Meanings
comparative more unrestrained · superlative most unrestrained
- Immoderate; not restrained or held in check; inordinate (literary).
The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.
Synonyms: intemperate, lavish, wanton, devilish, excessive, horrendous, de trop, extravagant · Antonyms: moderate, restrained
- Spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained.
Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.
Synonyms: genuine, heartfelt, sincere · Antonyms: forced, insincere, restrained, rigid, stiff
- Not subject to physical restraint.
Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.
2009, Russell Colling, Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security, page 3461 more example
In an accident there will often be injuries, as people are unrestrained. But in the case of Sandilands, I don't think anyone would have foreseen the seven deaths and 62 injuries that occurred when the tram overturned [...].
2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32Synonyms: unbound, unconstrained, incontinent · Antonyms: bound, constrained, restrained
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unrestrain
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveImmoderate; not restrained or held in check; inordinate (literary).
adjectiveSpontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained.
adjectiveNot subject to physical restraint.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot subject to restraint
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian невъздържан, невъздържан
- невъздържан (nevăzdăržan)not held in check
- невъздържан (nevăzdăržan)unconstrained
Chinese Mandarin 無限制的 /无限制的
- 無限制的 /无限制的 (wúxiànzhì de)not held in check
Finnish hillitön, hillitön
- hillitönnot held in check
- hillitönunconstrained
French non restreint
- non restreintnot held in check
German unbeherrscht, ungehemmt
- unbeherrschtnot held in check
- ungehemmtunconstrained
- hemmungslosunconstrained
Greek ασυγκράτητος
- ασυγκράτητος (asygkrátitos)not held in check
Hindi आज़ाद
- आज़ाद (āzād)unconstrained
Irish gan chosc
- gan choscnot held in check
Italian scatenato, senza freno
- scatenatonot held in check
- senza frenonot held in check
- senza moderazionenot held in check
Japanese 抑制されていない, 自然
- 抑制されていない (yokusei sarete inai)not held in check
- 自然 (shizen)unconstrained
Korean 억제되지 않은
- 억제되지 않은 (eokjedoeji aneun)not held in check
Latin licens, prōruptus
- licensnot held in check
- prōruptusunconstrained
Māori tīwēwē, kāore i ārikarika
- tīwēwēnot held in check
- kāore i ārikarikanot held in check
- māhorahoraunconstrained
Polish nieograniczony, niepohamowany
- nieograniczonynot held in check
- niepohamowanynot held in check
- swobodnyunconstrained
Russian необу́зданный, безу́держный
- необу́зданный (neobúzdannyj)not held in check
- безу́держный (bezúderžnyj)not held in check
- несде́ржанный (nesdéržannyj)not held in check
- безу́держный (bezúderžnyj)unconstrained
- несде́ржанный (nesdéržannyj)unconstrained
Spanish descontrolado, sin tasa
- descontroladonot held in check
- sin tasanot held in check
- descontroladounconstrained
- desenfrenadounconstrained
Ukrainian нестри́маний, нестри́мний
- нестри́маний (nestrýmanyj)not held in check
- нестри́мний (nestrýmnyj)not held in check
- неприбо́рканий (neprybórkanyj)not held in check
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unrestrained
Cite this entry
unrestrained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrestrained
“unrestrained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrestrained. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrestrained,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrestrained.
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