Synonyms for Intimidate:

• n.

  •
  • shake up,
  • frighten/scare the wits out of someone.
  •
  • over.
  •bulldoze (noun)
  • bulldoze.

• v.

  •appall/appal (verb)
  • dis-concerts,
  • dis-maying,
  • out raging,
  • dis heartened,
  • dis may,
  • out rage,
  • un nerved,
  • un nerve,
  • dis hearten,
  • out raged,
  • dis-heartening,
  • dis-concerting,
  • dis-mayed,
  • grosses out,
  • dis-mays,
  • dis heartens,
  • dis heartening,
  • dis mayed,
  • un nerves,
  • out-rages,
  • dis-heartens,
  • dis concerting,
  • dis concerts,
  • dis-heartened,
  • out-raging,
  • dis concert,
  • grossing out,
  • dis-may,
  • dis-concert,
  • out-raged,
  • dis concerted,
  • dis-hearten,
  • un-nerving,
  • dis mays,
  • out rages,
  • dis-concerted,
  • gat to,
  • gotten to,
  • un nerving,
  • un-nerve,
  • dis maying,
  • un-nerves,
  • out-rage.
  •awe (verb)
  • over-awe,
  • grand stands,
  • co-wed,
  • hotdogged,
  • co wing,
  • co wed,
  • showboated,
  • over-awes,
  • over awes,
  • over awe,
  • co-wing,
  • grand stand,
  • over awing,
  • blowing away,
  • over awed,
  • knocking socks off,
  • over-awing,
  • grand-stands,
  • blows away,
  • grand standing,
  • knocked socks off,
  • knocks socks off,
  • grand-standing,
  • over-awed.
  •browbeat (verb)
  • lording over,
  • over-bore,
  • over bears,
  • over-born,
  • puts through the wringer,
  • over bear,
  • lorded it over,
  • Over-bearing,
  • putting through the wringer,
  • despotized,
  • puts heat on,
  • lording it over,
  • putting heat on,
  • lords over,
  • despotizes,
  • over bearing,
  • putting the chill on,
  • leaned on,
  • overborn,
  • over-bears,
  • puts through wringer,
  • over bore,
  • lord over,
  • over-borne,
  • leant on,
  • putting chill on,
  • puts the chill on,
  • despotizing,
  • putting through wringer,
  • over born,
  • overbore,
  • puts chill on,
  • lords it over,
  • leans on,
  • lorded over,
  • over borne.
  •coerce (verb)
  • be setting,
  • made offer they cant refuse,
  • making an offer they can't refuse,
  • re presses,
  • twist ones arm,
  • twists one arm,
  • makes an offer they cant refuse,
  • re press,
  • re strict,
  • re pressing,
  • concusses,
  • twisted ones arm,
  • make offer they cant refuse,
  • made an offer they cant refuse,
  • twists ones arm,
  • twisting one arm,
  • make offer they can't refuse,
  • puts the squeeze on,
  • high pressuring,
  • making an offer they cant refuse,
  • twisting one's arm,
  • made an offer they can't refuse,
  • high pressured,
  • makes offer they can't refuse,
  • making offer they can't refuse,
  • be-set,
  • re-presses,
  • be-setting,
  • be-sets,
  • twisting arm,
  • twisted one's arm,
  • twisted one arm,
  • make an offer they cant refuse,
  • re-pressing,
  • be sets,
  • makes an offer they can't refuse,
  • puts squeeze on,
  • twisted arm,
  • making offer they cant refuse,
  • re pressed,
  • twist one arm,
  • high pressures,
  • made offer they can't refuse,
  • twisting ones arm,
  • re-strict,
  • re-press,
  • makes offer they cant refuse,
  • putting squeeze on,
  • twists arm,
  • twists one's arm,
  • putting the squeeze on.
  •daunt (verb)
  • sub dues,
  • sub due,
  • sub-dues,
  • sub-due.
  •deter (verb)
  • re-strain,
  • disadvises,
  • fore stall,
  • pre vent,
  • disadvised,
  • dis-advised,
  • dis-advise,
  • pre vents,
  • forfends,
  • acting like wet blanket,
  • de bars,
  • fore-stalling,
