Synonyms for Hold back:

• n.

  •
  • shut off.
  •
  • think better of something,
  • pull back,
  • knock something on the head.
  •
  • avoid,
  • desist,
  • burden,
  • abstain,
  • embarrass,
  • plague.
  •
  • deal with,
  • manage,
  • master.
  •
  • pin,
  • trap.
  •
  • hoard,
  • stockpile,
  • set-aside,
  • store up,
  • collect.
  •arrest (noun)
  • arrest.
  •conceal (noun)
  • conceal.
  •fight back (noun)
  • fight.
  •hold back (noun)
  • retain.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • impede,
  • restrain.

• v.

  •anticipate (verb)
  • beats someone to it,
  • pre-ceded,
  • beat someone it,
  • de-lays,
  • be step ahead of,
  • provides against,
  • inter-cept,
  • fore stalls,
  • are one step ahead of,
  • were one step ahead of,
  • was one step ahead of,
  • beats to it,
  • fore-stalled,
  • beats someone it,
  • are early,
  • fore stalled,
  • was step ahead of,
  • de lays,
  • wast one step ahead of,
  • am step ahead of,
  • is one step ahead of,
  • pre-cedes,
  • fore-stall,
  • de laying,
  • were step ahead of,
  • beat to it,
  • wert step ahead of,
  • preparing for,
  • wast early,
  • fore-stalling,
  • am early,
  • wert early,
  • were early,
  • provided against,
  • providing against,
  • art one step ahead of,
  • de-lay,
  • pre cedes,
  • being step ahead of,
  • is step ahead of,
  • pre ceded,
  • inter cept,
  • was early,
  • being early,
  • wast step ahead of,
  • being one step ahead of,
  • de lay,
  • pre cede,
  • pre ceding,
  • beating someone to it,
  • beating to it,
  • am one step ahead of,
  • de-laying,
  • is early,
  • fore-stalls,
  • are step ahead of,
  • prepares for,
  • fore stalling,
  • pre-ceding,
  • fore stall,
  • wert one step ahead of,
  • art step ahead of,
  • pre-cede,
  • beating someone it.
  •back down (verb)
  • re coiling,
  • re-treated,
  • re-canted,
  • haddest no fight left,
  • having no fight left,
  • with drew,
  • re-coiled,
  • hath no fight left,
  • re treated,
  • with drawing,
  • withdraws from agreement or statement,
  • begging off,
  • re-treating,
  • re coils,
  • re coiled,
  • re-signing,
  • with draw,
  • re signs,
  • begs off,
  • with-drawing,
  • re signed,
  • sur-rendered,
  • withdrew from agreement or statement,
  • caved in,
  • re treating,
  • withdrew from agreement statement,
  • has no fight left,
  • with-drawn,
  • hast no fight left,
  • re treat,
  • sur-renders,
  • withdrawing from agreement or statement,
  • sur-rendering,
  • re-signs,
  • wimped out,
  • re-coil,
  • with-draws,
  • hadst no fight left,
  • re-treats,
  • with-draw,
  • with drawn,
  • re-sign,
  • wimping out,
  • re signing,
  • sur rendered,
  • withdrawing from agreement statement,
  • sur renders,
  • withdraws from agreement statement,
  • sur rendering,
  • withdraw from agreement statement,
  • re canted,
  • Re sign,
  • with-drew,
  • begged off,
  • with draws,
  • re-treat,
  • sur render,
  • wimps out,
  • re-coiling,
  • sur-render,
  • re-signed,
  • re treats,
  • gave ground,
  • re-coils,
  • had no fight left,
  • re coil,
  • re canting,
  • re-canting.
  •black out (verb)
  • delete;s cover,
  • delete;ing cover,
  • going out like a light,
  • making dark,
  • went out like light,
  • goes out like a light,
  • zonk out,
  • going out like light,
  • crosses out,
  • made dark,
  • makes dark,
  • zonking out,
  • goes out like light,
  • went out like a light,
  • zonked out,
  • delete;ed cover,
  • zonks out.
  •bottle up (verb)
  • brings to naught,
  • brings naught,
  • re straining,
  • bringing to naught,
  • re-straining,
  • cooping up,
  • bring naught,
  • re-strains,
  • holds down,
  • boxes up,
  • brought naught,
  • shuts in,
  • re-strained,
  • re strains,
  • re strain,
  • brought to naught,
  • boxed up,
  • keeps secret,
  • keeping secret,
  • re-strain,
  • keeps feeling inside oneself,
  • keeping feeling inside oneself,
  • bringing naught,
  • re strained,
  • kept feeling inside oneself,
  • shutting in,
  • boxing up,
  • coops up,
  • holds in.
  •check (verb)
  • nip bud,
  • re pulsed,
  • counter acted,
  • counter-act,
  • nip the bud,
  • re-buffed,
  • re buff,
  • re duce,
  • re buffs,
  • re-pulse,
  • counter-acted,
  • slackened pace,
  • re-buff,
  • re-buffing,
  • slackening pace,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter acts,
  • re-pulsing,
  • counter acting,
  • Bitting,
  • counter-acts,
  • re pulse,
  • re pulses,
  • slows down,
  • re-duces,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re buffing,
  • counter act,
  • re-buffs,
  • reining in,
  • re-duce,
  • re duces,
  • played for time,
  • re buffed,
  • slackens pace,
  • re pulsing,
  • re-pulses,
  • slowing down,
  • nip in bud.
  •competition (verb)
  • contain,
  • hold back,
  • turn back,
  • stop.
  •confine (verb)
  • puts a lid on,
  • de limiting,
  • puts lid on,
  • putting ice,
  • in-tern,
  • de-tain,
  • de tains,
  • de-limited,
  • putting lid on,
  • de-tains,
  • in terns,
  • in-terns,
  • puts on ice,
  • sending up,
  • de-limiting,
  • de limits,
  • puts ice,
  • in tern,
  • put ice,
  • de-limit,
  • putting a lid on,
  • hog tie,
  • de tain,
  • cools down,
  • de-limits,
  • putting on ice,
  • de limited,
  • de limit.
