confines

Examples

• All

• The artist sought inspiration beyond the confines of traditional painting.

• She felt restricted by the confines of the project guidelines.

• So it was not really within the confines of that series.

• Think beyond the confines of a restaurant.

• But these people, when we're inside the confines of competition, things are going to happen.

  Shawn Ryan Show

• Yeah, When you are growing and changing as a human being, you are going to leave the confines of your prior people.

  Grace Beverley

• Within the confines of the law, of course.

  American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007)

• So Abraham leaves the confines of his family.

  The Iced Coffee Hour

• The discussion of this topic is necessarily limited by the confines of the present essay.

  Academic text (1992)

• I would still have choices that I could make within the confines of what opportunities are afforded to me.

  Lex Fridman

Synonyms

R

range

vsconfines

∞ 2.9

The area or limits where something has an effect

is narrower, mainly about fixed edges rather than varying spans

L

limit

vsconfines

738 1.4

The edge or border of an area beyond which you cannot go

is the general notion of defined extent not only stopping points

B

boundary

vsconfines

232 3.1

A line or fence that marks the edge of an area and separates it from another

is the broader concept that defines how far something stretches

S

scope

vsconfines

215 4.6

The range that an activity or rule covers

focuses more on physical or subject edges than on coverage or influence

C

city limits

vsconfines

8 2.5

A line around a city that shows where the city area ends

covers borders of any area or subject, not only towns

B

bounds

vsconfines

2 3.2

A limit that shows how far something reaches

is a more general idea of extent rather than a measured edge

A

ambit

vsconfines

• Formal

1 8.1

The area in which a law, report, or job has effect

is more about physical or conceptual edges than about authority range

D

delimitation

vsconfines

• Formal

1 8.0

A line or limit that shows where one area ends and another begins

refers instead to the fixed edges rather than the act of making them

O

outer boundary

vsconfines

4.6

The far edge of an area or thing that shows its limits

is any defining edge rather than only the farthest one

Antonyms

E

expanse

46 4.6

A wide open area like land or water

How Wide

perimeter

271 4.1

extent

685 2.3

confines

45 5.1

boundary

232 3.1

edge

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology