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Definition of Restrictive

• (a.) Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
• (a.) Astringent or styptic in effect.

Synonyms of Restrictive

• Confining
• Constraining
• Constrictive
• Limiting
• Restricting
• Inhibitory
• Repressive
• Repressing
• Regulative
• Regulatory
• Sumptuary
• Suppressive

Antonyms of Restrictive

• Nonrestrictive
• Unprotective
• Unrestrictive
• Emancipative

Homophones of Restrictive