Definition for Intimidate:

• To inspire with fear, as by threats of violence; to deter; to dishearten.

Synonyms for Intimidate:

• n.

  •
  • startle,
  • shake up.
  •
  • bullyrag,
  • bludgeon,
  • menace,
  • strong-arm,
  • hector.
  •intimidate (noun)
  • restrain.
  •scare (noun)
  • overawe.

• v.

  •compel (verb)
  • push,
  • goad,
  • dragoon,
  • incite,
  • dictate,
  • compel,
  • urge,
  • stimulate,
  • pressure,
  • oblige,
  • drive,
  • foment,
  • propel,
  • cause,
  • press,
  • motivate,
  • stress,
  • impel,
  • coerce,
  • galvanize,
  • mandate,
  • nag,
  • hijack,
  • spark.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • derail,
  • check,
  • disincline,
  • daunt,
  • admonish,
  • dissuade,
  • depress,
  • inhibit,
  • ban,
  • bar,
  • chill,
  • avert,
  • prevent,
  • dampen,
  • divert,
  • dishearten,
  • deflect,
  • deter,
  • restrain,
  • discourage.
  •frighten (verb)
  • horrify,
  • alarm,
  • disturb,
  • haunt,
  • terrify,
  • panic,
  • petrify,
  • set on edge,
  • rattle,
  • unnerve,
  • agitate,
  • harrow.
  •frighten, threaten (verb)
  • dishearten,
  • compel,
  • bait,
  • lean on,
  • bowl over,
  • cow,
  • oblige,
  • browbeat,
  • bully,
  • awe,
  • spook,
  • coerce,
  • bulldoze,
  • dispirit,
  • dragoon,
  • alarm,
  • bluster,
  • hound,
  • chill,
  • force,
  • strong-arm,
  • buffalo,
  • daunt,
  • terrorize,
  • constrain,
  • dismay,
  • bludgeon,
  • overawe,
  • appall,
  • badger,
  • scare,
  • twist someone's arm,
  • ride,
  • terrify,
  • push around,
  • ruffle,
  • showboat,
  • disquiet,
  • subdue,
  • enforce.
  •threaten (verb)
  • harass,
  • bulldoze,
  • bully,
  • frighten,
  • torment,
  • hint,
  • scare,
  • Forewarn,
  • threaten,
  • warn,
  • browbeat,
  • forebode.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • startle,
  • bludgeon,
  • tyrannize.
  •
  • strong-arm,
  • paralyze,
  • bullyrag,
  • hector,
  • shake up,
  • cow,
  • spook.
  •
  • freak,
  • shake.
  •
  • bother.
  •amaze
  • awe.
  •bully
  • Henpeck.
  •coerce
  • terrorize.
  •domineer
  • keep under thumb.
  •frighten
  • scare off,
  • affright,
  • scarify.
  •threaten
  • comminate,
  • look daggers.
  •Other relevant words:
  • flimflam,
  • aggressively,
  • jaunty,
  • hostilely,
  • forbiddingly,
  • cow,
  • keep under,
  • astonish,
  • menacingly,
  • Sinisterly,
  • danger,
  • bluster,
  • affect,
  • defraud,
  • cock,
  • rollick,
  • blackjack,
  • lord it over,
  • ruffle,
  • unstring,
  • fluster,
  • shake,
  • persecute,
  • vapor,
  • stir up,
  • balefully,
  • trepidation,
  • gravely,
  • overbear,
  • huff,
  • impede,
  • face down,
  • scream,
  • cheat,
  • constraint,
  • enslave,
  • constrain,
  • disquiet,
  • bullyrag,
  • grind,
  • make,
  • terrorise,
  • perturb,
  • badger,
  • go after,
  • imminently,
  • psych out,
  • heavily,
  • brag,
  • obstruct,
  • encumber,
  • unworthily,
  • buffalo,
  • Despotize,
  • fright,
  • intimidating,
  • unman,
  • scarily,
  • trample down,
  • dominate,
  • boss around,
  • terrorize,
  • bait,
  • bellow,
  • snooker,
  • terror,
  • duress,
  • dangerously,
  • dashing,
  • comminate,
  • sullenly,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • dazzle,
  • rag,
  • curse,
  • overawe,
  • vex,
  • subdue,
  • severely,
  • keep after,
  • rail,
  • shanghai,
  • chivy,
  • hoodwink,
  • hassle,
  • abash,
  • fulminate,
  • overwhelm,
  • gasconade,
  • trick,
  • dourly,
  • provoke,
  • talk out of,
  • discompose,
  • solemnly,
  • pester,
  • abuse,
  • yell,
  • plague,
  • demoralise,
  • override,
  • impertinent,
  • expostulate,
  • frighten off,
  • dupe,
  • chivalrous,
  • lower,
  • natty,
  • get to,
  • rage,
  • menacing,
