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inhibition - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | inhibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | bar, barrier, check, embargo, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, shyness, suppression, blockage, hangup, self-consciousness, sublimation |
| Antonyms: | aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation |
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo*, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, distress, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat*, hot water, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle*, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, uneasiness, awkward situation, discomposure, disconcertion, egg on face, impecuniosity, self-consciousness, unease |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preoccupation |
| Synonyms: | block, difficulty, dilemma, disturbance, impasse, inhibition, obsession, predicament, problem, reserve, restraint, thing |
| Main Entry: | impediment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, bar, barricade, barrier, block, bottleneck*, burden, catch*, chain, check, clog, cramp, curb, defect, delay, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, encumbrance, fault, flaw, handicap, hazard, hitch, holdup, hurdle, inhibition, load, manacle, millstone*, obstacle, prohibition, red tape*, restraint, restriction, road block*, rub*, setback, shackle, snag, stoppage, stricture, stumbling block*, tie, trammel, wall, blockage, dead weight, retardation, retardment |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, furtherance, help, support, facilitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | limitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint, disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | bar, block, check, condition, constraint, control, cramp, curb, definition, drawback, impediment, inhibition, injunction, modification, obstruction, qualification, reservation, restriction, snag, stint, stricture, taboo, circumspection |
| Notes: | limit marks an end to something; limitation is the extent of one's capacity or a constraint that stops something |
| Antonyms: | advantage, extent, freedom, infinity, range, release |
| Main Entry: | modesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, decency, delicacy, diffidence, humility, inhibition, innocence, meekness, propriety, purity, reserve, reticence, simplicity, timidity, virtue, coyness, demureness, discreetness, humbleness, lack of pretension, prudery, quietness, self-effacement, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness |
| Antonyms: | arrogance, boldness, conceit, courage, ego, pride, self-confidence, braveness |
| Main Entry: | neurosis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental disturbance, disorder |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, affliction, breakdown, compulsion, derangement, deviation, hysteria, inhibition, insanity, instability, madness, mental illness, obsession, phobia, crack-up, maladjustment, neurasthenia, personality disorder, psychological disorder, psychopathy |
| Antonyms: | adjustment, balance, sanity |
| Main Entry: | restriction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limit |
| Synonyms: | ball and chain, brake, catch, check, condition, confinement, constraint, contraction, control, cramp, curb, custody, demarcation, fine print, glitch*, handicap, hang-up*, inhibition, limitation, lock*, qualification, regulation, reservation, restraint, rule, stint, stipulation, stricture, string*, stumbling block*, bounds, circumscription, containment, excess baggage, grain of salt, limits, no-no, small difficulty |
| Antonyms: | enlargement, expansion, freedom, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taboo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something not allowed, permitted |
| Synonyms: | anathema, ban, disapproval, don't, forbiddance, inhibition, interdict, law, limitation, no-no, prohibition, proscription, regulation, religious convention, reservation, restraint, restriction, sanction, social convention, stricture, superstition, thou-shalt-not |
| Antonyms: | allowance, mentionable |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-control |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, self-denial, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, withholding, secretiveness, self-discipline, self-government, unnaturalness |
| Antonyms: | agitation, arousal, wildness |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slowing or stopping |
| Synonyms: | cessation, check, delay, end, halt, hindrance, inhibition, interruption, obstruction, prevention, restraining, restraint, stay, stoppage, suppression, suspension, blockage, checking, stalling, staying |
| Antonyms: | encouragement, release, activation, letting go |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | blow, constraint, control, curb, damper, disappointment, frustration, grunt, harness, holdup, impediment, inhibition, limitation, obstruction, rebuff, rejection, reversal, reverse, setback, stoppage, trouble, restrainer |
| Antonyms: | aid, allowance, assistance, help, indulgence, liberation, permission |
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, diffidence, embarrassment, hang-up*, humility, inhibition, modesty, repression, reservation, reserve, restraint, timidity |
| Antonyms: | aggression |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coolness of manner |
| Synonyms: | calmness, caution, constraint, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, aloofness, backwardness, coldness, coyness, demureness, quietness, secretiveness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | friendliness, warmth |
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