1. (verb)intimidate make timid or fearful Synonyms: restrain
2. (verb)intimidate, restrain to compel or deter by or as if by threats Synonyms: restrict, bound, restrain, throttle, keepback, limit, constrain, trammel, hold back, confine, keep, encumber, hold, intimidate, cumber
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'intimidate'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. intimidate One is frightened by a cause of fear addressed directly and suddenly to the senses; he is intimidated by an apprehension of contingent consequences dependent on some act of his own to be done or Synonyms: frighten, affright, appal, cow, dismay, scare, alarm, browbeat, daunt, intimidate, terrify