LIMITS Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

limits 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of limit

as in restricts

to set bounds or an upper limit for limit the note to a few words

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as in defines

to mark the limits of adjectives limit the meanings of nouns

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limits

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noun

plural of limit

as in limitations

a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go there was no limit to the number of challenges they faced

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as in heights

the most extreme or advanced point those bratty kids have pushed my patience to the limit

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Verb

That links the card to their identity and the spending limits their employer has set. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Department policy limits data retention to 60 days, prohibits the sale of ALPR data to third parties and restricts data sharing. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Scalp-cooling systems work by lowering the temperature of the scalp, which reduces blood flow to hair follicles and limits the amount of chemotherapy medication reaching them. — Melissa May, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The risk of transmission also limits contact with the patients even after death, depriving families of closure and the opportunity to observe their preferred burial rites. — Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 The Duo limits you to two apps running side by side at a time. — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 The hotel is situated in a floodway, which limits construction for safety purposes, so since 1993 the site’s various owners haven’t been able to build anew; renovating ad infinitum has proven to be just dandy though. — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Folks in Europe can get the 900 in an A2-friendly configuration that limits its power output. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

Noun

Some of the rooms are off-limits, but visitors will get to see Duke's extraordinary collection of Islamic art. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026 Flight imposes strict weight limits, so birds pack enormous numbers of very small neurons into very small brains. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 Still, Duet shares its usage limits with ordinary Claude chats. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 The new sink is made from cast glass and shaped through fire revealing the expressive depth of a material pushed to its limits. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 The display also provides access to battery information and charging limits. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 The airport was off limits to journalists, and no manifest for the flights has been provided. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 Ukraine said last week that limits were imposed without warning on its use of Starshield, the military variant of the Starlink internet service run by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, affecting battlefield missions reliant on it. — Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 France, unlike the United States, places strict limits on campaign spending, but money still shapes the broader political ecosystem. — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for limits

Verb

The complaint asks the Placer County District Attorney’s Office to review the city’s actions under state Government Code Section 8314, which restricts the use of public resources for political campaigns.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The area restricts movement on or off any premises with poultry.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of restricts

Verb

Here’s what defines it, and where to find it around metro Atlanta.

— Su-Jit Lin, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Last but not least, Question 3 asks voters whether to change how the state defines its congressional districts, paving the way for redistricting in the coming years.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of defines

Noun

However, limitations in communication geometry can leave gaps in how missiles receive information from battlefield sensors.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
For arrivals willing to submit to the experimental, ever-evolving social structure, and to the limitations that were placed on newcomers, the technologically superior Eiquans professed an indifference that amounted to a willing welcome.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of limitations

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SpaceX is shooting for new heights with its upcoming Starship test flight, and the booster tapped for the mission is in its final stretch of preparations before the mission.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Egyptian cinema once dominated film production across the Arab world, but output fell dramatically from its late-20th-century heights.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of heights

Verb

Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.

— Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025

Definition of confines

Verb

Throughout the event, a guy bounds around, introducing the recordists, then crouching to cue their recordings on a laptop, his dark, longish hair under a black dad cap bearing the club’s name.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
With the sprightly energy of a schoolboy, Jean-Paul Doron bounds into an empty creek, his red suede shoes scraping pale rocks.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of bounds

Noun

As Claudia, Curtis is perfectly biting and obnoxious, willing to insert herself into her ex-husband’s life for sport, stomping on his feeble boundaries.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
OpenAI wants its security boundaries to hold even when models actively attempt to defeat them.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of boundaries

Noun

These ancient systems are silent observers of history, capturing thousands of years’ worth of stories in depths of peat that patiently await discovery.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Searching for Wendy in the depths of the Sephora store, Stan watches his surroundings shift from slightly off, to off, to get-me-the-hell-out-of-here off.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

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