Trammel

Pronunciation: /ˈtræməl/

Trammel (noun)

  1. A thing that limits someone's freedom or actions.
  2. A type of net used for catching fish.

Examples

  • The new rules are a trammel to innovation.
  • Bureaucracy can act as a trammel to progress.

Common collocations: trammel of regulations, trammel on creativity, cast a trammel, repair the trammel, trammel progress

Trammel (verb)

  1. To limit someone's freedom or actions.

Examples

  • The policy will trammel economic growth.
  • Don't let fear trammel your ambitions.

Synonyms of Trammel

Formal

Neutral

Antonyms of Trammel

  • — when discussing ease of movement or action
  • — when discussing freedom from constraints