Antonyms for limit
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lim-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪm ɪt |
Definition of limit
Origin :- c.1400, "boundary, frontier," from Old French limite "a boundary," from Latin limitem (nominative limes) "a boundary, limit, border, embankment between fields," related to limen "threshold." Originally of territory; general sense from early 15c. Colloquial sense of "the very extreme, the greatest degree imaginable" is from 1904.
- noun greatest extent
- noun physical boundary
- verb confine, restrict
- Do this up to the limit of your capital and I will make good anything you lose.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- They're negotiating now with the Rothschilds to limit the output of the Rio Tinto mines.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There is no limit to the moral baseness of the man of avarice.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- As much money as they would pay me was the limit of my expectation.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It was in fact a little way beyond what she had come to count her limit.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But after a whole week of Mabel he decided that the limit had been reached.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- But, there is a limit beyond which the plane surface cannot be reduced with safety.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- If I save my strength and make the most of it, there is scarcely a limit to what I may do.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
- There is a limit to the best man's experience; a margin of error in the best man's judgment.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- He seemed to say, "I'm ready for anything, the sky is the limit."
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Synonyms for limit
- absolute
- appoint
- assign
- bar
- bitter end
- border
- borderland
- bottle up
- bottom line
- bound
- bourne
- breaking point
- brim
- brink
- cap
- ceiling
- check
- circumscribe
- circumscription
- compass
- conclusion
- confinement
- confines
- constrict
- contract
- cork
- cramp
- curb
- cutoff point
- deadline
- define
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- destination
- draw the line
- edge
- end
- end point
- extent
- extreme
- extremity
- far out
- farthest point
- farthest reach
- fence
- finality
- fix
- frontier
- goal
- hem in
- hinder
- inhibit
- keep the lid on
- lessen
- limitation
- margin
- maximum
- narrow
- obstruction
- perimeter
- periphery
- precinct
- prescribe
- purlieu
- ration
- reduce
- restrain
- restraint
- restriction
- rim
- set
- specify
- termination
- the max
- the most
- tops
- ultimate
- utmost
- verge
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