Synonyms for censor
ˈsɛn sərcen·sor

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   censurer

2. censornoun

   To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers

   The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.

   Synonyms:
   censurer

3. censornoun

   An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content

   The headmaster is an even stricter censor for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.

   Synonyms:
   censurer

4. censornoun

   One who censures or condemns

   Synonyms:
   censurer

5. censornoun

   A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious

   Synonyms:
   censurer

6. censornoun

   (acronym) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

   Synonyms:
   censurer

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1. censornoun

   someone who censures or condemns

2. censorverb

   a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

3. ban, censorverb

   forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

   Synonyms:
   blackball, banish, ostracise, ban, cast out, ostracize, shun

4. censorverb

   subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

   "This magazine is censored by the government"

   Synonyms:
   ban

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   inspector, critic

2. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   censurer, caviller

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   inspector, reviewer, critic, caviler, censurer

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1. List of paraphrases for "censor":

   censure, censorship, reproach, admonish, sergeant, decry

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How to use censor in a sentence?

1. Victoria Neave:

   This is yet another attempt by Republicans to censor the voices of people of color following 10 months of power grabs like advancing anti-voter legislation, discriminatory redistricting maps, and censoring what educators teach in school.

2. Tor Ekeland:

   Clearview AI is a search engine that uses only publicly available images accessible on the internet, it is absurd that The ACLU wants to censor which search engines people can use to access public information on the internet. The First Amendment forbids this.

3. Eric Schmitt:

   Our landmark lawsuit against the Biden administration for allegedly colluding with social media companies to censor freedom of speech has uncovered a vast ‘censorship enterprise,’ we plan to depose key Biden administration officials, and will continue to work to expose the federal government’s efforts to censor free speech.

4. Attorney Jeremy Dys:

   This is the private speech of these cheerleaders and for the school district to censor that speech violates the Constitution, the school district has fought us every step along the way.

5. Archibald MacLeish:

   Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. For the American citadel is a man. Not man in general. Not man in the abstract. Not the majority of men. But man. That man. His worth. His uniqueness.