
hampering
girdling
defining
corking
tying down
holding down
holding in check
placing a limit on
hemming in
drawing the line on
putting a brake on
marking off
bottling up
keeping the lid on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to imprison, confine or incarcerate someone
imprisoning
confining
incarcerating
interning
immuring
impounding
gaoling
UK
jailing
US
detaining
caging
penning
holding
restraining
keeping
remanding
circumscribing
trammelling
trammeling
stockading
committing
closeting
icing
jugging
locking up
holding captive
putting away
fencing in
shutting in
holding prisoner
putting behind bars
sending down
putting in prison
putting inside
locking in
railing in
sending to prison
taking into custody
putting in chains
putting in irons
clapping in irons
banging up
sending up
putting into detention
locking away
bottling up
holding in custody
holding hostage
keeping captive
putting under lock and key
taking prisoner
keeping in custody
taking away
putting on ice
keeping under lock and key
restricting
prisoning
booking
railroading
settling
sloughing
cooping up
throwing in jail
throwing book at
arresting
sending up the river
throwing away the keys
throwing in dungeon
pounding
binding
shutting up
keeping under constraint
putting in jail
keeping under custody
holding under custody
walling in
mewing up
closing in
enclosing
trapping
hemming in
institutionalizing
US
secluding
returning to custody
housing
mewing
consigning
corralling
shutting away
institutionalising
UK
committing to custody
releasing on bail
returning to prison
cooping
penning in
sentencing
entombing
cloistering
walling
interring
throwing into irons
caging in
sentencing to prison
putting into irons
assigning
sending
delivering
certifying
putting in custody
encasing
hedging
enveloping
inclosing
encaging
including
hemming
boxing in
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have a significant influence on
conditioning
affecting
controlling
deciding
determining
governing
altering
changing
modifying
touching
transforming
biasing
US
biassing
UK
forming
guiding
shaping
swaying
acting on
exerting influence on
impacting on
working on
having an effect on
having an impact on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause physical pain to
paining
hurting
causing pain
aching
throbbing
smarting
afflicting
ailing
stinging
causing discomfort
pinching
troubling
prickling
twingeing
twinging
biting
burning
chafing
cramping
excruciating
harming
inflaming
playing up
punishing
wounding
bruising
injuring
killing
tormenting
torturing
causing discomfort to
causing pain to
convulsing
nicking
Verb
▲
Present participle for to command the doing of by one's authority
decreeing
commanding
ordering
dictating
ordaining
ruling
deciding
prescribing
proclaiming
calling
demanding
determining
directing
enacting
mandating
pronouncing
adjudging
enjoining
announcing
authorising
UK
authorizing
US
compelling
declaring
forcing
imposing
obliging
requiring
setting
laying down
laying down the law
putting your foot down
reading the riot act
Adjective
▲
Able or intended to restrict or prevent
deterrent
preventive
preventative
restrictive
restraining
inhibitory
limiting
obstructive
inhibiting
hindering
protective
defensive
precautionary
preemptive
anticipatory
proactive
pre-emptive
counteractive
preclusive
prophylactic
blocking
defending
deterring
confining
restricting
cramping
definitive
hampering
constricting
prohibitive
prohibitory
antagonistic
off-putting
holding back
Adjective
▲
Aggressively vigorous or forceful
hard-hitting
critical
tough
uncompromising
blunt
direct
forthright
frank
honest
unsparing
condemnatory
straight-talking
vigorous
bullish
cogent
commanding
compelling
convincing
dominant
dynamic
dynamical
effective
electric
elemental
energetic
forcible
gutsy
mighty
persuasive
pithy
potent
powerful
powerhouse
puissant
strongly worded
upfront
all out
no holds barred
pulling no punches
ball of fire
coming on strong
