Synonyms for Restrain:

• n.

  •
  • guide,
  • handle,
  • impound,
  • come down on,
  • harness,
  • regulate,
  • pull back,
  • tie down,
  • keep down,
  • direct,
  • disturb,
  • stifle,
  • silence.
  •
  • delimit,
  • quarantine,
  • lock in.
  •
  • in,
  • pull in,
  • hold-down,
  • bit,
  • restraint.
  •choke back (noun)
  • choke.
  •constrain (noun)
  • constrain.
  •cumber (noun)
  • cumber.
  •fight back (noun)
  • fight.
  •restrain (noun)
  • trammel,
  • throttle.

• v.

  •adjourn (verb)
  • dis continued,
  • post-pone,
  • re straining,
  • pro-rogue,
  • re strains,
  • re cessed,
  • re strained,
  • post pone,
  • pro rogued,
  • pro-rogued,
  • holds over,
  • dis continuing,
  • re-strained,
  • de laying,
  • pro roguing,
  • re-strain,
  • pro-rogues,
  • dis-continuing,
  • re-straining,
  • re strain,
  • re-strains,
  • post pones,
  • pro rogue,
  • re cesses,
  • de-lay,
  • re-cesses,
  • de lay,
  • re-cess,
  • dis-continued,
  • dis-continue,
  • re-cessing,
  • re-cessed,
  • pro-roguing,
  • pro rogues,
  • de lays,
  • dis continues,
  • re cess,
  • dis continue,
  • de-laying,
  • re cessing,
  • dis-continues,
  • post-pones,
  • de-lays.
  •bar (verb)
  • dis allowing,
  • dis-countenance,
  • de-barred,
  • de-bar,
  • over rides,
  • dis allow,
  • freezing out,
  • froze out,
  • dis-allows,
  • inter-dict,
  • ex cept,
  • out-lawed,
  • inter-fere,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis courages,
  • out lawing,
  • re-fuse,
  • over ridden,
  • de bars,
  • freezes out,
  • over-rides,
  • dis allows,
  • over-ridden,
  • out-lawing,
  • dis-allow,
  • inter dict,
  • de barring,
  • dis-allowed,
  • de barred,
  • de-bars,
  • inter fere,
  • re fused,
  • dis countenancing,
  • re-fused,
  • dis countenanced,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • over ride,
  • dis countenance,
  • over rode,
  • dis-courage,
  • re fuse,
  • inter-feres,
  • dis courage,
  • de-barring,
  • de bar,
  • re fusing,
  • over-rode,
  • ex-cept,
  • dis allowed,
  • dis-courages,
  • dis-allowing,
  • re-fuses,
  • inter feres,
  • over riding,
  • out lawed,
  • re-fusing,
  • dis-countenances,
  • over-riding,
  • re fuses,
  • dis countenances.
  •bind (verb)
  • hooking on,
  • hitches on,
  • re-quire,
  • hooks up,
  • re quires,
  • re quired,
  • in-dentures,
  • in-denture,
  • pegging down,
  • enfetters,
  • enfettered,
  • pre-scribes,
  • putting lock on,
  • pre scribing,
  • pre-scribed,
  • re-quires,
  • pegged down,
  • pegs down,
  • puts half nelson on,
  • tacked on,
  • pre scribe,
  • re quire,
  • pre-scribing,
  • tacks on,
  • re-quired,
  • in dentures,
  • tacking on,
  • re-quiring,
  • hitched on,
  • enfettering,
  • hooking up,
  • in denture,
  • re quiring,
  • hooks on,
  • pinned down,
  • pre scribes,
  • putting half nelson on,
  • puts lock on,
  • hitching on,
  • pre-scribe.
  •bottle up (verb)
  • bring naught,
  • bringing naught,
  • holds in,
  • coops up,
  • holds down,
  • brings to naught,
  • brought to naught,
  • brings naught,
  • boxing up,
  • bringing to naught,
  • cooping up,
  • keeps secret,
  • shuts in,
  • kept feeling inside oneself,
  • keeping secret,
  • boxed up,
  • brought naught,
  • keeps feeling inside oneself,
  • shutting in,
  • keeping feeling inside oneself,
  • boxes up.
  •bound (verb)
  • de fining,
  • marked out,
  • de-limiting,
  • de-limited,
  • de limiting,
  • sur-rounded,
  • de-fine,
  • de-fining,
  • de fines,
  • sur-rounding,
  • de limited,
  • de fined,
  • sur rounding,
  • sur rounded,
  • marks out,
  • de fine,
  • de limits,
  • de-limits,
  • de-fined,
  • de-fines,
  • de limit,
  • de-limit.
  •bridle (verb)
  • keeping check,
  • keep check,
  • keeps in check,
  • kept check,
  • kept in check,
  • keeps check.
  •cage (verb)
  • closes in,
  • fencing in,
  • fences in.
