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Confined

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Similar meaning 10

Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Confining 84% connected

of Confine

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Confining 84% connected

of Confine

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Pent 84% connected

of Pen

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Pent 84% connected

of Pen

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Unfree 84% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

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Unfree 84% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Weather-bound 84% connected

Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Weather-bound 84% connected

Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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See also 4

Unfree 66% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unfree 66% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Captive 92% connected

A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Imprisoned 92% connected

of Imprison

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Invasive 94% connected

Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Invasive 94% connected

Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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