  • act like wet blanket,
  • de-bars,
  • dis advise,
  • fore stalls,
  • re-straining,
  • dis advised,
  • de-bar,
  • de-barring,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • fore stalled,
  • fore-stall,
  • threw cold water on,
  • fore-stalls,
  • de bar,
  • putting a damper on,
  • forfending,
  • fore-stalled,
  • pre-vented,
  • re strain,
  • dis advises,
  • putting damper on,
  • re-strains,
  • dis-advising,
  • puts damper on,
  • puts a damper on,
  • throws cold water on,
  • de barred,
  • acts like a wet blanket,
  • pre venting,
  • acted like a wet blanket,
  • talked out of,
  • pre-vent,
  • dis-advises,
  • re strains,
  • pre-venting,
  • disadvising,
  • acting like a wet blanket,
  • fore stalling,
  • forfended,
  • dis advising,
  • re straining,
  • talks out of,
  • de barring,
  • re-strained,
  • acts like wet blanket,
  • re strained,
  • acted like wet blanket,
  • pre-vents,
  • de-barred.
  •discourage (verb)
  • breaks one's heart,
  • dis-tresses,
  • break ones heart,
  • beating down,
  • broke one's heart,
  • dis courage,
  • breaks ones heart,
  • de-press,
  • dis tresses,
  • broke heart,
  • brake one's heart,
  • brake one heart,
  • de-pressing,
  • casts down,
  • de-pressed,
  • dis-tressed,
  • dis courages,
  • de-moralized,
  • brake ones heart,
  • dis tress,
  • break heart,
  • de pressed,
  • breaking heart,
  • beats down,
  • break one heart,
  • brake heart,
  • de moralized,
  • de press,
  • de moralizes,
  • dis-tress,
  • breaks heart,
  • breaks one heart,
  • dis-courage,
  • de-presses,
  • broke ones heart,
  • dis-courages,
  • de-moralize,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de-moralizes,
  • dis tressed,
  • breaking one's heart,
  • de presses,
  • de moralize,
  • breaking one heart,
  • breaking ones heart,
  • de moralizing,
  • de pressing,
  • broke one heart.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • chill,
  • derail,
  • dissuade,
  • avert,
  • dampen,
  • inhibit,
  • prevent,
  • dishearten,
  • deflect,
  • check,
  • divert,
  • depress,
  • admonish,
  • restrain,
  • ban,
  • disincline,
  • bar.
  •domineer (verb)
  • inning the drivers seat,
  • keeps under thumb,
  • in the drivers seat,
  • runs things,
  • are in the saddle,
  • pre vail,
  • being in the saddle,
  • leading by the nose,
  • was in saddle,
  • lead by nose,
  • inned drivers seat,
  • running show,
  • wert in the saddle,
  • leads by nose,
  • are saddle,
  • rule roost,
  • threw weight around,
  • are the saddle,
  • pushing buttons,
  • being the saddle,
  • inned the drivers seat,
  • pre-dominating,
  • is saddle,
  • inned the driver seat,
  • pre-vails,
  • inning the driver seat,
  • was the saddle,
  • are in saddle,
  • kicks around,
  • pushes buttons,
  • leads by the nose,
  • ins the driver's seat,
  • pre dominated,
  • pre dominating,
  • ran things,
  • was in the saddle,
  • is in the saddle,
  • wert saddle,
  • in drivers seat,
  • keeping under thumb,
  • pre dominate,
  • being in saddle,
  • pre vailed,
  • pre-dominates,
  • running the show,
  • ins drivers seat,
  • in driver seat,
  • ins the drivers seat,
  • throws weight around,
  • pushes the buttons,
  • pre-dominate,
  • wast saddle,
  • pre-vail,
  • inning driver's seat,
  • art saddle,
  • were saddle,
  • runs show,
  • pushing the buttons,
  • is the saddle,
  • wert the saddle,
  • kept under thumb,
  • inned driver's seat,
  • wast the saddle,