  •censor (verb)
  • bluepenciling,
  • drops the iron curtain,
  • de-contaminate,
  • over-see,
  • Exscinded,
  • de-contaminates,
  • de contaminates,
  • putting the lid on,
  • over saw,
  • dropping the iron curtain,
  • re viewed,
  • de contaminating,
  • cleaning up,
  • Exscinding,
  • re-view,
  • scissoring out,
  • dropped iron curtain,
  • re vile,
  • bluepencilled,
  • blue penciled,
  • in-spects,
  • dropped the iron curtain,
  • dropt iron curtain,
  • de-contaminating,
  • over seeing,
  • putting lid on,
  • over-sees,
  • scissors out,
  • over sees,
  • in-spect,
  • bluepencils,
  • over-saw,
  • supervised communications,
  • re-vile,
  • in spects,
  • blue pencilling,
  • in spect,
  • blue-pencilling,
  • prevents publication,
  • over-seen,
  • over-seeing,
  • puts the lid on,
  • dropt the iron curtain,
  • prevented publication,
  • de contaminate,
  • re-views,
  • refusing transmission,
  • re-viewing,
  • blue pencils,
  • refuses transmission,
  • re viewing,
  • re views,
  • exscinds,
  • drop iron curtain,
  • refused transmission,
  • blue penciling,
  • blue pencilled,
  • preventing publication,
  • bluepencil,
  • over see,
  • re view,
  • blue-pencilled,
  • supervising communications,
  • scissored out,
  • over seen,
  • bluepenciled,
  • de-contaminated,
  • drops iron curtain,
  • dropping iron curtain,
  • de contaminated,
  • puts lid on,
  • bluepencilling,
  • supervises communications,
  • blue-penciled,
  • re-viewed.
  •chasten (verb)
  • ex probate,
  • re proving,
  • taking to task,
  • co-wed,
  • take task,
  • re proves,
  • hath the carpet,
  • up-braided,
  • tongue lashed,
  • re-proved,
  • up-braids,
  • had the carpet,
  • fulminating against,
  • be-rates,
  • hast on the carpet,
  • hath carpet,
  • had on the carpet,
  • exprobated,
  • had on carpet,
  • have the carpet,
  • be-rating,
  • took to task,
  • re prove,
  • haddest on the carpet,
  • had carpet,
  • hadst the carpet,
  • fulminates against,
  • exprobating,
  • hast carpet,
  • having on the carpet,
  • hast on carpet,
  • re-prove,
  • re proved,
  • tongue lashes,
  • has on carpet,
  • hadst carpet,
  • hast the carpet,
  • has carpet,
  • ex-probating,
  • co wing,
  • be-rated,
  • taking task,
  • exprobates,
  • takes to task,
  • re-proving,
  • having the carpet,
  • ex-probates,
  • be rate,
  • be rating,
  • tongue-lashed,
  • tonguelashing,
  • hath on the carpet,
  • hadst on carpet,
  • be rates,
  • called down,
  • tonguelashed,
  • haddest carpet,
  • tonguelash,
  • be-rate,
  • ex probated,
  • re-proves,
  • haddest the carpet,
  • tongue lashing,
  • has the carpet,
  • ex probating,
  • hath on carpet,
  • up braid,
  • have on carpet,
  • up braided,
  • hadst on the carpet,
  • takes task,
  • be rated,
  • fulminated against,
  • having carpet,
  • up-braiding,
  • tonguelashes,
  • ex-probated,
  • up braids,
  • haddest on carpet,
  • took task,
  • co-wing,
  • has on the carpet,
  • tongue-lashes,
  • ex probates,
  • calls down,
  • up-braid,
  • having on carpet,
  • have carpet,
  • ex-probate,
  • co wed.
  •circumscribe (verb)
  • de-lineated,
  • pre-limits,
  • out line,
  • out lines,
  • de lineated,
  • prelimits,
  • prelimited,
  • pre limit,
  • out-lined,
  • out lining,
  • pre limits,
  • nailing down,
  • pre limited,
  • nails down,
  • pre limiting,
  • pre-limit,
  • out-lines,
  • prelimiting,
  • out lined,
  • de-lineate,
  • out-line,
  • de lineate,
  • pre-limited,
  • out-lining,
  • pre-limiting.
