Synonyms of limit
85 similar words · 2 opposite words
Another word for limit is threshold. Other synonyms of limit are inverse limit, projective limit, check, straiten and behedge.
Synonyms and similar words for limit
nounThe cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- inverse limitA limit.
- projective limitSynonym of limit (“the cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely”).
verbTo restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
- checkTo control, limit, or halt.
- straiten
- behedgeTo straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
- blunt
- crimp
- foreclose formal
- delay
- diminish
- forestay
- retroact
- interfere
- intervene
- forslow
- frustrate
- get in the wayTo obstruct, hinder, or interfere.
- hamper
- dash
- handicap
- hinder
- hold up
- hurt
- impair
- impedeTo get in the way of; to hinder.
- incommode
- lessen
- let
- marTo spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
- obstruct
- overslaugh US, dialectalTo hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
- precludeTo remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
- prevent
- prohibitTo forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
- reduce
- restrictTo restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine.
- retard
- slow down
- stay
- stymie
- thwart
- thwartenTo be positioned contrary to; be set against; oppose; hinder.
- umbeset
- undermine
- weaken
- worsen
- guard
- govern formal
- smother
- bind figurativelyTo confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- chasten
- choke backTo hold back or suppress (an emotion, expression of emotion, or utterance), with difficulty.
- inhibit
- catch
- contain
- vanquishTo defeat (someone); to overcome.
- cork figuratively
- curbTo check, restrain or control.
- quench
- quell
- bury
- curtailTo limit or restrict; to keep in check.
- dampen
- hamshackle figurativelyTo bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.
- hold back
- hold downTo restrain; to check.
- repressTo check; to keep back.
- restrainTo restrict or limit.
- shackle figuratively
- stifleTo keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
- stop
- subdueTo overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
- suppressTo restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
- throttle figuratively
- underbringTo bring under subjection or control.
- withhold
- difficult obsoleteTo make difficult, hinder; to impede; to perplex.
- prevene obsolete
- withstrain archaicTo restrain.
nounRestriction.
- bound
- boundary
- limitation
- restriction
- thresholdThe quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.
- rim
Opposite of limit
Meaning of limit
- noun A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
- noun A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
- noun Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
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Questions about synonyms of limit
- What is another word for limit?
- Limit has 85 synonyms on Word.ws, such as threshold, inverse limit, projective limit, check, straiten, behedge, blunt and crimp.
- What is the opposite of limit?
- The opposite of limit is release. Other antonyms of limit are expand.
- What does limit mean?
- Limit means a restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
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