  • inning driver seat,
  • inned the driver's seat,
  • in the driver seat,
  • ran the show,
  • leading by nose,
  • inning the driver's seat,
  • be saddle,
  • pre vailing,
  • be the saddle,
  • was saddle,
  • run show,
  • runs the show,
  • art in the saddle,
  • am saddle,
  • ins driver's seat,
  • is in saddle,
  • were in saddle,
  • inned driver seat,
  • art in saddle,
  • led by nose,
  • inning drivers seat,
  • were the saddle,
  • ins driver seat,
  • being saddle,
  • ran show,
  • pre vails,
  • am the saddle,
  • wast in the saddle,
  • pre dominates,
  • wast in saddle,
  • ins the driver seat,
  • were in the saddle,
  • pre-vailed,
  • wert in saddle,
  • art the saddle,
  • pre-dominated,
  • pushed buttons,
  • pushed the buttons.
  •emotion (verb)
  • intimidate.
  •frighten (verb)
  • disturb,
  • petrify,
  • harrow,
  • unnerve,
  • agitate,
  • rattle,
  • alarm,
  • haunt,
  • set on edge,
  • panic.
  •frighten, threaten (verb)
  • bowl over,
  • bluster,
  • dismay,
  • bully,
  • badger,
  • force,
  • bait,
  • compel,
  • dispirit,
  • ride,
  • disquiet,
  • hound,
  • oblige,
  • constrain,
  • buffalo,
  • twist someone's arm,
  • subdue,
  • enforce.
  •fulminate (verb)
  • be-rating,
  • de-claimed,
  • be rated,
  • denunciating,
  • re probating,
  • re probate,
  • swore at,
  • re-probated,
  • be rate,
  • de-claims,
  • denunciates,
  • de-claim,
  • up-braiding,
  • up braids,
  • inveighing against,
  • de claims,
  • de claim,
  • be rates,
  • up-braid,
  • be rating,
  • inveighs against,
  • be-rates,
  • de-claiming,
  • re-probate,
  • up-braided,
  • de claimed,
  • be-rate,
  • swears at,
  • pro-testing,
  • re probated,
  • pro-tested,
  • denunciated,
  • swearing at,
  • pro tested,
  • up braid,
  • up braided,
  • up-braids,
  • re-probates,
  • sware at,
  • re-probating,
  • inveighed against,
  • pro testing,
  • de claiming,
  • be-rated.
  •harass (verb)
  • de spoiling,
  • de spoils,
  • be-deviled,
  • be leaguered,
  • be-devilled,
  • de-spoil,
  • gave a hard time,
  • be devils,
  • gives a bad time,
  • rattle cage,
  • rattles ones cage,
  • gives a hard time,
  • be-leaguers,
  • be deviling,
  • gave bad time,
  • be-deviling,
  • de spoil,
  • de spoiled,
  • ex-asperated,
  • be devilling,
  • give hard time,
  • rattled one cage,
  • ex-asperating,
  • be-devils,
  • ex asperating,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • gave hard time,
  • be leaguer,
  • noodged,
  • de-spoiled,
  • giving a bad time,
  • rattles one cage,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • be leaguering,
  • be devilled,
  • ex-asperate,
  • gave a bad time,
  • gives bad time,
  • rattles cage,
  • gives hard time,
  • jerks around,
  • ex-asperates,
  • de-spoiling,
  • be-devilling,
  • be-leaguered,
  • rattle one cage,
  • giving bad time,
  • be leaguers,
  • giving hard time,
  • be-devil,
  • wrought on,
  • jerking around,
  • rattling cage,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • ex asperate,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • be-leaguer,
  • be deviled,
  • rattled cage,
  • be-leaguering,
  • noodging,
  • works on,
  • de-spoils,
  • ex asperates,
  • rattling one cage,
  • giving a hard time,
  • rattled ones cage,
  • give bad time,
  • be devil.
  •horrify (verb)
  • dis gusted,
  • chills off,
  • dis gusts,
  • dis-gust,
  • chilled off,
  • dis gusting,
  • dis-gusting,
  • dis-gusted,
  • dis-gusts,