  •command (verb)
  • ex acted,
  • pro claims,
  • calls signals,
  • forces upon,
  • force up on,
  • laying down law,
  • holds office,
  • over bearing,
  • co aching,
  • over borne,
  • pre-dominates,
  • ex-acting,
  • giving orders,
  • took charge,
  • super-intend,
  • called the signals,
  • co-aching,
  • laid down law,
  • lay down law,
  • super vise,
  • gives directions,
  • over-bore,
  • held office,
  • sending for,
  • putting foot down,
  • calls up on,
  • gave orders,
  • super-intends,
  • gives orders,
  • super intend,
  • call signals,
  • pre-dominating,
  • presides over,
  • giving directions,
  • had authority,
  • over bear,
  • over-born,
  • holding office,
  • pre dominated,
  • ex acting,
  • over-bears,
  • pre dominates,
  • ex-acts,
  • puts foot down,
  • over born,
  • over bore,
  • took over,
  • haddest authority,
  • super vising,
  • co-ached,
  • forces up on,
  • forcing up on,
  • pre vailing,
  • ordinated,
  • presiding over,
  • calls the signals,
  • calling signals,
  • ex-act,
  • has authority,
  • pro claimed,
  • pre-vail,
  • overbore,
  • pre-dominate,
  • laying down the law,
  • pro-claiming,
  • pre-vails,
  • super vised,
  • pre vail,
  • forcing upon,
  • lays down the law,
  • sends for,
  • pre dominate,
  • call up on,
  • overborn,
  • takes lead,
  • reigned over,
  • pre-vailed,
  • pro claim,
  • super-vised,
  • reigning over,
  • pre vails,
  • exercises power,
  • pro claiming,
  • co ached,
  • pre dominating,
  • Over-bearing,
  • super-intending,
  • called signals,
  • gave directions,
  • super intended,
  • ex-acted,
  • calling up on,
  • laid down the law,
  • ex act,
  • hadst authority,
  • reigns over,
  • lays down law,
  • takes charge,
  • calling the signals,
  • hast authority,
  • pro-claims,
  • taking lead,
  • super-vise,
  • takes over,
  • called up on,
  • ex acts,
  • pre vailed,
  • took lead,
  • calls on,
  • super intends,
  • pre-dominated,
  • over bears,
  • hath authority,
  • super intending,
  • super-intended,
  • exercised power,
  • having authority,
  • over-borne,
  • exercising power,
  • forced up on,
  • calling upon.
  •compel (verb)
  • turned on heat,
  • cracked down,
  • cracking down,
  • putting the arm on,
  • putting arm on,
  • throws weight around,
  • turn on heat,
  • turning on the heat,
  • making necessary,
  • puts chill on,
  • turned heat,
  • puts arm on,
  • turning heat,
  • put arm on,
  • concusses,
  • turned the heat,
  • turned on the heat,
  • puts the chill on,
  • putting chill on,
  • turns on the heat,
  • cracks down,
  • turn heat,
  • turning the heat,
  • turning on heat,
  • turn the heat,
  • puts the arm on,
  • turns heat,
  • threw weight around,
  • makes necessary,
  • turns on heat,
  • putting the chill on,
  • made necessary,
  • turns the heat.
  •compose (verb)
  • be-calm,
  • balming,
  • re-solves,
  • re-solved,
  • be calms,
  • be calmed,
  • be-calmed,
  • tuned down,
  • tunes down,
  • re solves,
  • re collects,
  • re-collecting,
  • easing up,
  • re-solve,
  • be-calming,
  • re solve,
  • simmered down,
  • re-collected,
  • be calm,
  • be calming,
  • re lax,
  • re collecting,
  • re-solving,
  • tuning down,
  • re-collects,
  • eases up,
  • simmering down,
  • be-calms,
  • re-lax,
  • re collected,
  • simmers down.
  •confine (verb)
  • in tern,
  • puts on ice,
  • putting ice,
  • puts ice,
  • cools down,
  • in-terns,
  • put ice,
  • putting on ice,
  • hog tie,
  • sending up,
  • in-tern,
  • puts a lid on,
  • in terns,
  • putting a lid on.
  •constrict (verb)
  • drew together,
  • astringes,
  • draws together,
  • Astringed.
  •contact (verb)
  • restrain.
  •control (verb)
  • subject.
  •cool (verb)
  • re-duces,
  • re duces,
  • re-duce,
  • re duce.
  •curb (verb)
  • bring screeching halt,
  • entrammeled,
  • cooled off,
  • co-oking,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • keeps tight rein on,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • co oking,
  • boxing in,
  • kept tight rein on,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • boxed in,
  • keeping tight rein on,
  • entrammels,
  • entrammeling,
  • Bitting,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • cools off,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • co oked,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • co-oked.
  •dam (verb)
  • stopt up,
  • stopping up.
  •dampen (verb)
  • dis-may,
  • de press,
  • de-aden,
  • dis mayed,
  • de pressing,
  • de adens,
  • de presses,
  • dis-mays,
  • de aden,
  • dis mays,
  • de-pressed,
  • de-press,
  • de-pressing,
  • dis-maying,
  • de-adens,
  • dis may,
  • de pressed,
  • dis maying,
  • de-presses,
  • dis-mayed.
  •decrease (verb)
  • de creasing,
  • de-valuate,
  • slows down,
  • dieing down,
  • sub sides,
  • narrowed down,
  • de-cline,
  • de cay,
  • de generating,
  • de creases,
  • de clines,
  • loses edge,
  • wore away,
  • de-creases,
  • de-creasing,
  • de valuated,
  • sub-sides,
  • de creased,
  • de-generating,
  • sub-siding,
  • de crease,
  • slowing down,
  • slacks off,
  • losing edge,
  • running low,
  • de generate,
  • sub-sided,
  • de-crease,
  • de-valuated,
  • tails off,
  • de-valuates,
  • narrows down,
  • de valuating,
  • de cays,
  • runs low,
  • de-generates,
  • lost edge,
  • de generated,
  • de generates,
  • sub side,
  • narrowing down,
  • de-creased,
  • sub-side,
  • de cline,
  • de-cays,
  • dries up,
  • slacked off,
  • de-valuating,
  • de valuate,
  • sub siding,
  • de-cay,
  • de valuates,
  • de-generate,
  • de-generated,
  • tailed off,
  • sub sided,
  • de-clines.
