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Verbs (21)
intimidate
v. to compel or deter by or as if by threats
constrain, encumber, cumber
v. hold back
hold, confine, straiten
v. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
keep, hold back, keep back
v. keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
bound, throttle, trammel, limit, restrict, confine
v. place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
control, curb, moderate, contain, hold in
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"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (203)
alarm, alert
v. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
threaten
v. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"
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"
curb, subdue, suppress, inhibit, conquer, stamp down
v. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
control, curb, moderate, restrain, contain, hold in
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"
cause, make, have, stimulate, get, induce
v. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
lash
v. bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"
center, centre, rivet, focus, pore, concentrate
v. direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
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"
adjust, adapt, get accustomed
v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
change, alter
v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
change, alter, vary
v. make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
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"
stick, cling, adhere, cohere
v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
follow, go after, come after, travel behind
v. to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"
carry, hold, take, bear, contain
v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
bar
v. secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"
pause suddenly, break off
v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
keep, prevent
v. prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
coincide, cooccur
v. go with, fall together
temper, moderate, chasten
v. restrain or temper
bridle, put a bridle on
v. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"
contract, narrow
v. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
order, regulate, regularize, govern
v. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
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"
adjust, adapt, get accustomed
v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
change, alter
v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
change, alter, vary
v. make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
hold, restrain, confine, straiten
v. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
muzzle, gag
v. prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"
muffle, mute, damp, deaden, dampen, tone down
v. of sounds or images
stifle, muffle, smother
v. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
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"
define, give a definition for
v. give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
demarcate, separate clearly
v. separate clearly and as if by boundaries
specify, intend, destine, designate
v. design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
mean, think of, have in mind
v. intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
qualify, characterize
v. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
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"
curb, restrict, curtail, cut back
v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
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
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"
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Antonyms (3)
extend, expand
v. become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
obey
v. be obedient to
restrain
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