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Antonyms for curb
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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. curbverb

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

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

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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. curbverb

    Synonyms:
    check, restrain, control, repress, bridle

How to use curb in a sentence?

  1. Dale Breunig:

    I loved it, we drove around and people were out at the curb and they all waved and it was just like some parades.

  2. Haruhiko Kuroda:

    Consumption is expected to pick up if further progress in vaccinations allow society to curb infections, while resuming economic activity, but the timing and pace of recovery in consumption remains highly uncertain and could change depending on how the pandemic unfolds.

  3. Adrian Lovett:

    [The web] is both a lifeline and a critical force in helping to curb the spread of the virus, providing vital public health information and helping us live virtually when meeting physically threatens human lives, while this crisis affects everyone, those without the tools to protect themselves and their families are more vulnerable to the virus and its painful economic and social impacts.

  4. Shannon Johnstone:

    Throwing bodies into landfill after being injected with a barbiturate isn't good for the environment, my hope is that underlying that, we can figure out what to do to curb overpopulation from starting in first place.

  5. Assistant States Attorney James Murphy:

    He thought he hit the curb last night and remembers that he heard a noise, he never thought it was a person and said he did stop after he hit something and then he then gunned the car.

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#625release
#868submit
#4557yield
#5119comply
#5227loose
#9811urge
#12551curb
#14320obey
#20396indulge
#35984liberate
#42683incite
#76428instigate
#108145impel
#138553emancipate

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