  •defuse (verb)
  • de militarize,
  • de activate,
  • de militarizing,
  • de-fuse,
  • de-fusing,
  • de-militarizing,
  • de-fused,
  • de-militarize,
  • demilitarizing,
  • demilitarizes,
  • de fuse,
  • de activated,
  • de activates,
  • de fuses,
  • de militarizes,
  • de-militarizes,
  • de-activates,
  • de fused,
  • de-activate,
  • de-militarized,
  • de militarized,
  • de activating,
  • de fusing,
  • de-fuses.
  •deny (verb)
  • dis credit,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • dis crediting,
  • dis carded,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • says no to,
  • re-butting,
  • dis-owning,
  • takes exception to,
  • enjoined from,
  • be-grudging,
  • be grudged,
  • dis-cards,
  • dis owning,
  • be-grudge,
  • dis-claiming,
  • dis-claimed,
  • dis believing,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • dis believed,
  • dis-claims,
  • dis credited,
  • dis-avows,
  • dis-proving,
  • said no to,
  • be grudging,
  • dis claims,
  • re butting,
  • re canted,
  • enjoining from,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • dis-owned,
  • re-canting,
  • dis-credited,
  • dis owned,
  • dis-prove,
  • dis-avow,
  • dis credits,
  • re buffing,
  • dis avowing,
  • dis-crediting,
  • enjoins from,
  • re-buffs,
  • re-canted,
  • re buff,
  • dis avowed,
  • dis-believes,
  • dis avows,
  • be grudges,
  • dis-claim,
  • re-butted,
  • re butted,
  • not bought,
  • not buying,
  • dis-carding,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • dis claimed,
  • dis believe,
  • be-grudges,
  • dis-proves,
  • dis-avowing,
  • dis claiming,
  • dis cards,
  • dis-card,
  • dis proves,
  • dis proved,
  • dis carding,
  • saying no to,
  • dis claim,
  • dis-credit,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • dis card,
  • re canting,
  • dis-credits,
  • dis-believe,
  • be-grudged,
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • dis avow,
  • dis-believed,
  • dis-proved,
  • re-buffing,
  • dis prove,
  • be grudge,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • dis proving,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • dis-carded,
  • taking exception to,
  • not buys,
  • dis-believing,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • re buffed,
  • re-buffed,
  • took exception to,
  • dis-avowed,
  • re buffs,
  • dis-acknowledge,
  • dis believes.
  •detain (verb)
  • de-tain,
  • hangs up,
  • hanged up,
  • re-serve,
  • hanging up,
  • re served,
  • de tain,
  • re-serving,
  • re serving,
  • slowing up,
  • re-serves,
  • re serve,
  • de tains,
  • slows up,
  • re-served,
  • de-tains.
  •deter (verb)
  • acting like wet blanket,
  • dis advise,
  • forfending,
  • putting a damper on,
  • disadvises,
  • disadvising,
  • dis-advised,
  • talks out of,
  • fore stall,
  • dis advises,
  • act like wet blanket,
  • putting damper on,
  • acted like wet blanket,
  • dis-advise,
  • dis advised,
  • forfended,
  • fore stalls,
  • puts a damper on,
  • acting like a wet blanket,
  • forfends,
  • acted like a wet blanket,
  • fore-stalling,
  • dis advising,
  • fore stalled,
  • acts like wet blanket,
  • fore-stalled,
  • puts damper on,
  • dis-advising,
  • fore-stalls,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • threw cold water on,
  • fore stalling,
  • talked out of,
  • disadvised,
  • fore-stall,
  • throws cold water on,
  • dis-advises,
  • acts like a wet blanket.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • ban,
  • dishearten,
  • dissuade,
  • discourage,
  • admonish,
  • deflect,
  • depress,
  • divert,
  • avert,
  • intimidate,
  • daunt,
  • derail,
  • chill,
  • disincline.
  •enjoin (verb)
  • pro scribed,
  • pro-scribes,
  • placing injunction on,
  • pro scribes,
  • pro-scribed,
  • pro-scribe,
  • places injunction on,
  • placed injunction on,
  • pro scribing,
  • pro scribe.
  •enslave (verb)
  • dis franchised,
  • dis franchise,
  • dis-franchise,
  • keeping under thumb,
  • dis-enfranchising,
  • keeps under thumb,
  • getting hooks in to,
  • sub jugate,
  • dis-franchises,
  • disfranchises,
  • dis-enfranchise,
  • dis-franchised,
  • dis-franchising,
  • got hooks into,
  • kept under thumb,
  • getting hooks into,
  • disenfranchises,
  • dis enfranchised,
  • gat hooks into,
  • gotten hooks into,
  • dis enfranchise,
  • get hooks in to,
  • puts irons,
  • gets hooks in to,
  • dis enfranchising,
  • put irons,
  • putting in irons,
  • dis-enfranchises,
  • putting irons,
  • dis-enfranchised,
  • sub-jugate,
  • dis franchises,
  • gets hooks into,
  • gotten hooks in to,
  • dis enfranchises,
  • puts in irons,
  • gat hooks in to,
  • got hooks in to,
  • dis franchising.
