Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of restrict
adjectiverestricted (comparative more restricted, superlative most restricted)
comparative more restricted · superlative most restricted
- Limited within bounds.
- Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
restricted area
2 more examples
restricted access
a restricted military document
- UShistoricalOnly available to customers who do not belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
This hotel is restricted: no Blacks.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesubject to restriction or subjected to restriction
Opposite
adjectivethe lowest level of official classification for documents
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian ограничен, за ограничен кръг
- ограничен (ograničen)limited within bounds
- за ограничен кръг (za ograničen krăg)available only to certain authorized groups of people
Czech omezený, limitovaný
- omezenýlimited within bounds
- limitovanýlimited within bounds
Danish afgrænset, begrænset
- afgrænsetlimited within bounds
- begrænsetlimited within bounds
Finnish rajoitettu, rajattu
- rajoitettulimited within bounds
- rajattulimited within bounds
- salainenone of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document
French restreint, réservé
- restreintlimited within bounds
- réservéavailable only to certain authorized groups of people
German begrenzt
- begrenztlimited within bounds
Hindi वर्जित, प्रतिबंधित
- वर्जित (varjit)limited within bounds
- प्रतिबंधित (pratibandhit)limited within bounds
Hungarian korlátozott, korlátozó
- korlátozottlimited within bounds
- korlátozó(grammar) qualified
- elzártavailable only to certain authorized groups of people
- zártavailable only to certain authorized groups of people
- zárt körűavailable only to certain authorized groups of people
- tiltottavailable only to certain authorized groups of people
- meghívásosavailable only to certain authorized groups of people
Latin conclūsus
- conclūsuslimited within bounds
Norwegian avgrenset, avgrensa
- avgrensetlimited within bounds
- avgrensalimited within bounds
- begrensetlimited within bounds
Polish zastrzeżony
- zastrzeżonyone of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document
Portuguese restrito, restringido
- restritolimited within bounds
- restringidolimited within bounds
Romanian restricționat
- restricționatlimited within bounds
Spanish restricto, restringido
- restrictolimited within bounds
- restringidolimited within bounds
Swedish avgränsad, begränsad
- avgränsadlimited within bounds
- begränsadlimited within bounds
- bundenlimited within bounds
Welsh cyfyngedig, caeth
- cyfyngediglimited within bounds
- caethlimited within bounds
- cyfyngedigavailable only to certain authorized groups of people
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Cite this entry
APA
restricted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restricted
MLA
“restricted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restricted. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restricted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restricted.
Source: restricted on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.