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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'repress'

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1. (verb) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
put down by force or intimidation
Synonyms: chasten, strangle, get over, suppress, concentrate, master, conquer, avoid, quash, slim down, boil down, surmount, scale down, annul, trim down, thin out, inhibit, lose weight, decoct, cut, foreshorten, nullify, abbreviate, trim, slenderize, subject, shorten, deoxidise, crucify, subjugate, cut down, abridge, reduce, contract, melt off, subdue, curb, stamp down, invalidate, deoxidize, come down, subordinate, tame, number, mortify, dilute, slim, shrink, smother, thin, bring down, trim back, cut back, overcome, muffle, keep down, stifle, void, repress, tighten

2. (verb) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
conceal or hide
Synonyms: keep down, cramp, muffle, surround, quash, halter, suppress, asphyxiate, subjugate, gag, mute, strangulate, throttle, reduce, hamper, repress, put out, damp, suffocate, dull, smother, choke, stifle, dampen, tone down, strangle, subdue

3. (verb) suppress, repress
put out of one's consciousness
Synonyms: keep down, muffle, bottle up, oppress, stamp down, inhibit, reduce, repress, subjugate, smother, crush, quash, stifle, suppress, conquer, curb, strangle, subdue

4. (verb) repress
block the action of
Synonyms: stifle, subdue, subjugate, muffle, strangle, keep down, smother, reduce, suppress, quash

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'repress'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. repress
To restrain is to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force. Constrain is positive; restrain is negative; one is constrained to an action; he is re
Synonyms: restrain, abridge, constrain, hold in, keep under, bridle, curb, keep, repress, check, hinder, keep back, restrict, circumscribe, hold, keep down, suppress, confine, hold back, keep in, withhold
Antonyms: aid, arouse, encourage, free, incite, release, animate, emancipate, excite, impel, let loose, set free

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