  •fetter (verb)
  • held captive,
  • holding captive,
  • puts straitjacket on,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • holds captive,
  • dragged feet,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • putting straitjacket on,
  • drags feet,
  • dragging feet.
  •fight back/fight off (verb)
  • hold bay,
  • beating off,
  • re pulsed,
  • re plying,
  • held bay,
  • fended off,
  • holding at bay,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re-pulses,
  • put fight,
  • keeps at bay,
  • puts up fight,
  • keep bay,
  • re plied,
  • holding bay,
  • kept bay,
  • re pulsing,
  • puts fight,
  • beats off,
  • held at bay,
  • keeps bay,
  • keeping bay,
  • re pulses,
  • re-pulsing,
  • putting fight,
  • holds bay,
  • re-plied,
  • holds at bay,
  • putting up fight,
  • keeping at bay,
  • re-plying.
  •foil (verb)
  • dis concerting,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • ran circles around,
  • gives slip,
  • gave the slip,
  • de feats,
  • got around,
  • dis concerts,
  • dis concerted,
  • gives the slip,
  • bollixes,
  • dis-concerting,
  • de-feat,
  • giving the run-around,
  • running circles around,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • buffaloing,
  • running rings around,
  • gives run-around,
  • dis appointed,
  • give run-around,
  • juking,
  • give runaround,
  • gives run around,
  • out-wit,
  • giving runaround,
  • dis appoint,
  • giving the run around,
  • giving run-around,
  • runs rings around,
  • de feat,
  • gives the run-around,
  • gets around,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • gave slip,
  • out-witting,
  • dis-appoints,
  • dis appointing,
  • runs circles around,
  • shuffles off,
  • out wits,
  • out-wits,
  • gave runaround,
  • dis-appointing,
  • giving slip,
  • dis-appoint,
  • giving the slip,
  • gives the runaround,
  • gives the run around,
  • shuffled off,
  • giving run around,
  • dis concert,
  • dis-concerted,
  • gat around,
  • gave the runaround,
  • ran rings around,
  • giving the runaround,
  • give slip,
  • gives runaround,
  • gave the run-around,
  • shuffling off,
  • juked,
  • gave run-around,
  • de-feats,
  • gave the run around,
  • gotten around,
  • dis-concert,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • out witting,
  • dis appoints,
  • out witted,
  • dis-concerts,
  • dis-appointed,
  • gave run around.
  •forbear (verb)
  • going easy,
  • goes easy,
  • keeps from,
  • kept from,
  • went easy,
  • keeping from.
  •forbid (verb)
  • declares illegal,
  • declared illegal,
  • nixed,
  • said no,
  • saying no,
  • declaring illegal.
  •gag (verb)
  • keeps the lid on,
  • tongue tied,
  • tapes up,
  • tongueties,
  • taping up,
  • tongue-tying,
  • tonguetied,
  • kept the lid on,
  • tonguetie,
  • tongue-ties,
  • keeping the lid on,
  • tongue tying,
  • corks up,
  • tongue ties,
  • tonguetying,
  • taped up.
  •govern (verb)
  • dis-pose,
  • dis posing,
  • gets the better of,
  • pre-disposes,
  • gets better of,
  • pre-disposing,
  • in-clines,
  • under-lying,
  • getting the better of,
  • got the better of,
  • gat better of,
  • getting better of,
  • got better of,
  • pre disposing,
  • under lain,
  • pre dispose,
  • directionalized,
  • directionalizing,
  • gotten the better of,
  • pre-disposed,
  • directionalizes,
  • in cline,
  • under-lain,
  • in clines,
  • dis posed,
  • under lay,
  • under-lay,
  • get better of,
  • under-lied,
  • gat the better of,
  • underlied,
  • dis-posed,
  • in-cline,
  • pre-dispose,
  • dis pose,
  • under lied,
  • gotten better of,
  • pre disposes,
  • dis-posing.
  •hamper (verb)
  • gets in the way,
  • in-conveniences,
  • tied hands,
  • getting the way,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • cramps ones style,
  • cramping one's style,
  • ties one's hands,
  • cramped one's style,
  • cramps one style,
  • gotten way,
  • gets in way,
  • got in way,
  • ties hands,
  • gotten in the way,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • cramp ones style,
  • gat the way,
  • drags one's feet,
  • gotten the way,
  • tied one's hands,
  • gat in way,
  • got in the way,
  • tie hands,
  • gat in the way,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • cramps style,
  • ties ones hands,
  • cramped style,
  • get the way,
  • got way,
  • getting in way,
  • dragged one feet,
  • drag ones feet,
  • tied one hands,
  • in conveniences,
  • gets the way,
  • drags one feet,
  • getting in the way,
  • cramped one style,
  • get in way,
  • drags ones feet,
  • tying hands,
  • cramping ones style,
  • tie ones hands,
  • in-convenience,
  • getting way,
  • cramped ones style,
  • tying one hands,
  • cramping one style,
  • get way,
  • gets way,
  • cramping style,
  • got the way,
  • cramp one style,
  • drag one feet,
  • tied ones hands,
  • dragging one feet,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • gotten in way,
  • gat way,
  • tying ones hands,
  • ties one hands,
  • tying one's hands,
  • cramps one's style,
  • tie one hands.