  • railroad,
  • amaze,
  • upset,
  • bowl over,
  • remonstrate,
  • bamboozle,
  • get,
  • hazardously,
  • spitefully,
  • order about,
  • order around,
  • hold back,
  • scary,
  • throw,
  • rook,
  • frighteningly,
  • ugly,
  • defy,
  • discomfit,
  • darkly,
  • curl hair,
  • face,
  • saber rattling,
  • bear down,
  • suborn,
  • disorient,
  • domineer,
  • lean on,
  • threat,
  • hold,
  • enthral,
  • subjugate,
  • beat down,
  • appall,
  • terrifyingly,
  • intimidation,
  • imperil,
  • subvert,
  • faze,
  • keep back,
  • dictate to,
  • trample upon,
  • chipper,
  • horror,
  • shame,
  • slang,
  • arduous,
  • snub,
  • grimly,
  • stun,
  • pick on,
  • suppress,
  • showboat,
  • soberly,
  • badly,
  • dispirit,
  • evilly,
  • stupefy,
  • roister,
  • gull,
  • rakish,
  • swindle,
  • dismay,
  • scar,
  • look daggers,
  • disconcert,
  • hound,
  • rant,
  • exploit,
  • prey on,
  • tease,
  • snappy,
  • annoy,
  • shout,
  • Warningly,
  • shake up,
  • perilously,
  • worryingly,
  • sway,
  • beard,
  • swashbuckle,
  • undermine,
  • scare off,
  • fear,
  • rave,
  • push around,
  • harry,
  • hazard,
  • prey,
  • menace,
  • endanger,
  • gallant,
  • restrict,
  • irritate,
  • impress upon,
  • awe,
  • outsmart,
  • take advantage of,
  • impress,
  • sashay,
  • storm,
  • bribe,
  • dread,
  • distressingly,
  • repress,
  • Minatorily,
  • roar,
  • freak,
  • taunt,
  • nastily,
  • needle,
  • vilely,
  • prevail on,
  • castrate,
  • discombobulate,
  • tyrannize,
  • force,
  • oppress,
  • keep down,
  • victimize,
  • cry out against,
  • pick,
  • ominously,
  • portentously,
  • keep under thumb,
  • swagger,
  • despairingly,
  • seriously,
  • glumly,
  • insist upon,
  • bother,
  • desperately,
  • splutter,
  • caution,
  • be imminent,
  • shock,
  • scarify,
  • demoralize,
  • heckle,
  • bark,
  • surly,
  • require,
  • stylish,
  • meanly,
  • spook,
  • swear,
  • daunting,
  • cumber,
  • worry,
  • lean,
  • chic,
  • Henpeck,
  • malevolently,
  • corrupt,
  • confront,
  • hector,
  • talk big,
  • smart,
  • scare stiff,
  • denounce,
  • confine,
  • paralyze,
  • fulminate against,
  • strong-arm,
  • expedite,
  • hinder,
  • trammel,
  • startle,
  • impress on,
  • twist someone's arm,
  • sputter,
  • consternation,
  • twist arm,
  • commination,
  • hex,
  • dreadfully,
  • overmaster,
  • with intent,
  • walk all over,
  • trample under foot,
  • showy,
  • outfox,
  • frosty,
  • brisk,
  • atrociously,
  • alarmingly,
  • intimidatingly,
  • Blackly,
  • distress,
  • execrate,
  • earnestly,
  • trouble,
  • bluff,
  • appal,
  • impose upon,
  • stop,
  • hopelessly,
  • unsettle,
  • steamroller,
  • impudent,
  • insist on,
  • tread down,
  • clamp down on,
  • outwit,
  • prevail upon,
  • coercion,
  • disturbingly,
  • creepily,
  • ride,
  • bounce,
  • cozen,
  • confuse,
  • PUT IN FEAR,
  • apprehension,
  • grind down,
  • enforce,
  • exact,
  • sham,
  • vapour,
  • squeeze,
  • persuade,
  • gloomily,
  • wickedly,
  • impetuous,
  • put out,
  • dapper,
  • vindictively,
  • voodoo,
  • keep,
  • threatening,
  • break,
  • inauspiciously,
  • exigently,
  • bound,
  • impose on,
  • frighten away,
  • compulsion,
  • bludgeon,
  • demand,
  • pressurize,
  • use,
  • frightfully,
  • influence,
  • affright,
  • thunder,
  • bullied,
  • crisp,
  • stormily,
  • threateningly,
  • dauntingly,
  • illy,
  • lour,
  • horrifyingly.

Antonyms for Intimidate:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    assist, assure, calm, cheer, comfort, console, convince, help, incite, persuade, please, reassure, release, solace, soothe, steel.

• v.

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