- 3. Charter of government, fundamental law, organic law.
Constitutional, a.
- 1. Natural, inherent, inbred, inborn, innate, connate, congenital, organic.
- 2. Legal, lawful, legitimate, consistent with the constitution.
Constrain, v. a.
- 1. Compel, force, drive, oblige, coerce.
- 2. Confine, restrain, inthrall, hold, curb, put under restraint, keep down, keep under.
- 3. Urge, impel, draw, draw urgently or irresistibly.
Constraint, n.
- 1. Compulsion, force, necessity, obligation, coercion.
- 2. Confinement, restraint, imprisonment, incarceration, inthralment, durance, duress, captivity.
Constrict, v. a. Cramp, contract, compress.
Constriction, n. Contraction, compression.
Construct, v. a.
- 1. Fabricate, build, erect, raise, set up, put together.
- 2. Organize, institute, originate, invent, arrange, make, form, frame.
Constructor, n. Builder.
Construction, n.
- 1. Fabrication, erection, building.
- 2. Structure, formation, conformation, configuration, form, figure, shape, mode of constructing.
- 3. Interpretation, explanation, version, rendering.
Construe, v. a. Interpret, explain, expound, translate, render, put an interpretation upon.