  •hinder (verb)
  • catch,
  • counter,
  • oppose,
  • entangle,
  • tangle,
  • block,
  • snag,
  • crimp,
  • constipate,
  • brake,
  • cripple,
  • resist,
  • plug,
  • burden,
  • delay,
  • hinder,
  • foul,
  • hamstring,
  • bottleneck,
  • congest,
  • interrupt,
  • baffle,
  • mire,
  • entrap,
  • paralyze,
  • bung,
  • frustrate,
  • impair,
  • snarl,
  • clog,
  • handicap,
  • jam,
  • drag,
  • complicate,
  • cramp.
  •hold (verb)
  • stayed put,
  • freezing to,
  • staid put,
  • keeping close,
  • puts a lock on,
  • not let went,
  • freezes to,
  • froze to,
  • vised,
  • not let going,
  • stays put,
  • kept close,
  • putting a lock on,
  • not let goes,
  • Viseing,
  • vising,
  • Viseed.
  •hold back/hold off (verb)
  • holds off.
  •immobilize (verb)
  • bringing a screeching halt,
  • brought a screeching halt,
  • bringing to a screeching halt,
  • bring a screeching halt,
  • brings a screeching halt,
  • brings to a screeching halt,
  • brought to a screeching halt.
  •impede (verb)
  • blows whistle on,
  • closes off,
  • dis comfits,
  • saddling with,
  • dis comfit,
  • flagged one,
  • dis-comfits,
  • saddles with,
  • dis-comfit,
  • blew whistle on,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • flags one,
  • flagging one.
  •imprison (verb)
  • held in custody,
  • holding hostage,
  • railed in,
  • sending prison,
  • keeps captive,
  • keeps custody,
  • keep custody,
  • sends to prison,
  • keeps in custody,
  • holds custody,
  • bastilled,
  • sending to prison,
  • held custody,
  • holds in custody,
  • holding in custody,
  • putting behind bars,
  • kept custody,
  • rails in,
  • held hostage,
  • railing in,
  • bastilling,
  • locks in,
  • holds hostage,
  • took prisoner,
  • holding custody,
  • kept in custody,
  • send prison,
  • keeping custody,
  • puts behind bars,
  • takes prisoner,
  • sent prison,
  • kept captive,
  • sends prison,
  • keeping in custody,
  • sent to prison,
  • taking prisoner,
  • keeping captive,
  • hold custody.
  •incarcerate (verb)
  • putting under lock and key,
  • putting under lock key,
  • sending the river,
  • sending river,
  • send up river,
  • put under lock key,
  • sends river,
  • sent up the river,
  • sends up the river,
  • send river,
  • sending up river,
  • throwing book at,
  • puts under lock and key,
  • sent the river,
  • puts under lock key,
  • throws book at,
  • sends the river,
  • takes away,
  • threw book at,
  • sent up river,
  • send the river,
  • sent river,
  • sends up river.
  •inhibit (verb)
  • put brakes,
  • keeps in,
  • puts on brakes,
  • putting brakes,
  • putting on brakes,
  • puts brakes.
  •keep under control; hold back (verb)
  • cork,
  • manacle,
  • curtail,
  • choke back,
  • jail,
  • keep in line,
  • kill.
  •limit (verb)
  • edge,
  • terminate,
  • rim,
  • border,
  • end.
  •localize (verb)
  • stopped from spreading,
  • stops from spreading,
  • stopt from spreading,
  • stopping from spreading.
  •moderate (verb)
  • moderate,
  • tranquilize,
  • calm,
  • pacify,
  • soften,
  • relax,
  • alleviate,
  • abate,
  • quiet,
  • ease.
  •modulate (verb)
  • re vamps,
  • re-vamp,
  • re-vamping,
  • re vamping,
  • re vamped,
  • re-vamped,
  • finetune,
  • re-vamps,
  • re vamp.
  •monopolize (verb)
  • exercised control,
  • sat on,
  • bogarting,
  • owned exclusively,
  • corners market,
  • keeping oneself,
  • exercising control,
  • kept oneself,
  • cornered the market,
  • sate on,
  • cornered market,
  • bogarted,
  • keeps to oneself,
  • exercises control,
  • bogarts,
  • cornering market,
  • cornering the market,
  • owns exclusively,
  • corners the market,
  • keep oneself,
  • owning exclusively,
  • sits on,
  • sews up,
  • keeps oneself,
  • kept to oneself,
  • corner market.
  •muzzle (verb)
  • clamped down on,
  • dummies up,
  • clamping down on,
  • cracked down on,
  • clamps down on,
  • cracks down on,
  • dummying up.
  •obligate (verb)
  • in-debt,
  • making indebted,
  • astricts,
  • in-debts,
  • makes indebted,
  • made indebted,
  • Astricting,
  • Astricted,
  • indebts,
  • in debts.
  •obstruct (verb)
  • monkeying with,
  • monkeyed with,
  • monkeys with.
  •obviate (verb)
  • re moving,
  • counter acting,
  • counter-acting,
  • inter-posing,
  • counter-acted,
  • counter acted,
  • counter-act,
  • re-moving,
  • counter act,
  • re moved,
  • inter posed,
  • inter pose,
  • inter-pose,
  • re-moves,
  • counter-acts,
  • inter-posed,
  • counter acts,
  • re move,
  • inter posing,
  • re-move.
  •peter (verb)
  • re-bate,
  • tails away,
  • re bates,
  • re-bated,
  • tailing away,
  • tailed away,
  • re bated,
  • re bate,
  • re-bating,
  • re bating.
  •pin (verb)
  • held fast,
  • holds fast,
  • holding fast.
  •play down (verb)
  • under plays,
  • under rating,
  • under play,
  • under-rate,
  • under played,
  • glossing over,
  • makes little of,
  • under-playing,
  • under rates,
  • be-littles,
  • be-little,
  • makes light of,
  • de emphasize,
  • making light of,
  • softpedal,
  • under playing,
  • under rate,
  • under-rated,
  • made little of,
  • under-play,
  • be littles,
  • glosses over,
  • under-rating,
  • under-plays,
  • making little of,
  • under rated,
  • under-played,
  • under-rates.
  •preclude (verb)
  • makes impracticable,
  • putting a stop to,
  • making impracticable,
  • made impracticable,
  • puts a stop to,
  • puts stop to,
  • putting stop to.
  •prevent (verb)
  • defends against,
  • inter cept,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-vent,
  • nip in bud,
  • pre vent,
  • nip bud,
  • defending against,
  • inter-cept,
  • pre venting,
  • puts end to,
  • turns aside,
  • putting end to,
  • pre-vents,
  • putting an end to,
  • nip the bud,
  • puts an end to,
  • pre vented,
  • pre-venting,
  • defended against.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • disapprove,
  • disqualify,
  • outlaw,
  • disallow,
  • prohibit,
  • refuse,
  • oppress,
  • reject.
  •refrain (verb)
  • goes on the wagon,
  • go the wagon,
  • went wagon,
  • takes the cure,
  • not did,
  • takes cure,
  • going wagon,
  • passing up,
  • is temperate,
  • taking cure,
  • goes on wagon,
  • going on wagon,
  • goes wagon,
  • going the wagon,
  • sate out,
  • passes up,
  • takes pledge,
  • took the cure,
  • sits out,
  • am temperate,
  • go on wagon,
  • went the wagon,
  • take pledge,
  • go wagon,
  • being temperate,
  • taking the pledge,
  • art temperate,
  • goes the wagon,
  • took cure,
  • wast temperate,
  • takes the pledge,
  • wert temperate,
  • took pledge,
  • was temperate,
  • going on the wagon,
  • went on the wagon,
  • taking pledge,
  • take cure,
  • were temperate,
  • sitting out,
  • are temperate,
  • went on wagon.
  •repress (verb)
  • over come,
  • re-press,
  • over powered,
  • over powers,
  • keeps under wraps,
  • re-pressing,
  • re-pressed,
  • quelched,
  • over-power,
  • over-comes,
  • re press,
  • over comes,
  • quelches,
  • over coming,
  • quelching,
  • re pressed,
  • over-powered,
  • re-presses,
  • over powering,
  • kept under wraps,
  • over-coming,
  • keeping under wraps,
  • re presses,
  • over-powering,
  • re pressing.
  •restrain (verb)
  • shackle,
  • collar.
  •restrict (verb)
  • de marks,
  • demarks,
  • re-strict,
  • in-close,
  • de-marks,
  • de-marking,
  • in closing,
  • keeps within bounds,
  • demarked,
  • in closes,
  • in close,
  • de marked,
  • kept within limits,
  • in-closes,
  • keeping within limits,
  • in-closed,
  • de marking,
  • in-closing,
  • keeping within bounds,
  • keeps within limits,
  • de-mark,
  • re strict,
  • de-marked,
  • de mark,
  • in closed,
  • kept within bounds,
  • demarking.
  •retain (verb)
  • keeping in mind,
  • kept possession,
  • keeps in mind,
  • re cognize,
  • clung to,
  • kept mind,
  • clinging to,
  • keeping mind,
  • re members,
  • kept in mind,
  • re cognizing,
  • handed onto,
  • re tains,
  • pre-serves,
  • re-call,
  • pre serving,
  • hands onto,
  • re-calls,
  • re member,
  • re-member,
  • re-called,
  • re collect,
  • re cognizes,
  • retro spect,
  • retro-spect,
  • pre served,
  • re-cognized,
  • retro spects,
  • keeps mind,
  • keep mind,
  • re-tains,
  • re membered,
  • re calls,
  • keeps possession,
  • pre serve,
  • re cognized,
  • re tain,
  • retrospected,
  • keeping possession,
  • pre serves,
  • re-tain,
  • re-cognizing,
  • pre-served,
  • handing onto,
  • re-members,
  • re calling,
  • re-calling,
  • retro-spects,
  • pre-serving,
  • retrospecting,
  • bear mind.