  •constrain (verb)
  • dis allowed,
  • keeps lid on,
  • dis-allowing,
  • puts half nelson on,
  • keeping lid on,
  • dis allows,
  • cooled off,
  • dis allow,
  • concusses,
  • dis-allows,
  • putting half nelson on,
  • dis-allowed,
  • cools off,
  • kept lid on,
  • dis allowing,
  • dis-allow.
  •cumber (verb)
  • over loads,
  • over loaded,
  • over-loaded,
  • over-loads,
  • over-loading,
  • over loading,
  • over-load.
  •curb (verb)
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • boxed in,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • co oked,
  • entrammeling,
  • sub dues,
  • sub-due,
  • boxing in,
  • keeps tight rein on,
  • co-oking,
  • entrammels,
  • entrammeled,
  • sub-dues,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • co oking,
  • co-oked,
  • sub due,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • keeping tight rein on,
  • kept tight rein on.
  •demote (verb)
  • de merited,
  • de-graded,
  • de-meaning,
  • de classed,
  • de motes,
  • dis-rates,
  • de meaning,
  • declasses,
  • de-motes,
  • re-legates,
  • dis rating,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis rates,
  • dis-rating,
  • de-merit,
  • de-merited,
  • de-classing,
  • dis-missed,
  • de-grades,
  • de merits,
  • de mean,
  • de grade,
  • de-grade,
  • de-mote,
  • de-class,
  • de graded,
  • de moting,
  • de-mean,
  • de means,
  • de grading,
  • de-means,
  • dis rate,
  • de mote,
  • dis rated,
  • de meriting,
  • de grades,
  • de-moting,
  • kicked downstairs,
  • de-classes,
  • de classes,
  • dis missed,
  • re-legate,
  • de-meriting,
  • disrated,
  • de-classed,
  • de class,
  • Declassing,
  • de classing,
  • dis missing,
  • disrates,
  • kicks downstairs,
  • de merit,
  • de-grading,
  • re legate,
  • dis-rate,
  • re legates,
  • dis-rated,
  • de-merits,
  • disrating.
  •deny (verb)
  • dis carded,
  • dis-proves,
  • dis avows,
  • be-grudge,
  • dis-credit,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • dis cards,
  • dis avow,
  • dis-acknowledge,
  • dis claim,
  • dis believe,
  • not buying,
  • dis credit,
  • dis-believe,
  • takes exception to,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • dis owned,
  • be-grudged,
  • dis believed,
  • re-butted,
  • be grudging,
  • dis believing,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-crediting,
  • dis claims,
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • dis avowing,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • enjoining from,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • dis-credited,
  • dis-claim,
  • said no to,
  • took exception to,
  • dis proved,
  • be grudged,
  • dis-claiming,
  • dis-proved,
  • re-butting,
  • re butting,
  • dis-believes,
  • dis-claimed,
  • dis-carding,
  • dis-prove,
  • dis crediting,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • be-grudges,
  • dis avowed,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • says no to,
  • dis-avow,
  • dis card,
  • dis-claims,
  • taking exception to,
  • dis believes,
  • dis prove,
  • be grudges,
  • dis claimed,
  • dis-card,
  • not buys,
  • not bought,
  • enjoins from,
  • dis-believed,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • dis-avowing,
  • be grudge,
  • enjoined from,
  • dis credits,
  • dis-owned,
  • dis proves,
  • dis-credits,
  • dis-avowed,
  • dis-carded,
  • dis credited,
  • dis-cards,
  • dis-owning,
  • re butted,
  • be-grudging,
  • dis-avows,
  • calls on,
  • dis claiming,
  • dis-believing,
  • dis carding,
  • saying no to,
  • dis-proving,
  • dis owning.
  •deprive (verb)
  • de-spoiling,
  • dis-inherit,
  • dis possessed,
  • be reft,
  • stiffing,
  • dis inherits,
  • dis robed,
  • dis inherited,
  • dis mantled,
  • dis-mantling,
  • dis robe,
  • de spoiling,
  • be reaves,
  • dis-possesses,
  • dis mantle,
  • dis inheriting,
  • be-reave,
  • de nude,
  • dis-possess,
  • dis robes,
  • de-nude,
  • dis possess,
  • dis-mantled,
  • dis possessing,
  • de-spoil,
  • dis-inherited,
  • dis robing,
  • dis-possessed,
  • de-nudes,
  • be reave,
  • dis mantles,
  • dis possesses,
  • dis-robes,
  • dis mantling,
  • dis-mantles,
  • dis-possessing,
  • de nudes,
  • be reaving,
  • be-reaving,
  • dis-inherits,
  • dis-mantle,
  • be-reaved,
  • be-reft,
  • de spoil,
  • dis-robing,
  • dis-robe,
  • dis-robed,
  • de-spoiled,
  • dis-inheriting,
  • be reaved,
  • de spoils,
  • be-reaves,
  • dis inherit,
  • de spoiled,
  • de-spoils.
  •discourage (verb)
  • dis incline,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • dis-favored,
  • dis advising,
  • dis-advise,
  • inter fere,
  • dis favored,
  • dis advise,
  • disadvised,
  • turns aside,
  • in disposing,
  • in-disposed,
  • in disposes,
  • inter feres,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis-incline,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • in-dispose,
  • dis-courage,
  • dis inclines,
  • dis favor,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis-countenances,
  • dis-inclining,
  • dis-advises,
  • dis countenancing,
  • dis-advised,
  • dis-favor,
  • dis favoring,
  • dis courages,
  • dis-favoring,
  • in dispose,
  • dis inclining,
  • in disposed,
  • dis inclined,
  • dis courage,
  • disadvises,
  • talked out of,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis countenance,
  • disadvising,
  • throws cold water on,
  • dis-inclined,
  • inter-fere,
  • dis-advising,
  • dis advises,
  • indisposes,
  • dis countenanced,
  • holds off,
  • inter-feres,
  • talks out of,
  • dis favors,
  • dis-courages,
  • threw cold water on,
  • in-disposes,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • in-disposing,
  • dis-inclines,
  • dis advised.
