restrictive

adjectives

serving to restrict
"teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
restrictive
is derived from
restrictiveness
is derived from
restrict
is derived from
restrict
antonym
unrestrictive
is similar to
restricting the scope or freedom of action
confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting
is similar to
restrictive of action
"a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
inhibitory, repressing, repressive
is similar to
strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
"the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"
limiting
is similar to
restricting according to rules or principles
"a regulatory gene"
regulative, regulatory
is similar to
regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior
"sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding gambling"
sumptuary
is similar to
tending to suppress
"the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"
suppressive
(of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
restrictive
is derived from
restrict
is similar to
intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind
"a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"
protective