Synonyms for rein
reɪnrein

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1. rein

   Synonyms:
   curb, bridle, restrain, moderate, control, govern, check, hold

   Antonyms:
   indulge, loose, vent, discharge, humor

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1. reinnoun

   one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse

2. reinverb

   any means of control

   "he took up the reins of government"

3. harness, rein in, draw rein, reinverb

   control and direct with or as if by reins

   "rein a horse"

   Synonyms:
   tackle, draw rein, rein in, harness, rule

4. rein, rein inverb

   stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins

   "They reined in in front of the post office"

   Synonyms:
   rein in, draw rein, harness, rule

5. rein, rein inverb

   stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins

   "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"

   Synonyms:
   rein in, draw rein, harness, rule

6. rule, harness, reinverb

   keep in check

   "rule one's temper"

   Synonyms:
   rein in, find, predominate, harness, tackle, dominate, rule, draw rein, prevail, govern, decree, reign

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1. • Strap

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1. reinverb

   Synonyms:
   check, restrain, control, curb

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1. List of paraphrases for "rein":

   kidney, curb, purely

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1. Gregory Daco:

   Against this backdrop, we expect consumers will rein in their spending further in coming months, real consumer spending should see modest growth in the final quarter of the year, but we expect it will barely grow in 2023.

2. Gary Gensler:

   Senator Sanders should go beyond his existing plans for reforming Wall Street and endorse Hillary Clinton's tough, comprehensive proposals to rein in risky behavior within the shadow banking sector.

3. Sean Parker:

   Technology has addictive qualities that we have to address, and that product designers are working to make those products more addictive, and we need to rein that back as much as possible, financial services, consumer product goods, food — in technology, the government’s going to have to be involved.

4. Paul Stronski:

   It's time that people start to show some political restraint to rein this in on both sides.

5. David Dollar:

   The United States's possible that The United States's The United States, let the Chinese hawks have their free rein to get the Chinese scared of potentially what might happen.