Definition for Burke:

• English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system ( 1729- 1797)

Synonyms for Burke:

• n.

  •Burke (noun)
  • Martha Jane Burke,
  • Calamity Jane,
  • Martha Jane Burk,
  • Edmund Burke,
  • burk.
  •
  • repress,
  • strangle,
  • quench,
  • sit on,
  • squelch,
  • choke,
  • hold-down,
  • gag,
  • restraint,
  • hold back,
  • smother,
  • muffle.
  •
  • duck,
  • seek,
  • circumvent,
  • escape,
  • bypass.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • burke.
  •hush (verb)
  • stop,
  • mute,
  • silence,
  • quiet,
  • still,
  • shut up,
  • muzzle,
  • shush.
  •hush up (verb)
  • squash,
  • keep dark,
  • cover,
  • cover up,
  • conceal.
  •skirt (verb)
  • hedge,
  • equivocate,
  • skip.
  •stifle (verb)
  • spike,
  • cork,
  • stultify,
  • stagnate,
  • black out,
  • extinguish,
  • trammel.
  •suppress (verb)
  • overcome,
  • crush,
  • withhold,
  • annihilate,
  • snuff out,
  • contain,
  • overthrow,
  • cut off,
  • stamp out,
  • overpower,
  • put down,
  • censor,
  • bottle,
  • abolish,
  • interrupt,
  • trample,
  • clamp.
  •throttle (verb)
  • control.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • elude,
  • avoid,
  • eschew,
  • shun,
  • evade,
  • dodge.
  •
  • sit.
  •hush up
  • covered up,
  • covers up,
  • covering up,
  • sitting on.
  •Other relevant words:
  • quell,
  • butcher,
  • immolate,
  • slaughter,
  • kill,
  • assassinate,
  • resolve,
  • victimize,
  • asphyxiate,
  • garrote,
  • chasten,
  • garotte,
  • sidestep,
  • make,
  • make away with,
  • pay,
  • shirk,
  • quit,
  • settle,
  • massacre,
  • suffocate,
  • garrotte,
  • Avoider,
  • have no truck with,
  • check,
  • keep clear of,
  • shed blood,
  • give a wide berth to,
  • drown,
  • quash,
  • end,
  • clarify,
  • do for,
  • take over,
  • fight shy of,
  • depress,
  • regulate,
  • shelve,
  • put to death,
  • despatch,
  • sit upon,
  • avoidance,
  • overwhelm.

Paraphrases for Burke:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    burkha.

Antonyms for Burke:

• v.

  • hush
    encourage, release, let go, yell.
  • hush up
    tell, reveal.
  • skirt
    encounter, center, face, take on, meet, confront.
  • stifle
    free, aid, begin, persuade, start, allow, bear, help, loose, create, assist.
  • suppress
    praise, build up, open, surrender, yield, compliment, light, sanction, support, permit, give in.

Burke Sentence Examples:

• The Rights of Man is an answer to Burke, but it is much more.

• The spirit of Burke was wounded in 1775; it is rejoicing to - day.

Homophones for Burke:

• Berke, burk, berch, Bourke, berk, Birk, burck.

Hyponym for Burke:

• v.

  • change
    conquer, subdue, stamp down, suppress.
  • social
    murder, bump off, slay, off, HIT, remove, dispatch, polish off.