  • chilling off,
  • dis gust.
  •menace (verb)
  • badeye,
  • over hang,
  • badeying,
  • bad-eyeing,
  • end-angering,
  • bad eyed,
  • pushes around,
  • badeyed,
  • over-hang,
  • whips around,
  • badeyes,
  • bad-eying,
  • over hangs,
  • end anger,
  • end angering,
  • bad eyes,
  • end-angers,
  • badeyeing,
  • bad-eyes,
  • bad eying,
  • over-hangs,
  • whipped around,
  • scared hell out of,
  • end angers,
  • whipping around,
  • scaring hell out of,
  • end-anger,
  • over-hanging,
  • scares hell out of,
  • pushed around,
  • whipt around,
  • bad-eyed,
  • bad eyeing,
  • end angered.
  •prey on (verb)
  • de-predated,
  • de predated,
  • de predates,
  • de-predate,
  • lives off,
  • de-predates,
  • de-predating,
  • took advantage of,
  • lived off,
  • living off,
  • de predate,
  • de predating.
  •ruffle (verb)
  • ex-cites,
  • un-settle,
  • throw in to tizzy,
  • ex cites,
  • ex citing,
  • ex-cited,
  • threw in to tizzy,
  • throwing into tizzy,
  • throws into tizzy,
  • un settle,
  • ex-cite,
  • un settled,
  • throwing in to tizzy,
  • un settles,
  • threw into tizzy,
  • throws in to tizzy,
  • ex cite,
  • un settling,
  • un-settling,
  • ex cited,
  • un-settled.
  •scare (verb)
  • gives fright,
  • gives a fright,
  • scares silly,
  • giving a fright,
  • struck terror in,
  • scares pants off,
  • strook terror in,
  • gives turn,
  • give turn,
  • scaring pants off,
  • scaring stiff,
  • scared the pants off,
  • scare pants off,
  • gave fright,
  • gives a turn,
  • give fright,
  • gave a fright,
  • scaring the pants off,
  • strikes terror in,
  • scaring silly,
  • giving turn,
  • striking terror in,
  • scared pants off,
  • scares the pants off,
  • gave turn,
  • giving fright,
  • giving a turn,
  • gave a turn.
  •scarify (verb)
  • made one hair stand end,
  • make one hair stand end,
  • makes one blood run cold,
  • making one blood run cold,
  • scared the daylights out of,
  • makes one hair stand on end,
  • make ones hair stand on end,
  • making hair stand end,
  • making one hair stand on end,
  • making one hair stand end,
  • made hair stand end,
  • scaring the daylights out of,
  • make ones blood run cold,
  • make hair stand end,
  • scare daylights out of,
  • sillying,
  • make one's hair stand end,
  • makes ones hair stand end,
  • made ones hair stand end,
  • makes one's blood run cold,
  • made hair stand on end,
  • made ones hair stand on end,
  • made one's hair stand on end,
  • makes hair stand end,
  • makes one's hair stand end,
  • made one hair stand on end,
  • making one's hair stand end,
  • made one's hair stand end,
  • made one's blood run cold,
  • sillied,
  • scaring daylights out of,
  • scares the daylights out of,
  • make one hair stand on end,
  • making one's hair stand on end,
  • made one blood run cold,
  • make ones hair stand end,
  • makes ones blood run cold,
  • scares daylights out of,
  • makes one's hair stand on end,
  • making hair stand on end,
  • making ones hair stand on end,
  • made ones blood run cold,
  • make hair stand on end,
  • make one blood run cold,
  • making ones hair stand end,
  • making one's blood run cold,
  • makes hair stand on end,
  • scared daylights out of,
  • makes one hair stand end,
  • making ones blood run cold,
  • makes ones hair stand on end.
  •shake (verb)
  • throwing curve,
  • threw a curve,
  • dis composes,
  • un-string,
  • dis-composed,
  • throw curve,
  • un-stringed,
  • dis-composes,
  • knocking props out,
  • dis compose,
  • up sets,
  • making waves,
  • knocked props out,
  • throws curve,
  • un stringed,
  • unstrings,
  • dis-compose,
  • un strung,
  • knocks props out,
  • un strings,
  • up setting,
  • dis-composing,
  • throwing a curve,
  • up-setting,
  • threw curve,
  • throws a curve,
  • dis composing,
  • un-stringing,
  • unstringed,
  • dis composed,
  • under-mined,
  • un-strung,
  • under mined,
  • up-sets,
  • un-strings,
  • under mining,
  • under-mining,
  • un string,
  • up-set,
  • un stringing.
  •strong-arm (verb)
  • strongarm.
  •terrify (verb)
  • struck fear into,
  • scaring pants of,
  • scared the pants of,
  • strike fear in to,
  • scared pants off of,
  • scared pants of,
  • scaring pants off of,
  • scares pants of,
  • strook fear into,
  • striking fear into,
  • scared the pants off of,
  • scares pants off of,
  • struck fear in to,
  • scare pants of,
  • strook fear in to,
  • strikes fear into,
  • scares the pants of,
  • scaring the pants off of,
  • scare pants off of,
  • scares the pants off of,
  • strikes fear in to,
  • striking fear in to,
  • scaring the pants of,
  • scare the pants of.
  •threaten (verb)
  • hint,
  • forebode,
  • warn,
  • Forewarn,
  • torment.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • startle,
  • bludgeon,
  • scare into,
  • traumatize,
  • tyrannize,
  • scare away.
  •
  • cow,
  • bullyrag,
  • spook,
  • paralyze.
  •
  • stab.
  •
  • freak,
  • rock.
  •
  • bother.
  •amaze
  • awe.
  •domineer
  • running things,
  • predominates,
  • be in the saddle,
  • kicking around,
  • kick around,
  • keep under thumb,
  • lead by the nose,
  • run things,
  • call shots,
  • run the show,
  • in driver's seat,
  • kicked around,
  • push the buttons,
  • be in saddle,
  • led by the nose,
  • throwing weight around,
  • throw weight around,
  • in the driver's seat.
  •frighten
  • stiffed,
  • make teeth chatter,
  • affright,
  • curdle the blood,
  • stiffs,
  • chill to the bone,
  • make blood run cold,
  • scare off,
  • disburb,
  • scarify,
  • strike terror into,
  • scare to death,
  • scared to death,
  • chilled to the bone.
  •strong-arm
  • violencing,
  • strong arm,
  • violenced.
  •threaten
  • shake fist at,
  • look daggers,
  • comminate,
  • flex muscles,
  • walk heavy,
  • comminating,
  • make threat.

Paraphrases for Intimidate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    intimidating.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    bully.
  • Verb, past tense
    bully.
  • Verb, base form
    browbeat, bully.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    threatening.
  • Verb, base form
    frighten, threaten, endanger, impress.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intimidation.
  • Verb, base form
    terrorize, terrorise, coerce.

Antonyms for Intimidate:

• v.

  • frighten, threaten
    leave alone, hearten, soothe, inspirit, reassure, release, calm, incite, comfort, please, assure, help, embolden, encourage, assist.
  • Other antonyms:
    convince, cheer, steel, persuade, solace, console.

Hypernym for Intimidate:

• v.

  • emotion
    dash, hector, push around, boss around, daunt, scare away, scare off, hold over, frighten away, bullyrag, scare, frighten off, ballyrag, strong-arm, browbeat, pall, bully.

Hyponym for Intimidate:

• v.

  • emotion
    discourage, affright, frighten, scare, fright.