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v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

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Fuzzynyms (169)

control, controlling

n. the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"

constraint

n. the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others

decrease, lessen, make smaller, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

cut, contract, reduce, shorten, abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten

v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

resume, sum up, summarize

v. give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

cut, trim, reduce, cut back, cut down on, cut down, trim down, trim back, make a reduction in, bring down

v. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

break, pause, leave off, intermit, take a break

v. cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

ground, confine to the ground, restrict to the ground

v. confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"

bound, throttle, trammel, limit, restrict, restrain, confine

v. place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

qualify, restrict

v. make more specific; "qualify these remarks"

suppress, repress

v. put out of one's consciousness

reduce, keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate

v. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

restrain, constrain, encumber, cumber

v. hold back

calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize

v. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

still, calm, lull, tranquilize, tranquillize, quieten, calm down, make calm

v. make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

muzzle, gag

v. prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

cover, whitewash, hush up, cover up, gloss over, sleek over

v. gloss over

leash, rope, fasten with a rope

v. fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely"

hide, conceal

v. prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"

inhibit

v. limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

bridle, put a bridle on

v. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

suppress, repress

v. put out of one's consciousness

reduce, keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate

restrain, constrain, encumber, cumber

v. hold back

stifle, dampen

v. smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

decide, determine, decide upon, make up one's mind

v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

stifle, muffle, smother

v. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

bridle, put a bridle on

v. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"

supervise, manage, oversee, superintend

v. watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

control, harness, rein, rule, keep in check

v. keep in check; "rule one's temper"

muffle, mute, damp, deaden, dampen, tone down

v. of sounds or images

palliate, extenuate, mitigate

v. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

muzzle, gag

v. prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

contract, narrow

v. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

consult, take counsel

v. advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry"

inhibit

v. limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

temper, moderate, chasten

v. restrain or temper

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

control, mortify, subdue, contain

v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

modulate, regulate

v. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"

try, judge, adjudicate

v. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

Synonyms (5)

kerb market, kerbstone market

n. (in Britain) a market for the sale of unlisted securities

cut, prune, rationalize

v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

Antonyms (3)

stimulate, excite

v. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"

obey

v. be obedient to

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