Antonyms of adj restrictive

2 senses of restrictive

Sense 1
restrictive (vs. unrestrictive) -- (serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments")

unrestrictive (vs. restrictive) -- (not tending to restrict)
        => emancipative -- (tending to set free)
        => nonrestrictive -- (not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the nonrestrictive clause in `I always buy his books, which have influenced me greatly,' refers to his books generally and adds an additional fact about them")

Sense 2
restrictive -- ((of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports)

INDIRECT (VIA protective) -> unprotective -- (not affording protection)

Similarity of adj restrictive

2 senses of restrictive

Sense 1
restrictive (vs. unrestrictive) -- (serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments")
       => confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting -- (restricting the scope or freedom of action)
       => inhibitory, repressive, repressing -- (restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline")
       => limiting -- (strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause")
       => regulative, regulatory -- (restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene")
       => sumptuary -- (regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior; "sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding gambling")
       => suppressive -- (tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest")

Sense 2
restrictive -- ((of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports)
       => protective (vs. unprotective) -- (intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs")