English

Detailed Synonyms for suppress in English

suppress:

to suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)

  1. to suppress
    to suppress
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
  2. to suppress
    to suppress; to revoke; to withhold; to subdue; to retract; keep in control; to recant; to keep back; to pulverize; to take back; to rub fine; to crush; to pulverise
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
    • revoke verb (revokes, revoked, revoking)
    • withhold verb (withholds, withheld, withholding)
    • subdue verb (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
    • retract verb (retracts, retracted, retracting)
    • recant verb (recants, recanted, recanting)
    • keep back verb (keeps back, kept back, keeping back)
    • pulverize verb, American (pulverizes, pulverized, pulverizing)
    • take back verb (takes back, took back, taking back)
    • rub fine verb (rubs fine, rubbed fine, rubbing fine)
    • crush verb (crushes, crushed, crushing)
    • pulverise verb, British
  3. to suppress
    to hide; to disguise; to conceal; to suppress; to blur; to hush up; to mantle; to veil; to gloss over
    • hide verb (hides, hid, hiding)
    • disguise verb (disguises, disguised, disguising)
    • conceal verb (conceals, concealed, concealing)
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
    • blur verb (blurs, blurred, blurring)
    • hush up verb (hushes up, hushed up, hushing up)
    • mantle verb (mantles, mantled, mantling)
    • veil verb (veils, veiled, veiling)
    • gloss over verb (glosses over, glossed over, glossing over)
  4. to suppress
    to restrain; to suppress; keep under control; to control
  5. to suppress
    – reduce the incidence or severity of or stop 1
    to suppress
    – reduce the incidence or severity of or stop 1
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
      • suppress a yawn1
      • this drug can suppress the hemorrhage1
  6. to suppress
    – to put down by force or authority 1
    to inhibit; to curb; to suppress; to conquer; to subdue; stamp down
    – to put down by force or authority 1
    • inhibit verb (inhibits, inhibited, inhibiting)
    • curb verb (curbs, curbed, curbing)
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
      • suppress a nascent uprising1
    • conquer verb (conquers, conquered, conquering)
      • conquer one's desires1
    • subdue verb (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
    • stamp down verb
      • stamp down on littering1
  7. to suppress
    – put out of one's consciousness 1
    to suppress; repress
    – put out of one's consciousness 1
  8. to suppress
    – control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior 1
    to inhibit; to suppress; to bottle up
    – control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior 1
    • inhibit verb (inhibits, inhibited, inhibiting)
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
    • bottle up verb (bottles up, bottled up, botteling up)
  9. to suppress
    – come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority 1
    to crush; to suppress; to oppress
    – come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority 1
    • crush verb (crushes, crushed, crushing)
    • suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
    • oppress verb (oppresses, oppressed, oppressing)
      • The government oppresses political activists1

Conjugations for suppress:

present
  1. suppress
  2. suppress
  3. suppresss
  4. suppress
  5. suppress
  6. suppress
simple past
  1. suppressed
  2. suppressed
  3. suppressed
  4. suppressed
  5. suppressed
  6. suppressed
present perfect
  1. have suppressed
  2. have suppressed
  3. has suppressed
  4. have suppressed
  5. have suppressed
  6. have suppressed
past continuous
  1. was suppressing
  2. were suppressing
  3. was suppressing
  4. were suppressing
  5. were suppressing
  6. were suppressing
future
  1. shall suppress
  2. will suppress
  3. will suppress
  4. shall suppress
  5. will suppress
  6. will suppress
continuous present
  1. am suppressing
  2. are suppressing
  3. is suppressing
  4. are suppressing
  5. are suppressing
  6. are suppressing
subjunctive
  1. be suppressed
  2. be suppressed
  3. be suppressed
  4. be suppressed
  5. be suppressed
  6. be suppressed
diverse
  1. suppress!
  2. let's suppress!
  3. suppressed
  4. suppressing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Alternate Synonyms for "suppress":


Related Definitions for "suppress":

  1. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop1
    • suppress a yawn1
    • this drug can suppress the hemorrhage1
  2. to put down by force or authority1
    • suppress a nascent uprising1
  3. put out of one's consciousness1
  4. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior1
  5. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority1

Related Synonyms for suppress