  •fight back/fight off (verb)
  • put fight,
  • fended off,
  • keeps at bay,
  • held at bay,
  • keeping at bay,
  • re-plying,
  • keep bay,
  • re plying,
  • kept bay,
  • putting up fight,
  • holding bay,
  • hold bay,
  • keeps bay,
  • re-plied,
  • holds bay,
  • holding at bay,
  • held bay,
  • holds at bay,
  • beating off,
  • putting fight,
  • keeping bay,
  • puts up fight,
  • beats off,
  • re plied,
  • puts fight.
  •forbear (verb)
  • de-cline,
  • going easy,
  • de-clines,
  • keeps from,
  • de cline,
  • kept from,
  • de clines,
  • goes easy,
  • went easy.
  •grudge (verb)
  • art stingy,
  • was reluctant,
  • is reluctant,
  • re sents,
  • art reluctant,
  • wast reluctant,
  • being stingy,
  • wert stingy,
  • re-sents,
  • is stingy,
  • were stingy,
  • am stingy,
  • re sent,
  • wert reluctant,
  • was stingy,
  • were reluctant,
  • re-sent,
  • being reluctant,
  • wast stingy,
  • am reluctant,
  • are reluctant,
  • are stingy.
  •halt (verb)
  • brings to an end,
  • calling it a day,
  • bring an end,
  • coming an end,
  • brings to end,
  • calls it day,
  • called a day,
  • brought an end,
  • called it a day,
  • comes an end,
  • ceases fire,
  • stood still,
  • blew the whistle on,
  • calls it a day,
  • bring standstill,
  • brings end,
  • intermits,
  • brought to an end,
  • bringing to end,
  • puts cork in,
  • coming to end,
  • closes down,
  • cooled it,
  • bringing end,
  • cools it,
  • come end,
  • came an end,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • came to end,
  • calls day,
  • blows whistle on,
  • calling it day,
  • brought standstill,
  • brings an end,
  • dropped anchor,
  • ceasing fire,
  • call it day,
  • bringing an end,
  • brings standstill,
  • calls a day,
  • stands still,
  • calling a day,
  • calling day,
  • call day,
  • putting a cork in,
  • came to an end,
  • comes end,
  • brought to standstill,
  • brings to standstill,
  • brought to end,
  • bring end,
  • coming end,
  • comes to an end,
  • come an end,
  • blew whistle on,
  • blows the whistle on,
  • comes to end,
  • put cork in,
  • cooling it,
  • called day,
  • blowing the whistle on,
  • brought end,
  • came end,
  • called it day,
  • putting cork in,
  • bringing standstill,
  • re sting,
  • coming to an end,
  • dropt anchor,
  • bringing to an end,
  • re-sting,
  • puts a cork in,
  • drops anchor,
  • ceased fire,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • come to end.
  •handicap (verb)
  • puts out commission,
  • putting out commission,
  • puts out of commission,
  • put out commission,
  • putting out of commission,
  • sidelining.
  •hang back (verb)
  • dropt behind,
  • shrank back,
  • hanging off,
  • hung off,
  • dropt back,
  • shrinks back,
  • hanged off,
  • staying back,
  • lags behind,
  • hangs off,
  • staid back,
  • dropped behind,
  • hung fire,
  • stayed back,
  • shrinking back,
  • shrunk back,
  • lagged behind,
  • hanged fire,
  • stays back,
  • dropped back,
  • dropping back,
  • drops back.
  •harbor (verb)
  • de fends,
  • providing refuge,
  • de fended,
  • de-fends,
  • provided refuge,
  • de-fended,
  • de-fending,
  • de fending,
  • de-fend,
  • de fend,
  • provides refuge.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • de bates,
  • shying away,
  • am unwilling,
  • thinks twice,
  • art irresolute,
  • shies away,
  • was irresolute,
  • art unwilling,
  • de bating,
  • wert irresolute,
  • are irresolute,
  • wast unwilling,
  • sate on fence,
  • were irresolute,
  • de-bate,
  • being unwilling,
  • is irresolute,
  • shied away,
  • being irresolute,
  • sat fence,
  • hem haw,
  • wert unwilling,
  • de-bating,
  • sitting on fence,
  • de-bates,
  • sits fence,
  • thought twice,
  • sat on fence,
  • de bate,
  • wast irresolute,
  • de bated,
  • sitting fence,
  • blow hot cold,
  • sits on fence,
  • was unwilling,
  • were unwilling,
  • sate fence,
  • am irresolute,
  • are unwilling,
  • is unwilling,
  • de-bated,
  • sit fence.
  •hide (verb)
  • goes into hiding,
  • putting out of the way,
  • puts out the way,
  • puts out way,
  • blots out,
  • dis-guise,
  • re-served,
  • puts out of way,
  • put out of way,
  • dis guise,
  • dis-guised,
  • stowed away,
  • re serve,
  • not give awaying,
  • putting out of way,
  • dis-guising,
  • keeping from,
  • not give awayed,
  • went underground,
  • putting out way,
  • dis guising,
  • put out way,
  • lies low,
  • took cover,
  • putting out the way,
  • re serving,
  • dis guises,
  • not give aways,
  • re-serves,
  • going underground,
  • going in to hiding,
  • puts out of the way,
  • re-serve,
  • re served,
  • went in to hiding,
  • put out the way,
  • not telling,
  • stowing away,
  • not tells,
  • tucks away,
  • dis-guises,
  • lied low,
  • re-serving,
  • go in to hiding,
  • goes underground,
  • takes cover,
  • stows away,
  • going into hiding,
  • went into hiding,
  • goes in to hiding,
  • dis guised,
  • tucking away.
  •hinder (verb)
  • gat in the way,
  • getting in way,
  • gat the way,
  • gotten in way,
  • snafuing,
  • get way,
  • de bars,
  • get in way,
  • gat in way,
  • got in way,
  • de-bars,
  • getting way,
  • de-barred,
  • gets the way,
  • get the way,
  • gets in way,
  • got way,
  • gotten in the way,
  • de barred,
  • de barring,
  • got the way,
  • got in the way,
  • gets way,
  • de bar,
  • de-barring,
  • de-bar,
  • getting the way,
  • gat way,
  • gets in the way,
  • gotten way,
  • getting in the way,
  • gotten the way.
  •ignore (verb)
  • sit out.
  •inhibit (verb)
  • inter-dict,
  • inter dict,
  • out lawing,
  • putting on brakes,
  • puts brakes,
  • out lawed,
  • hanging up,
  • put brakes,
  • hanged up,
  • puts on brakes,
  • keeps in,
  • out-lawed,
  • out-lawing,
  • putting brakes.
  •keep (verb)
  • de-positing,
  • traded in,
  • de posits,
  • re tains,
  • trading in,
  • re-tains,
  • re-tain,
  • dealt in,
  • re tain,
  • pre-serving,
  • pre served,
  • pre-serves,
  • de posited,
  • pre-served,
  • de-posit,
  • pre serves,
  • de posit,
  • de-posited,
  • pre serving,
  • pre serve,
  • de-posits,
  • de positing,
  • trades in,
  • pre-serve.
  •pause (verb)
  • coming standstill,
  • de liberate,
  • stopping briefly,
  • breaking it up,
  • stopt briefly,
  • taking a breather,
  • de-liberated,
  • come standstill,
  • calls time,
  • took breather,
  • de-liberates,
  • catch ones breath,
  • de liberated,
  • brake it up,
  • de liberating,
  • dis-continues,
  • took a breather,
  • put hold,
  • dis-continuing,
  • takes break,
  • take break,
  • puts on hold,
  • called time,
  • coming to standstill,
  • takes breather,
  • take breather,
  • puts hold,
  • de liberates,
  • comes to standstill,
  • taking ten,
  • came to standstill,
  • dis continuing,
  • putting hold,
  • taking five,
  • dis continued,
  • dis-continued,
  • taking break,
  • took a break,
  • takes a break,
  • breaks it up,
  • catch one breath,
  • dis-continue,
  • taking breather,
  • dis continues,
  • takes five,
  • came standstill,
  • took break,
  • took five,
  • took ten,
  • de-liberating,
  • comes standstill,
  • takes ten,
  • broke it up,
  • catch breath,
  • de-liberate,
  • dis continue.
  •play down (verb)
  • be-little,
  • under-rate,
  • under-play,
  • making little of,
  • de emphasize,
  • makes little of,
  • under played,
  • under-played,
  • made little of,
  • under rated,
  • under rating,
  • under rate,
  • makes light of,
  • under-rates,
  • glosses over,
  • making light of,
  • under rates,
  • softpedal,
  • under-rating,
  • under play,
  • under-playing,
  • under-plays,
  • under-rated,
  • be littles,
  • under playing,
  • be-littles.
  •prevent (verb)
  • forfending,
  • puts a stop to,
  • pre venting,
  • pre-vented,
  • forfended,
  • puts end to,
  • pre vent,
  • putting stop to,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre vents,
  • putting a stop to,
  • defended against,
  • pre-vent,
  • putting end to,
  • puts an end to,
  • puts stop to,
  • pre-venting,
  • forfends,
  • pre vented,
  • putting an end to,
  • defending against,
  • defends against.
  •refuse (verb)
  • gives thumbs down to,
  • refusing receive,
  • nixed,
  • dis-approved,
  • dis sent,
  • sending regrets,
  • turning from,
  • dis approves,
  • dis-accorded,
  • dis approved,
  • dis-according,
  • re-fused,
  • re fused,
  • making excuses,
  • turning ones back on,
  • not budgeting,
  • giving thumbs down to,
  • not budges,
  • turns ones back on,
  • sets aside,
  • passes up,
  • refused receive,
  • gave thumbs down to,
  • dis sents,
  • re-fuses,
  • not budged,
  • turning one back on,
  • pro-tested,
  • turned from,
  • sent off,
  • dis-approving,
  • refuse receive,
  • not budging,
  • re-probated,
  • refusing to receive,
  • turns deaf ear to,
  • turns one's back on,
  • re fuses,
  • dis-sent,
  • dis accord,
  • turned ones back on,
  • re fuse,
  • sends off,
  • turn ones back on,
  • turns from,
  • dis approving,
  • turning back on,
  • dis-accord,
  • sending off,
  • turned deaf ear to,
  • re-fusing,
  • dis-accords,
  • turn one back on,
  • dis-approve,
  • dis accorded,
  • turned one back on,
  • turning deaf ear to,
  • re probate,
  • re-probate,
  • sent regrets,
  • dis-approves,
  • turned one's back on,
  • made excuses,
  • passing up,
  • makes excuses,
  • re fusing,
  • re probating,
  • not budgets,
  • dis approve,
  • pro-testing,
  • refuses to receive,
  • refused to receive,
  • re-fuse,
  • pro testing,
  • dis accords,
  • dis-sents,
  • dis according,
  • not budgeted,
  • sends regrets,
  • pro tested,
  • turns back on,
  • turning one's back on,
  • turns one back on,
  • re-probates,
  • refuses receive.
  •rein (verb)
  • simmers down,
  • simmered down,
  • simmering down.
  •repel (verb)
  • duelled,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • keep arms length,
  • with standing,
  • driving away,
  • drave off,
  • forces off,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • beating back,
  • stood against,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • drove away,
  • drave away,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • forcing back,
  • stands against,
  • puts flight,
  • putting flight,
  • driving off,
  • with stand,
  • gives cold shoulder to,
  • forced back,
  • chases away,
  • keeping arm length,
  • pushing back,
  • beats back,
  • casting aside,
  • forces back,
  • stands up against,
  • drove off,
  • gave cold shoulder to,
  • standing up against,
  • keeps off,
  • with stood,
  • keeps arms length,
  • drives back,
  • casts aside,
  • keeps arm length,
  • drave back,
  • put flight,
  • pushes back,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • with-stands,
  • chasing away,
  • pushed back,
  • keep arm length,
  • kept at arms length,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • putting to flight,
  • with stands,
  • drives away,
  • keeping arms length,
  • giving cold shoulder to,
  • kept arm length,
  • keeping off,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • with-standing,
  • kept at arm length,
  • keep at arms length,
  • forced off,
  • stood up against,
  • forcing off,
  • kept arms length,
  • drove back,
  • kept off,
  • drives off,
  • puts to flight,
  • with-stand.
  •restrict (verb)
  • de-creases,
  • demarking,
  • in closes,
  • de creasing,
  • de-fines,
  • pre-limits,
  • de marks,
  • de crease,
  • keeps within bounds,
  • sur-rounding,
  • pre limiting,
  • pre-limit,
  • pre limited,
  • prelimited,
  • in-closed,
  • in-closes,
  • de-marks,
  • pre limits,
  • demarks,
  • de-fine,
  • de marking,
  • de fines,
  • demarked,
  • keeping within limits,
  • de-mark,
  • de fining,
  • de-fining,
  • in closed,
  • de-crease,
  • de marked,
  • in-close,
  • pinned down,
  • de-fined,
  • pre limit,
  • de-creasing,
  • de mark,
  • keeps within limits,
  • re strict,
  • de-marking,
  • de fine,
  • kept within bounds,
  • sur-rounded,
  • in-closing,
  • prelimiting,
  • de-marked,
  • de creases,
  • in closing,
  • de fined,
  • kept within limits,
  • prelimits,
  • re-strict,
  • de-creased,
  • in close,
  • sur rounded,
  • pre-limited,
  • sur rounding,
  • pre-limiting,
  • keeping within bounds,
  • de creased.
  •retard (verb)
  • post pone,
  • retardated,
  • post pones,
  • retardating,
  • chokes off,
  • slows up,
  • closes off,
  • post-pones,
  • slowing up.
  •slow (verb)
  • backwatering,
  • anchors it,
  • wound down,
  • hit brakes,
  • re-lax,
  • eases up,
  • keeping waiting,
  • hitting the brakes,
  • letted down flaps,
  • hits brakes,
  • eases off,
  • losing speed,
  • embogs,
  • kept waiting,
  • back waters,
  • loses speed,
  • reduces speed,
  • backwatered,
  • back water,
  • losing steam,
  • hits the brakes,
  • keeps waiting,
  • back watered,
  • embogged,
  • anchored it,
  • lets down flaps,
  • back-watering,
  • loses steam,
  • back-watered,
  • eased off,
  • winded down,
  • winds down,
  • lost steam,
  • back watering,
  • hitting brakes,
  • reduced speed,
  • embogging,
  • re lax,
  • back-waters,
  • anchoring it,
  • easing up,
  • reducing speed,
  • lost speed,
  • letting down flaps.
  •stem (verb)
  • bringing to a standstill,
  • bring a standstill,
  • brings to a standstill,
  • brought to a standstill,
  • brought a standstill,
  • bringing a standstill,
  • brings a standstill.
  •suppress (verb)
  • over throw,
  • puts kibosh on,
  • over-throwing,
  • sate on,
  • over-throws,
  • over thrown,
  • beating down,
  • cracks down on,
  • cracked down on,
  • over-thrown,
  • sits on,
  • over-throw,
  • beats down,
  • putting kibosh on,
  • over throwing,
  • over throws.
  •wait (verb)
  • fore sees,
  • sticks around,
  • hung onto your hat,
  • bode one time,
  • holds everything,
  • keeping shirt on,
  • bides one time,
  • bided one time,
  • looked forward to,
  • hangs onto your hat,
  • fore seen,
  • hangs onto hat,
  • lies in wait,
  • saving it,
  • filling time,
  • looks forward to,
  • bode time,
  • held on,
  • fore-saw,
  • lies wait,
  • bides ones time,
  • held phone,
  • lie wait,
  • bided one's time,
  • lied wait,
  • biding ones time,
  • holding phone,
  • holding everything,
  • filled time,
  • stands by,
  • hanging onto hat,
  • fore saw,
  • kept shirt on,
  • sweated it,
  • keeps shirt on,
  • saves it,
  • re-mains,
  • stays for,
  • re main,
  • fore seeing,
  • bide one time,
  • held everything,
  • stays up for,
  • hanged onto hat,
  • re mained,
  • hold phone,
  • fore-sees,
  • sweats it,
  • stuck around,
  • sitting up for,
  • sate for,
  • fore-seen,
  • staying up for,
  • bides time,
  • fore-see,
  • sits for,
  • lied in wait,
  • saved it,
  • biding one's time,
  • held the phone,
  • biding one time,
  • bided ones time,
  • bode ones time,
  • staid for,
  • holds phone,
  • sat for,
  • staid up for,
  • hanged onto your hat,
  • lying wait,
  • stayed for,
  • sits up for,
  • sitting for,
  • holding the phone,
  • sweating it,
  • bode one's time,
  • staying for,
  • bide ones time,
  • re mains,
  • re-main,
  • sate up for,
  • bides one's time,
  • hang onto hat,
  • fills time,
  • stayed up for,
  • sticking around,
  • hanging onto your hat,
  • sticked around,
  • re maining,
  • biding time,
  • holding on,
  • bided time,
  • sat up for,
  • holds the phone,
  • hung onto hat.