straight from the shoulder
not beating about the bush
candid
straightforward
outspoken
simple
calling a spade a spade
unqualified
unpolished
stark
straight-shooting
bald
bare
to the point
matter-of-fact
crisp
plain-spoken
unequivocal
trenchant
explicit
unembellished
undisguised
unadorned
unvarnished
point-blank
not mincing one's words
brief and to the point
speaking one's mind
no-nonsense
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Serving to repress or suppress
repressive
severe
tough
undemocratic
authoritarian
coercive
despotic
dictatorial
harsh
oppressive
tyrannical
anti-democratic
autocratic
fascist
totalitarian
tyrannous
absolute
brutal
cruel
dominating
draconian
iron-fisted
strict
suppressive
exploitive
forbidding
governing
illiberal
prohibiting
restrictive
restraining
domineering
overbearing
imperious
arbitrary
bossy
peremptory
authoritative
tyrannic
high-handed
ruthless
overweening
autocratical
masterful
rigid
inhuman
ironhanded
dogmatic
monocratic
magisterial
autarchic
unjust
heavy-handed
arrogant
relentless
pitiless
czarist
tsarist
doctrinaire
one-party
merciless
mean
overpowering
inflexible
stern
demanding
willful
wilful
overwhelming
proscriptive
crushing
unfair
stifling
hard
fascistic
commanding
absolutist
lordly
hardhanded
exacting
inexorable
iron-handed
pushy
summary
powerful
punitive
dystopian
uncontrolled
Neronian
unlimited
rough
haughty
inhibiting
troubling
depressing
aggressive
insistent
pontifical
monolithic
Stalinist
disciplinarian
unbending
hardass
stringent
communist
total
totalistic
unrestrained
prohibitory
unaccountable
officious
pushing
driving
czarlike
drastic
unconstitutional
prescriptive
austere
exigent
all-powerful
extreme
downright
single-party
inhibitory
dogmatical
unyielding
cocky
no joke
flat-out
no ifs ands or buts
straight out
firm
egotistic
dictative
clamorous
imperative
crack-the-whip
pompous
proud
controlling
imposing
dominant
high and mighty
pushful
inconsiderate
tightfisted
antiliberal
prohibitive
throwing weight around
very severe
alt-right
close-fisted
unreasonable
bullying
unrelenting
rigorous
uncompromising
implacable
burdensome
humourless
UK
trying
sober
onerous
humorless
US
stiff
rugged
grim
serious
nasty
excruciating
searing
staid
solemn
grievous
bitter
sobersided
grave
sedate
flinty
murderous
savage
weighty
unsmiling
astringent
no-nonsense
obdurate
uncomic
hard-nosed
po-faced
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Compelling, able or likely to persuade
forceful
compelling
convincing
persuasive
strong
effective
cogent
telling
powerful
conclusive
sound
influential
valid
potent
weighty
plausible
authoritative
impressive
efficacious
credible
decisive
logical
forcible
reasonable
satisfying
eloquent
rational
irresistible
lucid
reasoned
unanswerable
coherent
puissant
pithy
stringent
electric
elemental
gutsy
mighty
powerhouse
punchy
well-founded
coming on strong
effectual
solid
incontestable
moving
meaningful
incontrovertible
emphatic
clear
irrefutable
unassailable
swaying
unmistakable
believable
undeniable
reliable
impelling
pertinent
inducing
affecting
categorical
consequential
indubitable
indisputable
urgent
significant
relevant
assuasive
firm
suasive
definitive
touching
convictive
stirring
unquestionable
winning
enticing
seductive
stimulating
unequivocal
impactful
efficient
striking
unambiguous
sharp
coercive
good
well reasoned
useful
incisive
intelligent
assured
trenchant
pointed
definite
trusty
dependable
expressive
unarguable
well-defined
material
certain
irrefragable
authentic
satisfactory
productive
probable
sober
suasory
inspiring
acceptable
justified
realistic
compulsive
energetic
consistent
alluring
substantial
beyond doubt
motivating
beyond question
beyond dispute
crucial
well grounded
trustworthy
evident
momentous
dynamic
motivational
obvious
overpowering
proven
viable
provocative
well-grounded
accurate
hard-hitting
clear-cut
well-established
practical
capable
workable
determinative
formidable
great
crystalline
competent
