/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of restrictiveness Find synonyms for: Noun1. restrictiveness, modification, qualifying, limitingusage: a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')2. unpermissiveness, restrictiveness, disposition, temperamentusage: a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limitsWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: panacea Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language