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Synonyms of confine in English:

confine


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verb

1‘their cats are confined in the house’

SYNONYMS
enclose, incarcerate, imprison, intern, impound, hold captive, trap
shut in, shut up, keep, pen in, pen up, cage, lock in, lock up, coop, coop up, box in, box up, immure, mew up
fence in, hedge in, hurdle, rail in, wall in, wall up
encircle, surround, ring, encompass, hem in, close in, kettle
North American corral
rare gird, compass
ANTONYMS

release

2‘he confined his remarks to the job in hand’

SYNONYMS
restrict, limit
keep within the limits of, not allow to go beyond