undisputed
infallible
ingenious
successful
insightful
operative
intuitive
insistent
shocking
likely
important
possible
reassuring
startling
impactive
decided
distinct
presumable
factual
graphic
articulate
verisimilar
eventful
salient
systematic
demonstrative
colourable
methodical
unconditional
orderly
believeable
faithful
hard
suggestive
hopeful
apt
apposite
fitting
true-to-life
carrying conviction
well organized
absolute
inspirational
pivotal
resounding
meaning
instrumental
pregnant
serious
real
glib
rousing
revelatory
slick
poignant
fateful
swayful
formative
guiding
monumental
vigorous
central
responsible
contributory
controlling
encouraging
masterful
robust
able
critical
purposeful
considerable
imposing
far-reaching
animating
one-hundred percent
silky
outspoken
smooth
voluble
passionate
positive
sure
speaking
fluent
vivid
vocal
inveigling
actuating
luring
wheedling
ardent
silver-tongued
fervid
fervent
impassioned
smooth-tongued
inarguable
smooth-talking
patent
not taking no for an answer
manifest
unchallengeable
plain
final
accomplished
palpable
watertight
set
sustainable
right
justifiable
sensible
flawless
apodictic
grounded
prudent
just
bona fide
defensible
congruent
legit
unimpeachable
impregnable
helpful
valuable
supportable
maintainable
balanced
perceptive
sane
defendable
perspicuous
deductive
confirmed
informed
arguable
true
commonsensical
astute
irrebuttable
ironclad
overwhelming
invincible
apodeictic
levelheaded
discerning
pragmatic
analytical
germane
commonsense
legitimate
useable
beneficial
usable
consequent
analytic
vindicable
commonsensible
stable
double-checked
odds-on
nof ifs ands or buts
can bet on it
uncorrupted
attested
tested
intellectual
kosher
fit
functional
applicable
able to hold water
down-to-earth
holding water
matter-of-fact
well-reasoned
well-advised
clear-headed
well thought out
well advised
of help
requisite
serviceable
advantageous
constructive
of use
suitable
of assistance
fruitful
practicable
adequate
enough
nifty
worthwhile
proper
judicious
fair
correct
wise
tenable
verifiable
genuine
admissible
understandable
precise
appropriate
actual
established
objective
veritable
certified
exact
verified
accepted
thoughtful
decent
regular
okay
tangible
OK
authenticated
warranted
circumspect
passable
tolerable
honest
undoubted
allowable
orthodox
alright
demonstrable
strict
concrete
feasible
supported
all right
substantiated
veridical
sagacious
warrantable
respectable
official
rightful
level-headed
palatable
in order
conventional
good enough
up to standard
up to scratch
up to par
legal
unqualified
lawful
up to the mark
up to snuff
certifiable
standard
unerring
recognized
US
related
apropos
befitting
sufficient
fine
together
creditable
discriminating
perceptible
permissible
excusable
congruous
recognised
UK
agreeable
well-thought-out
formal
conceivable
veracious
validated
sufficing
documented
sufficiently good
to the point
pure
A-OK
to the purpose
enlightened
fixed
imaginable
thorough
normal
sage
existent
sheer
dinkum
thinkable
shrewd
felicitous
commensurate
organized
US
literal
sanctioned
demonstrated
knowing
advisable
becoming
average
opportune
fitted
organised
UK
intrinsic
unobjectionable
unexceptionable
cerebral
straight
inferential
fairish
deducible
relative
moderate
on the money
suited
well-organized
necessary
holding together
appurtenant
connected
presentable
common-sense
correlated
joined-up
linked
convenient
applicatory
truthful
clear-sighted
clear-eyed
fair-to-middling
sure-enough
full of common sense
complete
provable
having to do with
ad rem
on the nose
having direct bearing on
on the button
pardonable
learned
circumstantiated
condonable
licit
conforming
faultless
safe
confirmable
ratiocinative
physical
errorless
failsafe
pukka
traditional
clever
presumptive
discreet
perspicacious
profound
expedient
supposable
corporeal
approved
sapient
current
seemly
meet
express
customary
establishable
authorized
US
cool
fair enough
ceremonious
from the horse's mouth
