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Synonyms for repress
rɪˈprɛsre·press
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 restrained from an action. Constrain refers almost exclusively to moral force, restrain frequently to physical force, as when we speak of putting one under restraint. To restrain an action is to hold it partially or wholly in check, so that it is under pressure even while it acts; to restrict an action is to fix a limit or boundary which it may not pass, but within which it is free. To repress, literally to press back, is to hold in check, and perhaps only temporarily, that which is still very active; it is a feebler word than restrain; to suppress is finally and effectually to put down; suppress is a much stronger word than restrain; as, to suppress a rebellion. Compare ARREST; BIND; KEEP.
Synonyms:
abridge, bridle, check, circumscribe, confine, constrain, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under, restrain, restrict, suppress, withholdAntonyms:
aid, animate, arouse, emancipate, encourage, excite, free, impel, incite, let loose, release, set free
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Princeton's WordNet
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduceverb
put down by force or intimidation
"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
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, tightensmother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repressverb
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
Synonyms:
keep down, cramp, muffle, surround, quash, halter, suppress, asphyxiate, subjugate, gag, mute, strangulate, throttle, reduce, hamper, put out, damp, suffocate, dull, smother, choke, stifle, dampen, tone down, strangle, subduesuppress, repressverb
put out of one's consciousness
Synonyms:
keep down, muffle, bottle up, oppress, stamp down, inhibit, reduce, subjugate, smother, crush, quash, stifle, suppress, conquer, curb, strangle, subduerepressverb
block the action of
Synonyms:
stifle, subdue, subjugate, muffle, strangle, keep down, smother, reduce, suppress, quash
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Editors Contribution
choke back (verb)
fail to control one’s emotions
they choked back tears (feelings; anger; disappointment, etc.)
Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#143 | number | |
#259 | subject | |
#272 | check | |
#333 | control | |
#656 | keep | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1314 | master | |
#1324 | cut | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2215 | avoid | |
#2448 | void | |
#4349 | thin | |
#5998 | trim | |
#6310 | slim | |
#7387 | calm | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#8297 | surround | |
#9196 | concentrate | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12429 | gag | |
#12551 | curb | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#13293 | dull | |
#15923 | mute | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#17439 | punish | |
#17901 | inhibit | |
#18220 | damp | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#18868 | subordinate | |
#21204 | choke | |
#21226 | halter | |
#21844 | tighten | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#22879 | tame | |
#23611 | hamper | |
#23641 | withhold | |
#26128 | shorten | |
#27773 | smother | |
#28687 | dilute | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#31363 | constrain | |
#34032 | invalidate | |
#34720 | suppressing | |
#36343 | confine | |
#37428 | bridle | |
#43067 | stifle | |
#44779 | cramp | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#53900 | quell | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#60869 | strangle | |
#65899 | nullify | |
#66240 | quash | |
#66795 | oppress | |
#71168 | overpower | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#80071 | annul | |
#82036 | suffocate | |
#82163 | abbreviate | |
#100697 | surmount | |
#101576 | abridge | |
#115405 | muffle | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#158830 | circumscribe | |
#219145 | mortify | |
#246567 | chasten |
How to use repress in a sentence?
Since the death instinct exists in the heart of everything that lives, since we suffer from trying to repress it, since everything that lives longs for rest, let us unfasten the ties that bind us to life, let us cultivate our death wish, let us develop it, water it like a plant, let it grow unhindered. Suffering and fear are born from the repression of the death wish.
There was a time in which the main violator of human rights was the state. It was the violator par excellence of human rights. That's over, i, as president, and at the same time as commander of the country's armed forces, will never give the order to massacre, to repress the people of Mexico.
As international journalists we also understand the importance of freedom of artistic expression. Together we will stand united against anyone who would repress free speech anywhere, from North Korea to Paris.
Today's action highlights how private firms in China's defense and surveillance technology sectors are actively cooperating with the government's efforts to repress members of ethnic and religious minority groups, treasury remains committed to ensuring that the U.S. financial system and American investors are not supporting these activities.
Extending the emergency will allow Thai authorities to continue to repress contrary views, arrest critics, and ban peaceful rallies for political and not public health reasons.
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