Meaning of confined in English
Classifying Adjective
confinedDefinitions
1. enclosed by a confining fenceSynonyms
- 2. deprived of liberty
Examples
- « especially placed under arrest or restraint »
Synonyms
- 3. in captivity
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
confinedDefinitions
1. not free to move aboutSynonyms
- claustrophobic
- close
- confining
- homebound
- housebound
- shut-in
- pent
- shut up(p)
- snowbound
- weather-bound
- stormbound
Antonyms
- 2. not invading healthy tissue
Antonyms
Famous quotes
- « Jail didn't make me find God, He's always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls. » Lil Wayne
- « Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with bargains and tied to a peace treaty which might have been disposed of long ago to the great benefit of the world if it had not been compelled to carry this rider on its back? » Henry Cabot Lodge
- « It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something. » John Lewis
- « One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises. » Chanakya
- « To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a needful gift they have to offer which cannot be offered so long as they are confined by poverty. » Rowan D. Williams