confined
Definitions
Restricted in area, volume, or scope; cramped.
Kept within specific limits or boundaries; imprisoned or restrained.
Bedridden or unable to leave a particular place due to illness or infirmity.
Examples
The patient was confined to his bed for several weeks while he recovered from the surgery.
The wildfire was eventually confined to a small area of the forest by the firefighters.
She felt confined by the strict rules and expectations of her small hometown.
Synonyms
restricted enclosed limited cramped contained bounded constrained
Antonyms
unrestricted spacious free open unbounded expansive liberated