vverb.changebring under control by force or authoritySynset:conquer stamp down subdue suppress
Examples:- suppress a nascent uprising
- stamp down on littering
- conquer one's desires
Derivationally Related Form:subduersuppressionsuppresserconqueringconquerorsuppressorsuppressive
Hypernyms:check contain control curb hold hold in moderate
Inherited Hypernyms:suppresscontrolrestrain
Direct Hyponyms:burkechoke backchoke downchoke offhushhush upquellquenchquietenshut upsilencesquelchstill
Full Troponyms:burkechoke offgaghushlullquenchshout downshushsilencesquelch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.socialcome down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authoritySynset:crush oppress suppress
Examples:- The government oppresses political activists
Derivationally Related Form:suppressersuppressionoppressorsuppressiveoppressiveoppressioncrushing
Inherited Hypernyms:oppress
Direct Hyponyms:keep downquashreducerepresssubduesubjugate
Full Troponyms:repress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.socialconsciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behaviorSynset:bottle up inhibit suppress
Examples:- suppress a smile
- he let his anger bottle up until he exploded
Derivationally Related Form:inhibition
Inherited Hypernyms:inhibit
Direct Hyponyms:chokedampenmufflerepresssmotherstiflestrangle
Full Troponyms:chokesmotherstiflesuffocate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionput out of one's consciousnessTopic:psychiatrypsychological medicinepsychopathology
Synset:repress suppress
Derivationally Related Form:suppression
Hypernyms:bury forget
Inherited Hypernyms:suppressforget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.changelessen to the point of stoppingExamples:- suppress a yawn
- this drug can suppress the hemorrhage
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:suppressdecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adjadj.allkept from public knowledge by various meansAntonyms:publicized
Inherited Hypernyms:suppressed
Similar to:burked hushed-up quelled quenched squelched unreleased
adj satadj.allmanifesting or subjected to suppressionAntonyms:unsilenced
Inherited Hypernyms:suppressed
Similar to:silenced
adj satadj.allheld in check with difficultySynset:smothered stifled strangled
Examples:- a smothered cough
- a stifled yawn
- a strangled scream
- suppressed laughter
Antonyms:uninhibited
Inherited Hypernyms:smothered
Similar to:inhibited