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Synonyms for limit
Synonyms for limit: bound and circumscribe. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for limit
- boundverb, in the sense "place limits on (extent or amount or access)"
- circumscribeverb, in the sense "restrict or confine within limits"
All two are filed under limit's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
place limits on (extent or amount or access)
Limit the time you can spend with your friends.
limit in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The manager decided to limit overtime hours after the holiday rush ended.
- In her letter, she asked the committee to limit access to the archive on weekends.
How it behaves: In this sense limit usually takes a direct object naming a quantity, duration, or type of access, and often appears in infinitive or imperative constructions such as instructions or policies.
The true synonym
bound
Same sentence, swapped: Bound the time you can spend with your friends.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot limit is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- set
- produce
- prevent
Opposites, in this sense
expand and unleash reverse limit as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of limit takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- expand
- unleash
restrict or confine within limits
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day.
The true synonym
circumscribe
Same sentence, swapped: I circumscribe you to two visits to the pub a day.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for limit in the sentence quoted.
- throttle
- set
- shrink
Where limit turns up in the game
limit is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where limit is the trap
- dyingnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is death, in the sense "the time when something ends", and limit is on the board beside it.
- gainnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is increase, in the sense "a quantity that is added", and limit is on the board beside it.
- preventverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is keep, in the sense "stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state", so limit is there to be ruled out.
- screenverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is sort, in the sense "examine in order to test suitability", so limit is there to be ruled out.
Play limit
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so limit reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because change is the company limit keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. limit carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.