inerrant
reflective
percipient
thinking
historical
substantive
without error
common
ceremonial
existing
fail-safe
politic
unimaginary
all there
inescapable
gainful
rock-solid
farsighted
philosophic
representative
best
authorised
UK
middling
thought-out
no-nonsense
present
comfortable
pat
well-informed
jake
de facto
hunky-dory
so-so
just right
compatible
quite good
based on good sense
unexceptional
within the bounds of possibility
spot on
not bad
in one's right mind
honest-to-goodness
for real
pertaining to
right on
bog-standard
on target
hard-headed
totally fine
subtle
extensional
juridicious
uncounterfeited
bonafide
unfaked
sterling
up front
original
unadulterated
potential
educated
undistorted
acknowledged
righteous
corroborated
knowledgeable
copper-bottomed
loyal
estimable
savvy
natural
undisputable
allowed
permitted
unquestioned
undoubting
guaranteed
tried
unembellished
right-thinking
right-minded
uncontested
exhaustive
based on hard data
based on hard facts
dispassionate
well balanced
unidealistic
checked
especial
de règle
open and shut
inductive
associable
deliberate
well informed
very
cast-iron
unalloyed
uncontradicted
total
considered
well-expressed
well-presented
prosaic
straightforward
unemotional
equitable
syllogistic
bearable
sufferable
endurable
proved
upheld
specious
documentary
nonfictional
apropos of
anticipated
reasoning
secure
tolerated
well-structured
well presented
well expressed
with both feet on the ground
fair-spoken
unimpassioned
cold
preferred
sustained
rigorous
got it together
copasetic
copacetic
ducky
to be expected
very likely
like enough
discernible
impartial
showing great knowledge
with great knowledge
hands-down
implicit
regulated
restrained
unprejudiced
conservative
controlled
temperate
appreciable
favorable
US
favourable
UK
worthy
concedable
colorable
aboveboard
thought through
delighting
peachy
groovy
pleasing
ample
fulfilling
gratifying
as sure as eggs is eggs
beyond a doubt
unexcessive
cognitive
making sense
unbiased
standing to reason
unextreme
ordered
mathematical
scientific
conformant
correspondent
harmonious
consonant
in point
accordant
concerning
pointful
referring
cognate
realizable
US
attainable
operational
achievable
non-spiritual
above board
measurable
intelligible
observable
suggested
timely
tactical
recommended
strategic
best suited
desirable
evenhanded
fair-minded
well considered
honest to God
doable
manageable
operable
endorsed
perceivable
quantifiable
detectable
stated
open to reason
forgivable
tried-and-true
straight-thinking
visible
phenomenal
within the law
not unlikely
not impossible
non-fictitious
non-fictional
checkable
testable
empirical
empiric
tried and true
tried and trusted
time-honored
tried and tested
time-honoured
accomplishable
honest-to-God
on the level
on the up-and-up
really-truly
sure-thing
for-sure
no buts about it
real stuff
venial
unimagined
living
bodily
by the book
canny
twenty-four-carat
honest-to-god
sure enough
within reach
within reason
regimented
prescribed
remissible
well defined
well documented
explainable
live
corporal
incarnate
embodied
scholarly
attestable
showable
evincible
pertaining
relatable
respected
explicit
mature
realisable
UK
witnessed
straight from horse's mouth
happy
ideal
formulaic
formalistic
ritual
routine
ceremonialistic
ritualistic
within possibility
within the realms of possibility
deep
sworn to
perfect
general
usual
pretty
qualified
serious-minded
vouched for
bang on
having all one's marbles
steady-going
au courant
prevailing
stock
popular
prevalent
in every respect
assuaging
appeasing
major
earthshaking
historic
big
expected
typical
accustomed
staple
ordinary
regulation
settled
swell
snug
pleasant
goodish
tailor-made
run-of-the-mill
pretty good
fairly good
made to order
completely understandable
middle-of-the-road
much
indicative
essential
heavy
standard-issue
going
earth-shattering
sententious
on the mark
most likely
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