restricted - Definition | Dictionary definition of restricted

Definition of restricted

subject to restriction or subjected to restriction

"of restricted importance"

Synonyms:: classified
official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; confined
not free to move about; unfree
hampered and not free; not able to act at will; circumscribed, limited
subject to limits or subjected to limits; closed
not open to the general public; off-limits, out-of-bounds
barred to a designated group

Antonyms:: unrestricted
not subject to or subjected to restriction; free
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; all-weather
usable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather; discretionary
(especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed; open
accessible to all; open-plan
(of rooms or buildings) having large rooms with few dividing partitions; open-ended
without fixed limits or restrictions; show more antonyms...

restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')

the lowest level of official classification for documents

Synonyms:: classified
official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation