restrictive B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/ UK /rɪˈstrɪktɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #42127 Meanings 1 adj limiting what someone can do, use, or access The license was too restrictive for an open-source project. 2 adj serving to restrict trade, movement, or behavior The city relaxed its most restrictive parking rules. 3 noun a grammatical element, especially a clause, that narrows the reference of a noun phrase In students who arrived late, the relative clause is a restrictive. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · limiting what someone can... limitingconfiningconstraining 2 adj · serving to restrict trade,... prohibitivenarrow 3 noun · a grammatical element,... restrictive clause ↔ Opposites permissiveunrestrictedliberal Word family Derived forms restrictivelyrestrictivenessnonrestrictiveoverrestrictive Related forms restrictrestriction Common collocations restrictive clause Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle French restrictif, ultimately from Latin restringere (to bind back, restrain), plus -ive. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # restrictive **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/ **IPA (UK):** /rɪˈstrɪktɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 42127 ## Meanings 1. limiting what someone can do, use, or access 2. serving to restrict trade, movement, or behavior 3. a grammatical element, especially a clause, that narrows the reference of a noun phrase ## Examples - The license was too restrictive for an open-source project. - The city relaxed its most restrictive parking rules. - In students who arrived late, the relative clause is a restrictive. ## Synonyms - limiting - confining - constraining - prohibitive - narrow ## Antonyms - permissive - unrestricted - liberal ## Derived Forms - restrictively - restrictiveness - nonrestrictive - overrestrictive ## Related Forms - restrict - restriction ## Etymology From Middle French restrictif, ultimately from Latin restringere (to bind back, restrain), plus -ive. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown