| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited |
| Synonyms: | barred, blocked, bound, bounded, bridled, chained, checked, clogged, closed, confined, controlled, cramped, curbed, decreased, defined, deprived, deterred, diminished, encircled, encircled, fastened, fettered, foiled, frustrated, governed, hampered, held back, hitched, impeded, inhibited, manacled, moderated, modified, narrowed, obstructed, prescribed, prevented, reduced, reined in, repressed, restrained, secured, shortened, small, stayed, stopped, suppressed, surrounded, tempered, tethered |
| Main Entry: | bounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited, confined |
| Synonyms: | belted, bordered, boundaried, circumscribed, compassed, contiguous, defined, definite, delimited, determinate, edged, encircled, enclosed, encompassed, enveloped, fenced, finite, flanked, fringed, girdled, hedged, hog-tied, limitary, restricted, rimmed, ringed, surrounded, walled |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, unbounded, unconfined, unlimited |
| Main Entry: | captive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically held by force |
| Synonyms: | bound, caged, confined, enslaved, ensnared, imprisoned, in custody, incarcerated, incommunicado, jailed, locked up, penned, restricted, subjugated, under lock and key |
| Antonyms: | free, independent, loose |
| Main Entry: | classified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | top-secret |
| Synonyms: | confidential, private, restricted, secret |
| Main Entry: | cloistered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secluded |
| Synonyms: | cloistral, confined, hermitic, hidden, insulated, recluse, reclusive, restricted, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, sheltered, shielded, shut off, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | free, open, unsecluded |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dense, cramped |
| Synonyms: | circumscribed, close-grained, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, uncramped |
| Main Entry: | closed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exclusive, independent |
| Synonyms: | restricted, self-centered, self-contained, self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining |
| Antonyms: | open, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | comparative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approximate, close to |
| Synonyms: | allusive, analogous, approaching, by comparison, comparable, conditional, connected, contingent, contrastive, correlative, corresponding, equivalent, in proportion, like, matching, metaphorical, near, not absolute, not positive, parallel, provisional, qualified, related, relative, restricted, rivaling, similar, vying, with reservation |
| Notes: | positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying the sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective |
| Antonyms: | unequal, unlike |
| Main Entry: | conditional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dependent |
| Synonyms: | codicillary, contingent, depending on, fortuitous, granted on certain terms, guarded, iffy, incidental, inconclusive, limited, modified, not absolute, obscure, provisional, provisory, qualified, relative, reliant, relying on, restricted, restrictive, subject to, tentative, uncertain, with grain of salt, with reservations, with strings attached |
| Antonyms: | independent, unconditional, unlimited, unqualified, unrestricted |