| Main Entry: | bypass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
Synonyms: |
blink at, burke, circumnavigate, circumvent, depart from, detour, deviate from, finesse, get around, go around, go around the barn, ignore, let go, neglect, omit, outflank, pass around, sidestep, skirt, take back road, wink at |
| Main Entry: | hush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to make quiet |
Synonyms: |
burke, choke, gag, muffle, mute, muzzle, quiet, quieten, shush, shut up, silence, stifle, still, stop, suppress |
Antonyms: |
yell |
| Main Entry: | hush up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep secret |
Synonyms: |
burke, conceal, cover, cover up, keep dark, sit on, smother, squash, stifle, suppress |
Antonyms: |
reveal, tell |
| Main Entry: | skirt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid; get around |
Synonyms: |
burke, bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, detour, dodge, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, hedge, ignore, sidestep, skip, steer clear of |
Antonyms: |
face, meet, take on |
| Main Entry: | stifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrain |
Synonyms: |
asphyxiate, black out, bring to screeching halt, burke, check, choke, choke back, clam up, clamp down, constipate, cork, cover up, crack down, curb, dry up, extinguish, gag, hold it down, hush, hush up, kill*, muffle, muzzle, put the lid on, repress, shut up, silence, sit on, smother, spike, squash, squelch, stagnate, stop, strangle, stultify, suffocate, suppress, torpedo, trammel |
Antonyms: |
encourage, help, persuade |
| Main Entry: | suppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrain, hold in check |
Synonyms: |
abolish, annihilate, beat down, bottle, bring to naught, burke, censor, check, clamp, conceal, conquer, contain, cover up, crack down on, crush, curb, cut off, extinguish, hold back, hold down, hold in, interrupt, keep in, keep secret, muffle, muzzle, overcome, overpower, overthrow, put an end to, put down, put kibosh on, put lid on, quash, quell, quench, repress, shush, silence, sit on, smother, snuff out, spike, squash, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, trample, withhold |
Antonyms: |
encourage, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | throttle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke |
Synonyms: |
burke, control, gag, inhibit, silence, smother, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suppress |
Antonyms: |
free, release |