All limit synonyms
limΒ·it
L l noun limit
- restriction β something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- ceiling β A ceiling is the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room.
- restraint β a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- cap β A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
- maximum β the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- deadline β A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- verge β the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
- fence β a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- bound β Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- obstruction β something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- rim β the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- brim β The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
- circumscription β the act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed
- border β The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- brink β If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.
- absolute β Absolute means total and complete.
- goal β the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- destination β The destination of someone or something is the place to which they are going or being sent.
- conclusion β When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- confines β limits; boundaries
- confinement β Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- finality β the state, quality, or fact of being final; conclusiveness or decisiveness.
- limitation β a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- utmost β of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, or the like; greatest: of the utmost importance.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- ultimate β last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
- termination β the act of terminating.
- margin β the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- bourne β a brook or rivulet.
- tops β pertaining to, situated at, or forming the top; highest; uppermost; upper: the top shelf.
- perimeter β the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- frontier β the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- periphery β the external boundary of any surface or area.
- purlieu β purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- compass β A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
- precinct β a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- borderland β The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
verb limit
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- inhibit β to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- lessen β to become less.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- specify β to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- define β to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
- appoint β If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- cramp β Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.