Synonyms and Antonyms of circumscribe

draw a line around (verb.contact)

delineate, describe, draw, line, trace
make a mark or lines on a surface (verb.contact)
restrict or confine, (verb.change)

decrease, lessen, minify
make smaller (verb.contact)

(verb.change)
hold down
restrain (verb.change)
(verb.change)
keep down, number
place a limit on the number of (verb.change)
(verb.change)
cap
restrict the number or amount of (verb.change)
(verb.change)
curb, curtail, cut back, restrict
place restrictions on (verb.change)
(verb.cognition)
delimit, delimitate, demarcate
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something (verb.cognition)
(verb.consumption)
content
satisfy in a limited way (verb.consumption)
(verb.possession)
ration
restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war (verb.possession)

draw a line around (verb.contact)

circumscribe
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect (verb.contact)

(noun.act)
circumscription, circumscription
the act of circumscribing (noun.act)
restrict or confine, (verb.change)

limitation, restriction
an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) (noun.act)
(noun.act)
circumscription
the act of circumscribing (noun.act)
(noun.attribute)
bound, boundary, limit
the greatest possible degree of something (noun.attribute)
(noun.attribute)
limitation
the quality of being limited or restricted (noun.attribute)

to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect (verb.contact)

geometry
the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces (noun.cognition)

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