Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ration

2 senses of ration

Sense 1
ration -- (restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city")
       => limit, circumscribe, confine -- (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")

Sense 2
ration, ration out -- (distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed")
       => allocate, apportion -- (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip")

Antonyms of adj rationed

1 sense of rationed

Sense 1
rationed -- (distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar")

INDIRECT (VIA distributed) -> concentrated -- (gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore")

Similarity of adj rationed

1 sense of rationed

Sense 1
rationed -- (distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar")
       => distributed (vs. concentrated) -- (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

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