  •withhold (verb)
  • stopping oneself,
  • de-ducted,
  • with-hold,
  • de ducted,
  • kept oneself,
  • keeping oneself,
  • keeping under ones hat,
  • dummies up,
  • with held,
  • de-ducting,
  • stopped oneself,
  • keep under hat,
  • de-duct,
  • keeps under hat,
  • dummying up,
  • kept under one's hat,
  • kept under hat,
  • kept under ones hat,
  • held out on,
  • with-holds,
  • keeping under hat,
  • de ducts,
  • keep oneself,
  • with holds,
  • with-holding,
  • clams up,
  • keeps under ones hat,
  • de-ducts,
  • keep under one hat,
  • stopt oneself,
  • with-held,
  • keeps to oneself,
  • de ducting,
  • with holding,
  • keeping under one's hat,
  • with hold,
  • holding out on,
  • keeps oneself,
  • keeps under one's hat,
  • stops oneself,
  • keep under ones hat,
  • kept under one hat,
  • holds out on,
  • kept to oneself,
  • de duct,
  • keeps under one hat,
  • keeping under one hat.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • derail,
  • disdain,
  • dip out,
  • stamp out,
  • cramp,
  • imperil,
  • count against,
  • cut into,
  • interrupt,
  • bust,
  • beset,
  • back down,
  • poop out,
  • scratch,
  • suspend,
  • idle,
  • conspire,
  • staunch,
  • immobilize,
  • suffocate,
  • shelve,
  • convulse,
  • cry off,
  • scotch,
  • gum up,
  • snuff out,
  • upset,
  • paralyze,
  • scuttle,
  • forget,
  • intervene,
  • bale out,
  • bedevil,
  • abort,
  • clog,
  • bring up against,
  • kill off,
  • forgo,
  • weigh down,
  • cut,
  • frustrate,
  • beg off,
  • interfere with,
  • disconnect,
  • sabotage,
  • petrify,
  • quash,
  • quell,
  • wash out,
  • back out,
  • bugger about,
  • stanch,
  • freeze,
  • endanger,
  • disadvantage,
  • deep-six,
  • wreck,
  • extinguish,
  • brew up,
  • crimp,
  • squeeze out,
  • disrupt,
  • entangle.
  •
  • hush,
  • pinion,
  • tax,
  • pitch into,
  • knock back,
  • stamp on,
  • catch out,
  • scrub,
  • keep away,
  • call off,
  • spite,
  • opt out,
  • scrap,
  • inconvenience,
  • bail,
  • pitchfork,
  • stifle,
  • blow up,
  • entrap,
  • obstruct,
  • threaten.
  •
  • defeat,
  • squelch,
  • mess with,
  • muffle,
  • strangle,
  • smother,
  • condemn,
  • default,
  • reduce to,
  • obstruction,
  • bail out,
  • let down.
  •
  • quench,
  • scourge,
  • destroy,
  • pose,
  • dog,
  • hold-down,
  • put to,
  • haunt,
  • expose,
  • weight.
  •
  • choke.
  •
  • betray,
  • sit.
  •
  • withdraw.
  •
  • squeeze,
  • trouble.
  •
  • corner,
  • develop.
  •
  • place.
  •
  • put out.
  •back down
  • gave in,
  • pulls back,
  • retreating,
  • give ground,
  • go back on,
  • give up,
  • wimp out,
  • cave in,
  • withdraw from agreement or statement,
  • pulling back,
  • gives ground,
  • have no fight left,
  • back pedal,
  • caves in,
  • caving in,
  • Withdrew,
  • giving ground,
  • pulled back.
  •black out
  • Quashed,
  • crossed out,
  • covers up,
  • go out like light,
  • go out like a light,
  • Squashing,
  • obfuscate,
  • squash,
  • cross out,
  • crossing out,
  • make dark,
  • covering up,
  • rub out,
  • delete; cover,
  • cover up,
  • covered up.
  •bottle up
  • keep back,
  • shut in,
  • corked,
  • held in,
  • cooped up,
  • hold down,
  • held down,
  • box up,
  • bring to naught,
  • corking,
  • kept back,
  • kept secret,
  • hold in,
  • keep feeling inside oneself,
  • coop up,
  • holding in,
  • keeps back,
  • Entrapped,
  • keep secret,
  • keeping back.
  •cumber
  • saddled,
  • Saddling.
  •defend
  • fight back.
  •demote
  • Benching,
  • set back,
  • Disrate,
  • demerited,
  • kick downstairs,
  • demeriting,
  • Benched,
  • Declass,
  • kicking downstairs.
  •deny
  • turn down,
  • Negativing,
  • taboo,
  • forsake,
  • called on,
  • Tabooed,
  • Forgone,
  • calling on,
  • Tabooing,
  • say no to,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • take exception to,
  • not buy,
  • Negatived,
  • forgoing,
  • call on,
  • spurn,
  • enjoin from,
  • veto.
  •hang back
  • hang fire,
  • hanging fire,
  • lag behind,
  • hang off,
  • hangs fire,
  • drops behind,
  • drop behind,
  • shrink back,
  • lagging behind,
  • dropping behind,
  • drop back,
  • stay back.
  •harbor
  • Bunking,
  • Domiciling,
  • Domiciled,
  • Bunked,
  • Housed,
  • provide refuge.
  •hesitate
  • thought about,
  • dithered,
  • stutter,
  • thinking about,
  • scruple,
  • pussyfoot,
  • sit on fence,
  • dithering,
  • thinking twice,
  • Floundered,
  • thinks about,
  • be irresolute,
  • Hesitated,
  • Stammered,
  • think twice,
  • think about,
  • shy away,
  • be unwilling.
  •hinder
  • snafued,
  • hinders,
  • get in the way.
