| Main Entry: | bottle up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in check |
Synonyms: |
box up, bring to naught, check, collar, contain, coop up, cork, corner, cover up, cramp, curb, enclose, entrap, hold back, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep feeling inside oneself, keep secret, repress, restrain, restrict, shut in, suppress, trap |
Antonyms: |
confide, reveal, tell |
| Main Entry: | censor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forbid; ban; selectively remove |
Synonyms: |
abridge, black out, blacklist, bleach, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, drop the iron curtain, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, exscind, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, prevent publication, purge, purify, put the lid on, refuse transmission, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, scissor out, squelch, sterilize, strike out, supervise communications, suppress, withhold |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
Antonyms: |
allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
Synonyms: |
bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stop up, stopper, stuff, turn off |
Antonyms: |
open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop |
| Main Entry: | constrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force; restrain |
Synonyms: |
ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, concuss, confine, constrict, cool off, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hem in, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, keep lid on, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun, stifle, urge, withhold |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | contain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back, control |
Synonyms: |
bottle up, check, collect, compose, cool*, cork, curb, harness, hog-tie, hold in, keep back, keep lid on, put half nelson on, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, simmer down, smother, stifle, stop |
| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence, stop up |
Synonyms: |
balk, bottle up, choke, constrain, cork up, cork, curb, deaden, demur, garrote, keep the lid on, muffle, muzzle, obstruct, put the lid on, quiet, repress, restrain, shut down, shy, squash, squelch, stifle, still, stumble, suppress, tape up, throttle, tongue-tie |
| Main Entry: | limit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine, restrict |
Synonyms: |
appoint, assign, bar, bottle up, bound, cap, check, circumscribe, constrict, contract, cork, cramp, curb, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, draw the line, fix, hem in, hinder, inhibit, keep the lid on, lessen, narrow, prescribe, ration, reduce, restrain, set, specify |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release, unbound |
| Main Entry: | muzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gag, quiet |
Synonyms: |
bottle up, censor, check, choke, clamp down on, cork, crack down on, curb, dry up, dummy up, hush, ice*, muffle, prevent, quieten, repress, restrain, restrict, shush, shut down, silence, squash, squelch, stifle, still, stop, suppress, tongue-tie, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, liberate |
| Main Entry: | plug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop up |
Synonyms: |
block, bung, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, cover, drive in, fill, obstruct, occlude, pack, ram, seal, secure, stop, stopper, stopple, stuff |
Antonyms: |
uncork, unplug, unstopper |
| Main Entry: | prevent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep from happening or continuing |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, chill*, cool, cork, counter, counteract, dam, debar, defend against, foil, forbid, forestall, forfend, frustrate, halt, hamper, head off, hinder, hold back, hold off, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interrupt, keep lid on, limit, nip in the bud, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prohibit, put a stop to, put an end to, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, rule out, shut out, stave off, stop, thwart, turn aside, ward off |
Antonyms: |
aid, allow, assist, cause, help, let go |