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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'subdue' Princeton's WordNet 

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

3. (verb) mortify, subdue, crucify
hold within limits and control
Synonyms: chasten, get over, master, inhibit, conquer, pillory, quash, humble, surmount, frustrate, bedevil, suppress, abase, chagrin, savage, keep down, dun, gangrene, torment, crucify, subjugate, sphacelate, humiliate, reduce, curb, stamp down, subordinate, tame, necrose, mortify, rag, blast, overcome, subdue, repress

4. (verb) overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
get on top of; deal with successfully
Synonyms: chasten, cut through, bounce back, get over, overwhelm, master, inhibit, conquer, quash, sweep over, whelm, surmount, scale, get the best, cut across, have the best, dominate, suppress, outmatch, exceed, outgo, outperform, defeat, outstrip, crucify, subjugate, get the hang, reduce, control, surpass, subdue, curb, stamp down, traverse, subordinate, tame, pass over, get well, mortify, outdo, cover, repress, cross, overtake, get across, overcome, keep down, track, overpower, get the better of

5. (verb) subordinate, subdue
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
Synonyms: crucify, surmount, curb, chasten, tame, stamp down, inhibit, overcome, subdue, reduce, suppress, repress, subjugate, master, quash, subordinate, conquer, keep down, get over, mortify

6. (verb) tame, chasten, subdue
correct by punishment or discipline
Synonyms: chasten, get over, domesticate, naturalise, master, inhibit, conquer, moderate, quash, cultivate, surmount, objurgate, castigate, domesticise, reclaim, suppress, temper, tone down, crucify, subjugate, correct, reduce, subdue, curb, stamp down, domesticize, subordinate, tame, mortify, chastise, overcome, naturalize, keep down, repress


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'subdue' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. subdue
Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly re
Synonyms: chasten, afflict, chastise, discipline, punish, refine, subdue, castigate, correct, humble, purify, soften, try


'subdue' - Nearby Entries  

subduction  subdued  subduedness  subdue  subduer  subdural  subedit  



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