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suppress
Overview of verb suppress
The verb suppress has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb -- (to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")
2. (1) oppress, suppress, crush -- (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists")
3. (1) bottle up, suppress -- (control and refrain from showing; of emotions)
4. restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back -- (keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool")
5. suppress, repress -- (put out of one's consciousness)
Grep of noun suppress
suppressant
suppresser
suppresser gene
suppression
suppressive fire
suppressor
suppressor gene
Antonyms of verb suppress
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb suppress
5 senses of suppress
Sense 1
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 2
oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 3
bottle up, suppress
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 4
restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 5
suppress, repress
=> forget, bury
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb suppress
5 senses of suppress
Sense 1
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> wink, blink, blink away
=> stifle, dampen
=> choke off, choke down, choke back
=> hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> burke
=> silence
=> squelch, quell, quench
=> smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
Sense 2
oppress, suppress, crush
=> repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Sense 3
bottle up, suppress
=> choke
Sense 4
restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> hold
=> confine
=> quench
=> bottle up, suppress
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 5
suppress, repress
=> swallow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb suppress
5 senses of suppress
Sense 1
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 2
oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 3
bottle up, suppress
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
Sense 4
restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 5
suppress, repress
=> forget, bury
'Cause To' of verb suppress
Derived Forms of verb suppress
5 senses of suppress
Sense 1
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
RELATED TO>(adj) suppressive#1
=> suppressive
RELATED TO>(noun) suppression#3
=> suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
RELATED TO>(noun) suppression#2
=> suppression, curtailment
RELATED TO>(noun) suppresser#3
=> suppressor, suppresser
RELATED TO>(noun) suppresser#1
=> suppressor, suppresser
RELATED TO>(noun) suppressor#1
=> suppressor, suppresser
Sense 2
oppress, suppress, crush
RELATED TO>(adj) suppressive#1
=> suppressive
RELATED TO>(noun) suppression#3
=> suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
RELATED TO>(noun) suppresser#1
=> suppressor, suppresser
Sense 3
bottle up, suppress
RELATED TO>(noun) suppression#2
=> suppression, curtailment
Sense 4
restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
RELATED TO>(noun) suppression#2
=> suppression, curtailment
Sense 5
suppress, repress
RELATED TO>(noun) suppression#4
=> inhibition, suppression
Domain of verb suppress
1 of 5 senses of suppress
Sense 5
suppress, repress
TOPIC>(noun) psychiatry#1, psychopathology#2, psychological medicine#1
Domain Terms of verb suppress
Familiarity of verb suppress
suppress used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb suppress
5 senses of suppress
Sense 1
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
oppress, suppress, crush
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
bottle up, suppress
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sense 5
suppress, repress
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb suppress
4 of 5 senses of suppress
Sense 1
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> damp
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> deny, abnegate
=> restrict
=> train
=> catch
=> bate
=> thermostat
=> countercheck, counteract
Sense 3
bottle up, suppress
> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> hold
=> confine
=> quench
=> bottle up, suppress
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 4
restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
> prevent, keep
=> defend
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> hold
=> keep away
=> blank
=> impede, hinder
=> rain out, wash out
Sense 5
suppress, repress
> forget, bury
=> unlearn
=> suppress, repress
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb suppress
Sense 1
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
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Sense 2
oppress, suppress, crush
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Sense 3
bottle up, suppress
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
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Sense 4
restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
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Sense 5
suppress, repress
=> forget, bury
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Grep of verb suppress
suppress
Grep of adj suppress
suppressed
suppressive
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