Synonyms for Put the lid on:

• v.

  •bring to an end (verb)
  • end.
  •cap (verb)
  • cover,
  • wrap up,
  • exceed,
  • complete,
  • transcend,
  • button up,
  • surmount,
  • outshine,
  • better,
  • do to a t,
  • excel,
  • finish,
  • button down,
  • beat,
  • crown,
  • trump,
  • pass,
  • clinch,
  • top,
  • best,
  • can,
  • cob,
  • outstrip,
  • surpass,
  • crest,
  • eclipse,
  • top it off.
  •censor (verb)
  • conceal,
  • cut,
  • bleach,
  • launder,
  • bleep,
  • oversee,
  • control,
  • withhold,
  • strike out,
  • narrow,
  • criticize,
  • sanitize,
  • excise,
  • blacklist,
  • scissor out,
  • repress,
  • drop the iron curtain,
  • edit,
  • restrain,
  • abridge,
  • examine,
  • restrict,
  • purge,
  • clean up,
  • refuse transmission,
  • blue-pencil,
  • sterilize,
  • purify,
  • decontaminate,
  • suppress,
  • prevent publication,
  • review,
  • black out,
  • Exscind,
  • squelch,
  • supervise communications,
  • cork,
  • expurgate,
  • delete,
  • inspect,
  • bowdlerize,
  • revile.
  •conclude (verb)
  • close out,
  • knock off,
  • round off,
  • close,
  • terminate,
  • consummate,
  • cinch,
  • bring down curtain,
  • put to bed,
  • stop,
  • desist,
  • cease,
  • achieve,
  • ultimate,
  • halt,
  • top off,
  • call it a day,
  • draw to close,
  • wind up.
  •debrief (verb)
  • censor,
  • say nothing,
  • soft-pedal,
  • dummy up,
  • muzzle,
  • stifle,
  • mute,
  • sit on,
  • hush up,
  • shut up,
  • hold one's tongue,
  • gag.
  •end (verb)
  • give up,
  • culminate,
  • call off,
  • conclude,
  • pack it in,
  • dispose of,
  • settle,
  • pull the plug,
  • delay,
  • abolish,
  • discontinue,
  • shut down,
  • quit,
  • wrap,
  • break off,
  • postpone,
  • determine,
  • drop,
  • relinquish,
  • perorate,
  • resolve,
  • abort,
  • accomplish,
  • cut short,
  • expire,
  • interrupt,
  • switch off,
  • get done,
  • break up,
  • dissolve,
  • sew up.
  •extinguish (verb)
  • destroy,
  • squash,
  • expunge,
  • crush,
  • extirpate,
  • eliminate,
  • check,
  • wipe out,
  • put down,
  • exterminate,
  • eradicate,
  • annihilate,
  • abate,
  • obscure,
  • erase,
  • obliterate,
  • stamp out,
  • blot out,
  • remove.
  •gag (verb)
  • cork up,
  • bottle up,
  • curb,
  • garrote,
  • balk,
  • muffle,
  • shy,
  • constrain,
  • still,
  • quiet,
  • tape up,
  • demur,
  • tongue-tie,
  • deaden,
  • throttle,
  • keep the lid on,
  • stumble,
  • obstruct.
  •kill; quash (verb)
  • extinguish.
  •make peaceful; appease (verb)
  • pacify.
  •muffle (verb)
  • dampen,
  • drown,
  • smother,
  • decrease,
  • envelop,
  • cushion,
  • mellow,
  • sit down on,
  • silence,
  • soften,
  • dull,
  • hush,
  • quieten,
  • tone down,
  • subdue,
  • hide.
  •mute (verb)
  • lower,
  • put damper on,
  • keep it down,
  • benumb,
  • turn down,
  • pipe down,
  • decrease the volume,
  • moderate,
  • reduce.
  •pacify (verb)
  • conciliate,
  • propitiate,
  • chasten,
  • butter up,
  • make peace,
  • lull,
  • assuage,
  • ameliorate,
  • take the edge off,
  • calm,
  • compose,
  • stroke,
  • mitigate,
  • grease,
  • placate,
  • pacificate,
  • con,
  • fix up,
  • lay back,
  • allay,
  • mollify,
  • square,
  • soothe,
  • qualify,
  • tranquilize,
  • relieve,
  • tame,
  • kiss and make up,
  • smooth over,
  • cool,
  • temper,
  • bury the hatchet,
  • dulcify,
  • sweeten.
  •quash (verb)
  • negate,
  • vitiate,
  • rescind,
  • invalidate,
  • revoke,
  • overrule,
  • discharge,
  • watergate,
  • set aside,
  • reverse,
  • overthrow,
  • annul,
  • abrogate,
  • vacate,
  • repeal,
  • undo,
  • void,
  • declare null and void,
  • veto.
  •quell (verb)
  • overcome,
  • overpower,
  • subjugate,
  • vanquish,
  • queer,
  • conquer.
  •stifle (verb)
  • clam up,
  • burke,
  • clamp down,
  • dry up,
  • asphyxiate,
  • spike,
  • stultify,
  • choke back,
  • suffocate,
  • strangle,
  • cover up,
  • crack down,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • constipate,
  • trammel,
  • hold it down,
  • torpedo,
  • stagnate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • quash.
  •
  • quell.
  •
  • choke.
  •end
  • sewed up,
  • packs in,
  • packed in,
  • pulling the plug,
  • switched off,
  • switching off,
  • pack in.
  •gag
  • Garroting,
  • keep lid on,
  • corking up,
  • Garroted,
  • shies,
  • tongue tie,
  • corked up,
  • Shying,
  • garrotes.
  •impede
  • hinder.
  •pacify
  • pacifies,
  • laid back.
  •quash
  • setting aside,
  • cracking down on,
  • Quashed,
  • declared null and void.
  •Other relevant words:
  • debrief,
  • crack down on,
  • kill,
  • cap,
  • quench,
  • clamp down on,
  • choke off,
  • fold up,
  • sit upon,
  • wash up.

Antonyms for Put the lid on:

• v.

  • cap
    fail, fall behind, forget, disregard, lay out, start, lose, begin, introduce, surrender, ignore.
  • censor
    permit, add, let go, expand, endorse, put in, neglect, praise, approve, enlarge, allow, dirty, sanction, release.
  • conclude
    continue, keep on, go, open, preface, unsettle, commence.
  • debrief
    encourage, help.
  • end
    bear, give birth, create, initiate, keep, DO, advance.
  • extinguish
    construct, build, light, uncompress, revive.
  • gag
    assist, free, aid.
  • muffle
    divulge, increase, expose, blab, let loose, tell, let out, show, uncover, disclose, reveal, lay bare, unwrap.
  • mute
    liberate, raise, speak, strengthen, voice, articulate.
  • pacify
    rouse, aggravate, irritate, intensify, excite, upset, provoke, trouble, anger, incite, agitate, arouse, worsen, worry.
  • quash
    rebuild, support, enforce, validate.
  • quell
    compliment, perturb, disturb, succeed, win, yield, build up.
  • stifle
    loose, persuade.