  •Other relevant words:
  • push back,
  • hang back,
  • shrouding,
  • hang out,
  • prepared for,
  • Bogging,
  • standing still,
  • turned aside,
  • boxes in,
  • Incarcerated,
  • not told,
  • knocked down,
  • sit for,
  • check,
  • deal in,
  • put half nelson on,
  • standing by,
  • repress,
  • drive off,
  • call it a day,
  • talking out of,
  • choking off,
  • beat off,
  • playing for time,
  • look for,
  • locked up,
  • stand up against,
  • sitting on,
  • shotgun,
  • sandbag,
  • Disfavoring,
  • hinder,
  • closed down,
  • delimitating,
  • reined in,
  • black out,
  • tuck away,
  • Disinclining,
  • delimitates,
  • Repulsing,
  • bring to standstill,
  • blow whistle on,
  • repel,
  • Entrammel,
  • duel,
  • Intermitting,
  • come to an end,
  • sweat it,
  • stem,
  • hold the phone,
  • harbor,
  • Paused,
  • rein,
  • cooled down,
  • keep lid on,
  • trade in,
  • concussed,
  • turn aside,
  • keep arm's length,
  • Prelimit,
  • forbear,
  • confine,
  • pinning down,
  • be stingy,
  • beat someone to it,
  • not give away,
  • keeping in check,
  • put a cork in,
  • holds on,
  • dummy up,
  • ensconce,
  • close down,
  • lay wait,
  • plays for time,
  • not tell,
  • keep shirt on,
  • intermit,
  • Dueling,
  • knock down,
  • slow down,
  • inclose,
  • bankrupts,
  • dummied up,
  • Burking,
  • take ten,
  • take five,
  • drive away,
  • putting on hold,
  • suppress,
  • put to flight,
  • put lid on,
  • holds back,
  • stiffs,
  • hold off,
  • go into hiding,
  • bottlenecking,
  • care for,
  • quelch,
  • slowed down,
  • kept in,
  • downing,
  • Shrouded,
  • curtained,
  • play for time,
  • demark,
  • drop anchor,
  • Downs,
  • lose,
  • bring to a standstill,
  • put off,
  • take cover,
  • Preventing,
  • blow the whistle on,
  • disinclines,
  • cast aside,
  • anticipate,
  • Inclosing,
  • stop oneself,
  • demote,
  • curb,
  • indispose,
  • put an end to,
  • slow,
  • closed off,
  • knocks down,
  • provide against,
  • blot out,
  • deals in,
  • constrain,
  • go underground,
  • chased away,
  • call time,
  • stay up for,
  • delimitated,
  • taking out,
  • hobble,
  • stand by,
  • incloses,
  • grudge,
  • deprive,
  • crack down on,
  • Harnessing,
  • beat down,
  • play down,
  • downed,
  • keep under wraps,
  • neutralize,
  • send up,
  • take a break,
  • put end to,
  • cease fire,
  • sit up for,
  • put kibosh on,
  • keep,
  • stand against,
  • put on ice,
  • disincline,
  • looked for,
  • discourage,
  • locking up,
  • heads off,
  • put out of the way,
  • keep to oneself,
  • Intermitted,
  • fettered,
  • come to standstill,
  • sandbagging,
  • keep from,
  • kept at bay,
  • fight off,
  • Suppressing,
  • keep off,
  • beat back,
  • cool it,
  • keeping in,
  • Disfavored,
  • withholds,
  • tucked away,
  • close off,
  • sandbagged,
  • hide,
  • wait,
  • put a stop to,
  • concuss,
  • be reluctant,
  • hole up,
  • put a lid on,
  • cooling down,
  • Bankrupted,
  • burked,
  • force off,
  • ice,
  • halt,
  • pins down,
  • blotting out,
  • be early,
  • jam up,
  • pressurized,
  • bring to an end,
  • defend against,
  • interned,
  • give cold shoulder to,
  • closing down,
  • taking cover,
  • dueled,
  • bide time,
  • talk out of,
  • withhold,
  • clamming up,
  • Inclosed,
  • cracking down on,
  • bide one's time,
  • delimitate,
  • keep in check,
  • shotgunning,
  • Forfend,
  • go easy,
  • call a day,
  • driving back,
  • hold on,
  • stop briefly,
  • fill time,
  • clammed up,
  • lie in wait,
  • burke,
  • bottlenecked,
  • Bankrupting,
  • withheld,
  • throw cold water on,
  • gridlocked,
  • clam up,
  • keep at bay,
  • cared for,
  • choke off,
  • Bottling,
  • stand still,
  • hold at bay,
  • refuse,
  • dealing in,
  • simmer down,
  • slow up,
  • prevent,
  • stay for,
  • choked off,
  • hang onto your hat,
  • hang up,
  • put stop to,
  • box in,
  • slacken pace,
  • Bottled,
  • sent up,
  • hold out on,
  • looks for,
  • save it,
  • concussing,
  • keep within bounds,
  • inhibits,
  • duelling,
  • shotgunned,
  • pressurizing,
  • Manacling,
  • lay in wait,
  • taking a break,
  • drive back,
  • Disadvise,
  • inhibit,
  • Bitted,
  • interning,
  • sidelined,
  • dropping anchor,
  • keeping to oneself,
  • put up fight,
  • stood by,
  • hem in,
  • leash,
  • bring to end,
  • break it up,
  • prepare for,
  • retardates,
  • stopped briefly,
  • bottle up,
  • sit on,
  • deny,
  • force back,
  • cool down,
  • keep within limits,
  • put out of commission,
  • gridlock,
  • cumber,
  • sandbags,
  • lying low,
  • pause,
  • cool off,
  • standing against,
  • chase away,
  • Curtaining,
  • be one step ahead of,
  • act,
  • pin down,
  • turning aside,
  • handicap,
  • took out,
  • hold everything,
  • sideline,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • reins in,
  • pressurizes,
  • stick around,
  • hogtie,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • cares for,
  • hold,
  • put on hold,
  • lie low,
  • keep tight rein on,
  • Manacled,
  • necessitate,
  • knocking down,
  • lay low,
  • takes a breather,
  • keep in,
  • looking forward to,
  • Shotguns,
  • expropriate,
  • pressurize,
  • stow away,
  • keep under one's hat,
  • restrict,
  • slowed up,
  • take a breather,
  • closing off,
  • looking for,
  • iced,
  • marks time,
  • rein in,
  • Burkes,
  • fending off,
  • lock up,
  • retard,
  • look forward to,
  • Indisposing,
  • hesitate,
  • stops briefly,
  • stiffed,
  • lying in wait,
  • ward off,
  • put on brakes,
  • sends up,
  • Bogged,
  • cooling off,
  • blotted out,
  • retardate.
