532 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ hˈə͡ʊld dˈa͡ʊn], [ hˈə‍ʊld dˈa‍ʊn], [ h_ˈəʊ_l_d d_ˈaʊ_n]

Similar words for hold down:

• other relevant words (noun)
• bottle up (verb)
• change (verb)
• check (verb)
• constrain (verb)
• curb (verb)
• grind (verb)
• hold back/hold off (verb)
• inhibit (verb)
• manage (verb)
• other relevant words (verb)
• pin (verb)
• quiet (verb)
• restrict (verb)
• stifle (verb)
• suppress (verb)
• weigh down (verb)
• withhold (verb)
• other synonyms
• bottle up
• depress
• other relevant words
• weigh down
• other relevant words (noun)

Hyponyms for hold down

Synonyms for Hold down:

• n.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • disenfranchise.

• v.

  • bottle up (verb)
  • cork,
  • repress,
  • bring to naught,
  • contain,
  • trap,
  • enclose,
  • collar,
  • entrap,
  • hold in,
  • cramp,
  • box up,
  • keep feeling inside oneself,
  • shut in,
  • coop up,
  • corner,
  • restrain,
  • keep secret,
  • cover up.
  • change (verb)
  • hold down.
  • check (verb)
  • circumvent,
  • bar,
  • repulse,
  • cut short,
  • rebuff,
  • obstruct,
  • tame,
  • nip in the bud,
  • delay,
  • pause,
  • interrupt,
  • moderate,
  • impede,
  • harness,
  • reduce,
  • halt,
  • discourage,
  • counteract,
  • snub,
  • retard,
  • prevent,
  • bridle,
  • arrest,
  • choke,
  • obviate,
  • baffle,
  • squelch,
  • stop,
  • thwart,
  • stay,
  • foil,
  • frustrate,
  • control,
  • bit,
  • terminate,
  • bottleneck,
  • preclude,
  • checkmate.
  • constrain (verb)
  • compel,
  • chain,
  • bind,
  • pressure,
  • deprive,
  • disallow,
  • drive,
  • urge,
  • jail,
  • deny,
  • oblige,
  • immure,
  • constrict,
  • coerce,
  • ban,
  • stifle,
  • impel,
  • intern,
  • incarcerate,
  • imprison,
  • hog-tie,
  • make.
  • curb (verb)
  • fetter,
  • scrub,
  • ice,
  • hamper,
  • hinder,
  • manacle,
  • tie,
  • muzzle,
  • refrain,
  • tie up,
  • abstain,
  • cook,
  • shackle,
  • clog,
  • subdue.
  • grind (verb)
  • harass,
  • plague,
  • hound,
  • annoy,
  • persecute,
  • afflict,
  • trouble,
  • vex,
  • tyrannize.
  • hold back/hold off (verb)
  • forbear,
  • postpone,
  • defer,
  • keep,
  • put off,
  • refuse.
  • inhibit (verb)
  • forbid,
  • stymie,
  • avert,
  • faze,
  • enjoin,
  • outlaw,
  • taboo,
  • ward,
  • interdict,
  • prohibit.
  • manage (verb)
  • counsel,
  • instruct,
  • boss,
  • concert,
  • oversee,
  • regulate,
  • officiate,
  • wield,
  • run,
  • carry on,
  • call the shots,
  • maintain,
  • operate,
  • direct,
  • watch,
  • influence,
  • ply,
  • pilot,
  • engineer,
  • govern,
  • designate,
  • advocate,
  • conduct,
  • request,
  • head,
  • administer,
  • guide,
  • command,
  • disburse,
  • minister,
  • rule,
  • steer,
  • supervise,
  • superintend,
  • use,
  • dominate,
  • train,
  • manipulate,
  • preside,
  • execute,
  • handle,
  • captain.
  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • confine,
  • keep back,
  • circumscribe,
  • hold,
  • retain,
  • limit.
  • pin (verb)
  • affix,
  • join,
  • fasten,
  • fix,
  • secure,
  • clasp,
  • press,
  • close.
  • quiet (verb)
  • cool it,
  • appease,
  • still,
  • inactivate,
  • soothe,
  • settle,
  • cool out,
  • button one's lip,
  • lull,
  • slack,
  • relax,
  • satisfy,
  • reconcile,
  • quieten,
  • square,
  • please,
  • mollify,
  • gratify,
  • tranquilize,
  • take the bite out of,
  • soften,
  • calm down,
  • allay,
  • console,
  • shut up,
  • ameliorate,
  • stroke,
  • can it,
  • soft-pedal,
  • patch things up,
  • pacify,
  • palliate,
  • fix up,
  • assuage,
  • hold it down,
  • becalm,
  • smooth,
  • compose.
  • restrict (verb)
  • contract,
  • decrease,
  • surround,
  • diminish,
  • demarcate,
  • modify,
  • encircle,
  • narrow,
  • come down on,
  • handicap,
  • tether,
  • shorten,
  • temper,
  • qualify,
  • define,
  • bound,
  • put away,
  • delimit,
  • shrink.
  • stifle (verb)
  • clamp down,
  • crack down,
  • hush up,
  • trammel,
  • put the lid on,
  • choke back,
  • stagnate,
  • suffocate,
  • dry up,
  • black out,
  • constipate,
  • torpedo.
  • suppress (verb)
  • conceal,
  • shush,
  • cut off,
  • bottle,
  • spike,
  • overcome,
  • annihilate,
  • overpower,
  • overthrow,
  • crush,
  • abolish,
  • put down,
  • squash,
  • clamp,
  • conquer,
  • snuff out,
  • trample,
  • stamp out.
  • weigh down (verb)
  • get down,
  • task,
  • overload,
  • oppress,
  • overburden,
  • press down,
  • prey on,
  • pull down,
  • sadden,
  • weigh upon,
  • bear down,
  • cumber,
  • weight,
  • burden,
  • worry.
  • withhold (verb)
  • detain,
  • hold out,
  • deduct,
  • hide,
  • resist,
  • reserve.

