Antonyms for confined healthywellfreeliberatedunlimited Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright � 2013 by the Philip Lief Group. Cite This Source What does Tis the Season mean? More words related to confined captive adj. physically held by force bound caged confined enslaved ensnared imprisoned in custody incarcerated incommunicado jailed locked up penned restricted subjugated under lock and key cloistered adj. secluded cloistral confined hermitic hidden insulated recluse reclusive restricted secluse seclusive sequestered sheltered shielded shut off withdrawn close adj. dense, cramped circumscribed close-grained compact confined confining congested consolidated cropped crowded firm impenetrable impermeable jam-packed narrow packed restricted short solid substantial thick tight close adj. oppressive, humid airless breathless choky confined fusty heavy moldy motionless muggy musty stagnant stale stale-smelling sticky stifling stuffy suffocating sultry sweltering sweltry thick tight uncomfortable unventilated cramped adj. congested, overcrowded awkward circumscribed close closed in confined crabbed crowded hemmed in illegible incommodious indecipherable irregular jammed in little minute narrow packed pent restricted small squeezed tight tiny tucked up two-by-four uncomfortable disabled adj. incapacitated broken-down confined decrepit disarmed hamstrung handicapped helpless hurt incapable infirm laid-up lame maimed out-of-action out-of-commission paralyzed powerless run-down sidelined stalled weakened worn-out wounded wrecked Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright � 2013 by the Philip Lief Group. Cite This Source 1 2 3 ... 11 NEXT
Word Origin & History
confine c.1400, from L. confinium (pl. confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neut. of confinis "bordering on," from com- "with" + finis "an end" (see finish). The noun is older in Eng.; verb sense of "keeping within limits" is from 1595. Example Sentences for confined If it be possible for so universal a lover to be confined so long to one object? And what less did the world think of me now, he asked, than that I was confined that I might not? It might have been better had I confined myself to seconding the motion. Not long after his arrival he had a slight attack of fever, which confined him to his bed. EXPAND About Terms & Privacy � 2017 Dictionary.com, LLC.