Definition for Repress:

• To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

Synonyms for Repress:

• n.

  •
  • fetter,
  • control,
  • limit.
  •
  • squelch,
  • restraint,
  • quench,
  • conceal,
  • manage,
  • burke.
  •repress (noun)
  • quash,
  • suppress,
  • keep down,
  • smother,
  • subdue,
  • subjugate,
  • stifle,
  • muffle,
  • reduce,
  • strangle.

• v.

  •cognition (verb)
  • suppress.
  •keep back, hold in (verb)
  • hold back,
  • collect,
  • swallow,
  • muffle,
  • master,
  • kill,
  • smother,
  • cork,
  • squelch,
  • shush,
  • inhibit,
  • silence,
  • overcome,
  • quash,
  • check,
  • cool,
  • tie up,
  • subdue,
  • subjugate,
  • suppress,
  • keep under wraps,
  • keep in check,
  • stifle,
  • quell,
  • overpower,
  • control,
  • restrain,
  • crush,
  • hinder,
  • curb,
  • keep in,
  • gridlock,
  • black out,
  • chasten,
  • throw cold water on,
  • bottle,
  • quelch,
  • rein,
  • lock,
  • simmer down,
  • compose.
  •oppose (verb)
  • repulse,
  • hinder,
  • suppress,
  • meddle,
  • oppress,
  • antagonize,
  • intercept,
  • contradict,
  • object,
  • oppose,
  • impede,
  • fight,
  • disagree,
  • obstruct,
  • rebuff,
  • check,
  • cross,
  • confront,
  • counterattack,
  • defy,
  • counter,
  • dispute,
  • interfere,
  • protest,
  • counteract,
  • challenge,
  • repel,
  • conflict,
  • resist,
  • inhibit.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • deaden,
  • hide,
  • choke back,
  • conceal,
  • dissimulate,
  • burke,
  • discourage,
  • restrain.
  •
  • hush,
  • sublimate,
  • exorcise,
  • fetter,
  • muzzle,
  • blank out,
  • mask,
  • withdraw.
  •
  • squelch,
  • obliterate,
  • maintain,
  • deny,
  • disguise,
  • fight back,
  • quiet.
  •
  • dam,
  • contain,
  • quench.
  •
  • manage,
  • bury.
  •
  • school,
  • escape.
  •
  • control.
  •bottle up
  • hold down,
  • cover up,
  • keep back,
  • keep secret,
  • hold in.
  •command
  • overbear.
  •compose
  • simmer down,
  • quell.
  •defend
  • fight back.
  •gag
  • cork up.
  •preclude
  • prevent.
  •quash
  • quash.
  •restrain
  • keep down,
  • choke back,
  • sit on.
  •squelch
  • quelch.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •stop
  • choke off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • snuff out,
  • mortify,
  • school,
  • make subservient,
  • maintain,
  • Disedge,
  • embargo,
  • slim down,
  • prevent,
  • deafen,
  • calm,
  • break,
  • overmaster,
  • humiliate,
  • hamper,
  • Cohibit,
  • persecute,
  • preserve,
  • render insensible,
  • quiet,
  • debar,
  • harry,
  • perverse,
  • halter,
  • or,
  • deaden,
  • onslaught,
  • brutality,
  • turn,
  • dull,
  • reclaim,
  • curtail,
  • restraint,
  • asphyxiate,
  • domesticate,
  • keep under,
  • squelch,
  • compel,
  • retain,
  • eliminate,
  • nasty,
  • dissuade,
  • vanquish,
  • hold down,
  • forbid,
  • taboo,
  • foreshorten,
  • drown,
  • contrary,
  • shut out,
  • choke off,
  • reduce,
  • austere,
  • disincline,
  • harass,
  • suppression,
  • reject,
  • tame,
  • hush up,
  • mask,
  • arrest,
  • overcome,
  • turn aside,
  • keep under wraps,
  • cow,
  • persist,
  • break in two,
  • contravene,
  • crackdown,
  • abuse,
  • furthermore,
  • preclude,
  • disguise,
  • master,
  • intimidate,
  • heavy,
  • deter,
  • defeat,
  • smash,
  • humble,
  • decelerate,
  • withstand,
  • muffle,
  • decoct,
  • jump on,
  • slow,
  • control,
  • extirpate,
  • override,
  • keep in,
  • surround,
  • call off,
  • stay,
  • restrain,
  • likewise,
  • overthrow,
  • fight back,
  • manage,
  • delay,
  • interfere with,
  • muzzle,
  • hush,
  • overbear,
  • appropriate,
  • withdraw,
  • go against,
  • truculence,
  • destroy,
  • mute,
  • weaken,
  • rule out,
  • slacken,
  • hold fast,
  • sit on,
  • castrate,
  • hold,
  • cease,
  • choke down,
  • proscribe,
  • chasten,
  • discouragement,
  • cruelty,
  • dishearten,
  • obtund,
  • reserve,
  • trample down,
  • harshness,
  • trample underfoot,
  • maybe,
  • mollify,
  • hide,
  • coerce,
  • traverse,
  • invalidate,
  • curb,
  • enslave,
  • bit,
  • cool,
  • neither,
  • Despotize,
  • contain,
  • interdict,
  • declare invalid,
  • abolish,
  • oh,
  • dampen,
  • lock in,
  • conceal,
  • put out,
  • keep secret,
  • prohibition,
  • subjugate,
  • grind,
  • gridlock,
  • annihilate,
  • thin,
  • deprecate,
  • jostle,
  • dam up,
  • shorten,
  • but,
  • melt off,
  • demolish,
  • burke,
  • stagger,
  • stave,
  • trample upon,
  • rein in,
  • put the lid on,
  • lock,
  • tread,
  • discourage,
  • lord it over,
  • shut off,
  • bulldoze,
  • cut down,
  • hush-hush,
  • trim back,
  • quench,
  • propitiate,
  • crack down on,
  • Henpeck,
  • keep,
  • cork up,
  • cruel,
  • stultify,
  • still,
  • solemn,
  • introvert,
  • dwindle,
  • shush,
  • deviation,
  • cushion,
  • atrocity,
  • obdurate,
  • scotch,
  • containment,
  • restrict,
  • set back,
  • exorcise,
  • cover up,
  • tone down,
  • damp,
  • disallow,
  • bar,
  • shrink,
  • indispose,
  • chill,
  • overpower,
  • browbeat,
  • tyrannize,
  • grim,
  • scale down,
  • concentrate,
  • terminate,
  • end,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • triumph over,
  • conquer,
  • severe,
  • gag,
  • hold back,
  • deny,
  • clog,
  • apiece,
  • thrash,
  • keep back,
  • pugnacity,
  • bury,
  • deoxidize,
  • hold under,
  • emasculate,
  • discontinue,
  • void,
  • keep down,
  • interdiction,
  • hold up,
  • annul,
  • get over,
  • compose,
  • daunt,
  • say no to,
  • unmanageable,
  • snub,
  • quell,
  • aggressiveness,
  • tie up,
  • stamp out,
  • command,
  • dissimulate,
  • conflict with,
  • get rid of,
  • handicap,
  • regulate,
  • wait,
  • unman,
  • interrupt,
  • attack,
  • quelch,
  • trammel,
  • withhold,
  • also,
  • run against,
  • shut down,
  • stem,
  • countercheck,
  • outlaw,
  • hard,
  • contract,
  • dispirit,
  • detain,
  • pacify,
  • collect,
  • stop,
  • allay,
  • terrorize,
  • hardship,
  • save,
  • crush,
  • refuse,
  • sit upon,
  • terrorise,
  • govern,
  • perhaps,
  • come down,
  • cut back,
  • stanch,
  • inhibition,
  • domineer,
  • merciless,
  • beat,
  • limit,
  • rigid,
  • appease,
  • confine,
  • soften,
  • throw cold water on,
  • react,
  • number,
  • actually,
  • grind down,
  • either,
  • act,
  • repression,
  • stamp down,
  • strangle,
  • brutal,
  • keep quiet,
  • sublimate,
  • mitigate,
  • save up,
  • quash,
  • ban,
  • bottle up,
  • cut,
  • squash,
  • withal,
  • kill,
  • hugger mugger,
  • exclamatory,
  • pare,
  • everywhere,
  • suffocate,
  • die young,
  • stifle,
  • sad,
  • intractable,
  • eradicate,
  • circumscribe,
  • bully,
  • frustrate,
  • recoil,
  • block,
  • tabu,
  • abridge,
  • douse,
  • temper,
  • exterminate,
  • dominate,
  • enjoin,
  • lose weight,
  • scrap,
  • blunt,
  • obliterate,
  • trim down,
  • repeal,
  • choke back,
  • trim,
  • constrain,
  • pitiless,
  • swallow,
  • severally,
  • censor,
  • tread down,
  • simplify,
  • avoid,
  • crumb,
  • silence,
  • refractory,
  • exclude,
  • prohibit,
  • blanket,
  • moreover,
  • overawe,
  • bate,
  • nullify,
  • keep in check,
  • clamp down on,
  • bottle,
  • Retund,
  • retard,
  • overwhelm,
  • morsel,
  • blank out,
  • unwieldy,
  • thin out,
  • stubborn,
  • simmer down,
  • subdue,
  • cork,
  • rein,
  • moderate,
  • extinguish,
  • dilute,
  • escape,
  • dam,
  • intervene,
  • stamp,
  • respectively,
  • boil down,
  • black out,
  • piece,
  • alas,
  • hold in,
  • beat down,
  • smother,
  • clash,
  • anywhere,
  • bring down,
  • according to,
  • walk all over,
  • persistent,
  • action,
  • tighten,
  • choke,
  • quelling,
  • bridle,
  • shake,
  • too,
  • throttle,
  • sit down on,
  • push back,
  • besides,
  • rigorous,
  • abbreviate,
  • fetter,
  • Intermeddle,
  • maltreat,
  • obstinate,
  • subordinate,
  • oppression,
  • halt.

Antonyms for Repress:

• v.

  • keep back, hold in
    yield, help, release, permit, liberate, allow, free, encourage, disperse, assist, scatter, aid, surrender, let go, start.
  • Other antonyms:
    unleash, help, whip, loose, set free, advance, instigate, back, prop up, release, impel, further, forward, provoke, support, animate, express, assist, excite, foment, cultivate, free, let loose, stir, emancipate, aid, take out, arouse, vent, incite.

Homophones for Repress:

• rubberize, rephrase, reprocess, River Kasai, reovirus, reverse, reappraise, roof rack, reproach, rerebrace, repercuss, repurchase, reprise, row of bricks, rubric, refresh, ropebark, rubberise, reforge, river horse, reprize, revers.

Hyponym for Repress:

• v.

  • change
    change.
  • cognition
    forget, bury.
  • social
    impede, hinder.