• Other synonyms:

  • bottle up
  • covered up,
  • kept back,
  • corking,
  • cooped up,
  • held in,
  • held down,
  • covers up,
  • covering up,
  • corked,
  • kept secret,
  • Entrapped,
  • keeps back,
  • keeping back,
  • holding in.
  • depress
  • weigh down.
  • Other relevant words:
  • withheld,
  • pinning down,
  • keep tight rein on,
  • sandbagged,
  • Burkes,
  • Tabooing,
  • kept out,
  • keep under wraps,
  • watch over,
  • Harnessing,
  • Bitted,
  • clammed up,
  • plays for time,
  • pinion,
  • withhold,
  • hold off,
  • hem in,
  • necessitate,
  • take over,
  • Concerting,
  • ground,
  • neutralize,
  • delimitate,
  • put end to,
  • Forbore,
  • sandbag,
  • Tabooed,
  • pins down,
  • burke,
  • inclose,
  • care for,
  • took care of,
  • pin,
  • fettered,
  • piloting,
  • slow down,
  • captaining,
  • keep lid on,
  • cares for,
  • captained,
  • Inclosing,
  • holds back,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • taking over,
  • Entrammel,
  • sends up,
  • keeping to oneself,
  • shotgun,
  • delimitates,
  • concussed,
  • sandbagging,
  • Shotguns,
  • constrain,
  • cared for,
  • pressurized,
  • Bottled,
  • withholds,
  • keep under one's hat,
  • bottlenecking,
  • put an end to,
  • hold fast,
  • restrict,
  • keeps out,
  • concussing,
  • take care of,
  • cooling down,
  • suppress,
  • boxes in,
  • concuss,
  • hang up,
  • Bottling,
  • grind,
  • play for time,
  • keep in,
  • keep to oneself,
  • watching over,
  • cool off,
  • pin down,
  • call shots,
  • hold back,
  • called upon,
  • slacken pace,
  • playing for time,
  • put lid on,
  • beat down,
  • clam up,
  • iced,
  • send up,
  • call upon,
  • hogtie,
  • sit on,
  • Piloted,
  • Suppressing,
  • burked,
  • check,
  • shotgunned,
  • pressurizing,
  • put on ice,
  • reins in,
  • bottlenecked,
  • cooled down,
  • put on brakes,
  • stop oneself,
  • curb,
  • cracking down on,
  • put kibosh on,
  • run the show,
  • dummied up,
  • keeping in,
  • incloses,
  • Manacling,
  • crack down on,
  • pinions,
  • put half nelson on,
  • cooling off,
  • sent up,
  • delimitating,
  • engaged in,
  • pressurize,
  • demark,
  • delimitated,
  • hold out on,
  • Pinioning,
  • interning,
  • clamming up,
  • hobble,
  • take the helm,
  • keep out,
  • leash,
  • Repulsing,
  • kept in,
  • slowed down,
  • inhibits,
  • Paused,
  • engage in,
  • cool down,
  • pinioned,
  • sandbags,
  • bottle up,
  • takes care of,
  • calls upon,
  • pressurizes,
  • Inclosed,
  • rein in,
  • box in,
  • Burking,
  • watched over,
  • dummy up,
  • manage,
  • keeping out,
  • Manacled,
  • shotgunning,
  • sitting on,
  • keep within bounds,
  • interned,
  • reined in,
  • Prelimit,
  • inhibit,
  • keep within limits.
  • weigh down
  • overburdened,
  • pressed down,
  • over-burden,
  • got down,
  • weighed upon,
  • weighted,
  • pressing down,
  • weighting.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • blinking,
  • flapping,
  • gag,
  • brake,
  • lick,
  • strangle,
  • lead captive,
  • immobilize,
  • outdo,
  • licking,
  • censor,
  • enthrall,
  • stultify,
  • zap,
  • pulsate,
  • disfranchise,
  • quash,
  • rein,
  • mastering,
  • threshing,
  • keep under,
  • outplay,
  • beaten,
  • Arcograph,
  • drown,
  • churning,
  • thresh,
  • crumple,
  • stanch,
  • Defeating,
  • Taming,
  • choke off,
  • pounding,
  • quench,
  • beating,
  • cope,
  • ruling,
  • thrashing,
  • extinguish,
  • enslave,
  • buffeting,
  • Embank,
  • enthral,
  • smother,
  • hold in bondage,
  • throttle,
  • subordinate,
  • Overmatch,
  • quell,
  • Whisking,
  • keep down,
  • cork up,
  • kill,
  • jump on,
  • clamp down on,
  • hold captive,
  • riffle,
  • outvote,
  • curl,
  • muffle,
  • take captive,
  • silence,
  • shut down,
  • hush,
  • asphyxiate,
  • overbear.

Hyponym for Hold down:

• v.

  • change
    limit, circumscribe, confine to.
  • possession
    hold back, keep back, hold, retain.