Synonyms for curb
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1. curb

   Govern carries the idea of authoritative administration or some exercise of authority that is at once effective and continuous; control is effective, but may be momentary or occasional. One controls what he holds or can hold at will absolutely in check; as, a skilful horseman controls a spirited horse; a person controls his temper; we say to one who is excited, "control yourself." A person commands another when he has, or claims, the right to make that other do his will, with power of inflicting penalty if not obeyed; he controls another whom he can effectually prevent from doing anything contrary to his will; he governs one whom he actually does cause, regularly or constantly, to obey his will; a parent may command a child whom he can not govern or control. The best teachers are not greatly prone to command, but govern or control their pupils largely by other means. Command is, however, often used in the sense of securing, as well as requiring, submission or obedience, as when we speak of a commanding influence; a man commands the situation when he can shape events as he pleases; a fortress commands the region when no enemy can pass against its resistance. Govern implies the exercise of knowledge and judgment as well as power. To rule is more absolute and autocratic than to govern; to sway is to move by quiet but effectual influence; to mold is not only to influence feeling and action, but to shape character; to manage is to secure by skilful contrivance the doing of one's will by those whom one can not directly control; a wise mother, by gentle means, sways the feelings and molds the lives of her children; to be able to manage servants is an important element of good housekeeping. The word reign, once so absolute, now simply denotes that one holds the official station of sovereign in a monarchy, with or without effective power; the Queen of England reigns; the Czar of Russia both reigns and rules.

   Synonyms:
   command, control, direct, govern, influence, manage, mold, reign, reign over, restrain, rule, sway

   Antonyms:
   be in subjection, be subject, comply, obey, submit, yield

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1. curbverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, cohibit, hold, repress, check, moderate

   Antonyms:
   indulge, liberate, release, emancipate, loose, urge, free, incite, instigate, impel

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1. curb, curbing, kerbnoun

   an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

   Synonyms:
   curbing, curb bit, check, kerb, bridle

2. curb, curb bitnoun

   a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

   Synonyms:
   curbing, curb bit, check, kerb, bridle

3. American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Curbnoun

   a stock exchange in New York

   Synonyms:
   curbing, curb bit, check, kerb, bridle

4. bridle, check, curbverb

   the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

   "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

   Synonyms:
   impediment, baulk, cheque, stay, confirmation, bridle, tick, hitch, curb bit, chip, handicap, assay, stoppage, balk, check, check-out procedure, kerb, bank check, tab, chit, curbing, halt, deterrent, check mark, hinderance, hindrance, substantiation, stop, arrest, verification, checkout

5. control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderateverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   crack, ensure, mark, hold in, jibe, verify, gibe, mince, make, declare, lead, tick off, view as, carry, book, operate, concur, have, maintain, master, hold, moderate, sustain, learn, checker, check out, match, stamp down, conquer, retain, stop, nurse, defy, condition, assure, tame, cut back, guard, prevail, manipulate, comprise, break, suss out, check off, withstand, adjudge, suppress, accommodate, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, harbour, insure, soften, go over, reserve, check, hold back, give, take hold, train, go for, see, conceal, take, deem, incorporate, support, find out, obtain, discipline, apply, chasten, check over, restrict, bind, tone down, have got, entertain, subdue, temper, correspond, command, restrain, keep, concord, keep back, oblige, fit, throw, keep in line, arrest, check into, tally, enclose, contain, bear, inhibit, determine, hold up, retard, take for, turn back, harbor, chequer, delay, watch, defend, see to it, confine, chair, admit, curtail, tick, halt, obligate, agree, mark off

6. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb

   to put down by force or authority

   "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, capture, get over, master, crush, conquer, moderate, quash, keep down, surmount, restrict, suppress, bottle up, crucify, subjugate, reduce, control, stamp down, hold, seize, subordinate, tame, mortify, hold in, curtail, appropriate, contain, oppress, inhibit, cut back, overcome, subdue, repress, check

