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Synonyms for "repress" in English

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repress:
- surpress; put down; repress
- repress; suppress; strangle; stifle; muffle; smother; reduce; subdue; subjugate; quash; keep down

English

Detailed Synonyms for repress in English

repress:

repress

repress
surpress; put down; repress

repress verb

repress

– block the action of ¹
repress
– block the action of ¹
- repress verb
repress

– put out of one's consciousness ¹
to suppress; repress
– put out of one's consciousness ¹
- suppress verb (suppresss, suppressed, suppressing)
- repress verb
repress

– conceal or hide ¹
to strangle; to stifle; repress; muffle; smother
– conceal or hide ¹
- strangle verb (strangles, strangled, strangling)
  - strangle a yawn¹
- stifle verb (stifles, stifled, stifling)
- repress verb
- muffle verb
  - muffle one's anger¹
- smother verb
  - smother a yawn¹
repress

– put down by force or intimidation ¹
to reduce; to subdue; subjugate; repress; quash; keep down
– put down by force or intimidation ¹
- reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
- subdue verb (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
- subjugate verb
  - The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land¹
- repress verb
- quash verb
  - The government quashes any attempt of an uprising¹
- keep down verb

Related Words for "repress":

press

Alternate Synonyms for "repress":

quash; keep down; subdue; subjugate; reduce; oppress; suppress; crush
smother; stifle; strangle; muffle; stamp down; inhibit; subdue; conquer; curb
suppress; forget; bury

Related Definitions for "repress":

block the action of¹
put out of one's consciousness¹
conceal or hide¹
put down by force or intimidation¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University