  •play down
  • underplayed,
  • make little of,
  • underplay,
  • be little,
  • deemphasize,
  • make light of,
  • glossed over,
  • underplaying,
  • underplays,
  • gloss over,
  • made light of.
  •refuse
  • send off,
  • turned away,
  • Regretted,
  • turn deaf ear to,
  • turns away,
  • turn one's back on,
  • turn from,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • turn back on,
  • send regrets,
  • nixing,
  • refuse to receive,
  • turning away,
  • passed up,
  • Reprobated,
  • not budge,
  • turn away,
  • Reprobating,
  • not budget,
  • make excuses,
  • setting aside,
  • Refusing,
  • turned back on,
  • not care to.
  •slow
  • wind down,
  • Reefing,
  • eased up,
  • winding down,
  • keep waiting,
  • backwaters,
  • Reefed,
  • hit the brakes,
  • stunting,
  • let down flaps,
  • Back-water,
  • easing off,
  • embog,
  • lose steam.
  •stash
  • occults,
  • Occulted,
  • Occulting.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • disclaim,
  • skimp,
  • have,
  • bridle,
  • famish,
  • combat,
  • not touch,
  • hold aloof from,
  • let well enough alone,
  • choke down,
  • compromise,
  • save up,
  • preserve,
  • Haver,
  • defy,
  • stand aloof,
  • ease up,
  • hold the line,
  • withstand,
  • lag,
  • deduct,
  • resist,
  • fetter,
  • hold horses,
  • overcome,
  • calm,
  • encumber,
  • postpone,
  • dodge,
  • rebuff,
  • refrain,
  • ban,
  • stunt,
  • snub,
  • in,
  • drag,
  • slack up,
  • regress,
  • be cheap,
  • brake,
  • interfere,
  • be sparing,
  • be proof,
  • catch,
  • shun,
  • delay,
  • control,
  • hold up,
  • discontinue,
  • stall,
  • shrink from,
  • engage,
  • assure,
  • make,
  • starve,
  • backwater,
  • lose ground,
  • quiet,
  • boggle at,
  • recede,
  • temporize,
  • preclude,
  • pass up,
  • be parsimonious,
  • get,
  • put a damper on,
  • slacken off,
  • close,
  • silence,
  • eschew,
  • be penurious,
  • damp,
  • outlast,
  • dam up,
  • reserve,
  • lose speed,
  • dispense with,
  • meddle,
  • rein (back,
  • blanket,
  • govern,
  • throttle,
  • backpedal,
  • choke back,
  • prohibit,
  • pinch,
  • block,
  • restrain oneself,
  • put back,
  • retrench,
  • dispirit,
  • limit,
  • stand aloof from,
  • avoid excess,
  • demur,
  • conquer,
  • draw rein,
  • slacken,
  • endure,
  • barricade,
  • put aside,
  • ease off,
  • defer,
  • stash,
  • deter,
  • cut corners,
  • keep quiet,
  • conserve,
  • terminate,
  • prevail,
  • oppose,
  • obtain,
  • begrudge,
  • shackle,
  • foil,
  • jib,
  • scrimp,
  • nail,
  • bar,
  • dishearten,
  • save,
  • spare,
  • cool,
  • standstill,
  • be frugal,
  • tame,
  • thwart,
  • interdict,
  • proscribe,
  • straiten,
  • mask,
  • guard,
  • intimidate,
  • hold out,
  • blank out,
  • be patient,
  • forestall,
  • be mingy,
  • detain,
  • hamper,
  • reef,
  • hold fast,
  • deny oneself,
  • dilly-dally,
  • baulk,
  • decelerate,
  • keep out,
  • stick,
  • proceed,
  • have nothing to do with,
  • economize,
  • slack off,
  • continue,
  • stint,
  • stave,
  • bog,
  • bit,
  • not use,
  • settle,
  • let go by,
  • maintain,
  • dispel,
  • balk,
  • set by,
  • disallow,
  • stay,
  • do without,
  • bog down,
  • keep in reserve,
  • husband,
  • stymie,
  • abstain from,
  • waive,
  • get in the way of,
  • eat sparingly,
  • subdue,
  • pull,
  • keep down,
  • refrain from,
  • curtail,
  • enjoin,
  • intercept,
  • sit upon,
  • bottle,
  • secure,
  • take,
  • clip the wings,
  • gag,
  • adjourn,
  • dampen,
  • deaden,
  • put by,
  • dam,
  • keep on hand,
  • embargo,
  • last,
  • relax,
  • sit tight,
  • battle,
  • weather,
  • Intermeddle,
  • counteract,
  • mute,
  • countercheck,
  • bind,
  • countervail,
  • reduce speed,
  • take it easy,
  • moderate,
  • trammel,
  • cease.

Antonyms for Hold back:

• v.

  • Other antonyms:
    emancipate, animate, impel, set free, incite, arouse, excite.

Hypernym for Hold back:

• v.

  • competition
    cut down, cut out.

Hyponym for Hold back:

• v.

  • competition
    defend.