7. curbverb

   keep to the curb

   "curb your dogs"

   Synonyms:
   restrict, curtail, subdue, conquer, moderate, inhibit, check, hold in, cut back, contain, stamp down, control, suppress, hold

8. restrict, curtail, curb, cut backverb

   place restrictions on

   "curtail drinking in school"

   Synonyms:
   suppress, bring down, qualify, conquer, moderate, throttle, trim down, flash back, prune, inhibit, cut, trammel, trim back, lop, trim, cut down, reduce, control, subdue, stamp down, hold, cut short, confine, restrain, restrict, clip, hold in, curtail, contain, bound, limit, cut back, snip, crop, dress, check

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1. • Bit
   • Restrain
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1. curbnoun

   Synonyms:
   CHECK, restraint, hinderance, bridle

2. curbnoun

   Synonyms:
   curb-stone

3. curbverb

   Synonyms:
   check, restrain, control, bridle, put under restraint, keep under

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1. curbverb

   Synonyms:
   check, restrain, control, repress, bridle

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1. List of paraphrases for "curb":

   sidewalk, halt, stem, suppress, contain, stop, reduce, limit, restrict, curtail, rein, restrain, combat, curbing, brake, pavement, counter, dampen, deter

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1. Homer:

   But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

2. John Clarke:

   It jumped the curb. I yelled, it came toward the building and hit the building.

3. Stanley Fischer:

   The limited macroprudential toolkit in the United States leads me to conclude that there may be times when adjustments in monetary policy should be discussed as a means to curb risks to financial stability, a more restrictive monetary policy would, all else being equal, lead to deviations from price stability and full employment.

4. Ahmed Awad:

   We need the U.S. government to continue to lend its political and logistical support to the legitimate government and the Arab coalition, this will, in turn, help reinstating the government institutions, which will curb AQAP operations and lead to its demise. The conflict, according to the U.N., has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people, displaced millions and gutted the infrastructure of the country, already considered the poorest in the Middle East before the war began. Over the past few months, Yemen has been devastated not only by bombs and bullets, but has experienced a severe return of the once almost extinct – and under normal circumstances highly treatable – cholera. American involvement in the fight is increasing. Although the U.S. was forced to shutter Yemen Embassy in Washington D.C. in Yemen in 2015 and pull out special operations forces pursuing AQAP operatives as the conflict spiraled, the American military isincreasinglyembroiled in the embattled nation. U.S. troops have returned in small numbers, and the Trump administration has vastly accelerated the number of operations in the region in recent months. America’s engagement inside Yemen and its backing of The Saudi-led coalition, which supports Mubarak and the rest of the internationally-recognized government, is steeped in controversy. Government forces, Houthi rebels and Al-Qaeda factions control different parts of war-torn Yemen Much of the international media and human rights bodies have accused the U.S. of propping up a bloody Saudi-initiated war, a criticism Mubarak sharply denies. Some of the criticism may reflect a misunderstanding of the history and nature of the conflict. While many have framed the war as a Sunni-Shia sectarian conflict, Mubarak insists the two groups of Muslims, Shia and Sunni, have co-existed in Yemen for a very long time. ISIS, SQUEEZED OUT OF IRAQ AND SYRIA, NOW' REGROUPING' IN LIBYA, ANALYSTS SAY AL QAEDA IN AFGHANISTAN : HOW TERROR GROUP SURVIVES, THRIVES YEMENI REBELS SAY TARGETED UAE SHIP OF The Saudi-led coalition.

5. Heather Waters:

   Im going to grieve for a very long time, its like the worlds worst nightmare. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The sheriffs office released a photo of Anthony Gumina under arrest, sitting down on what appeared to be a curb. Officials said in order to protect the integrity of their homicide investigation, not further information is being released at this time. But while officials claim to have evidence linking Gumina to his wifes death, a family member told Fox 40 he believes the 44-year-old is innocent.