  •ride (verb)
  • being supported,
  • wert supported,
  • hitches a ride,
  • hitching a ride,
  • are supported,
  • thumbed ride,
  • hitched ride,
  • thumbs ride,
  • thumbed a ride,
  • hitching ride,
  • tools around,
  • hitch ride,
  • tooled around,
  • hitched a ride,
  • tooling around,
  • was supported,
  • thumbing ride,
  • thumb ride,
  • hitches ride,
  • art supported,
  • is supported,
  • am supported,
  • wast supported,
  • thumbs a ride,
  • were supported.
  •rule (verb)
  • art power,
  • is power,
  • art authority,
  • is driver seat,
  • wast in driver seat,
  • art in power,
  • be in driver seat,
  • cracks the whip,
  • holds reins,
  • rule roost,
  • running the show,
  • cracked whip,
  • was power,
  • be authority,
  • holds the reins,
  • are power,
  • be in drivers seat,
  • am in drivers seat,
  • wert in power,
  • wert in driver seat,
  • was in power,
  • cracking whip,
  • are drivers seat,
  • running show,
  • is authority,
  • keeps under one's thumb,
  • are driver seat,
  • art in authority,
  • being in authority,
  • be power,
  • holding reins,
  • kept under one thumb,
  • pre-sided,
  • de-cree,
  • are in power,
  • am in authority,
  • sat on top of,
  • held the reins,
  • keeping under one's thumb,
  • being in drivers seat,
  • is in driver's seat,
  • ran show,
  • de-crees,
  • pre sides,
  • pre side,
  • was authority,
  • is drivers seat,
  • over ruled,
  • de-creed,
  • were drivers seat,
  • am authority,
  • keeps under ones thumb,
  • pre siding,
  • over-ruled,
  • keeping under one thumb,
  • run show,
  • sat top of,
  • sitting on top of,
  • wast in power,
  • wert in driver's seat,
  • art in driver seat,
  • wert authority,
  • are in driver's seat,
  • sits top of,
  • over-rule,
  • over rules,
  • am in driver's seat,
  • were power,
  • was in driver seat,
  • was in driver's seat,
  • am driver seat,
  • be driver's seat,
  • am in driver seat,
  • over ruling,
  • were in drivers seat,
  • was driver's seat,
  • over-rules,
  • held reins,
  • being power,
  • pre-siding,
  • de cree,
  • wert driver's seat,
  • being drivers seat,
  • over-ruling,
  • be drivers seat,
  • ran the show,
  • wert driver seat,
  • wast in authority,
  • art in driver's seat,
  • is in power,
  • is driver's seat,
  • is in authority,
  • are driver's seat,
  • sate on top of,
  • hold reins,
  • being in driver seat,
  • wast authority,
  • sate top of,
  • sitting top of,
  • wert in drivers seat,
  • pre-sides,
  • was in drivers seat,
  • being driver's seat,
  • kept under one's thumb,
  • runs the show,
  • am drivers seat,
  • keep under one thumb,
  • sits on top of,
  • am driver's seat,
  • was in authority,
  • wast in driver's seat,
  • was drivers seat,
  • holds sway,
  • were driver seat,
  • cracked the whip,
  • were in authority,
  • wast driver seat,
  • keeps under one thumb,
  • wast driver's seat,
  • art in drivers seat,
  • wert drivers seat,
  • are authority,
  • were in driver's seat,
  • are in driver seat,
  • de crees,
  • is in driver seat,
  • de creed,
  • wast in drivers seat,
  • wast power,
  • keep under ones thumb,
  • were in driver seat,
  • cracking the whip,
  • wert power,
  • being in driver's seat,
  • are in authority,
  • pre sided,
  • kept under ones thumb,
  • am power,
  • cracks whip,
  • being authority,
  • wert in authority,
  • pre-side,
  • keeping under ones thumb,
  • be driver seat,
  • were driver's seat,
  • were in power,
  • are in drivers seat,
  • sit top of,
  • is in drivers seat,
  • was driver seat,
  • being in power,
  • were authority,
  • being driver seat,
  • wast drivers seat,
  • crack whip.
  •smother (verb)
  • over whelming,
  • over-whelms,
  • over whelm,
  • over whelms,
  • over-whelming,
  • over-whelmed,
  • in-undated,
  • in undated,
  • over-whelm,
  • over whelmed.
  •stem (verb)
  • bringing standstill,
  • bringing to a standstill,
  • brought to standstill,
  • brought standstill,
  • brought to a standstill,
  • brings standstill,
  • brings to standstill,
  • brings a standstill,
  • bringing a standstill,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • brought a standstill,
  • with stood,
  • with-standing,
  • with-stand,
  • with standing,
  • bring a standstill,
  • brings to a standstill,
  • with stands,
  • with-stands,
  • with stand,
  • bring standstill.
  •stint (verb)
  • cutting corners,
  • goes easy on,
  • pennypinches,
  • was stingy,
  • making ends meet,
  • tightens belt,
  • skimped on,
  • is parsimonious,
  • pennypinch,
  • penny pinched,
  • are sparing,
  • were sparing,
  • wert frugal,
  • penny-pinches,
  • wast frugal,
  • being frugal,
  • being sparing,
  • was frugal,
  • penny pinch,
  • saves for rainy day,
  • skimps on,
  • being stingy,
  • went easy on,
  • were frugal,
  • art parsimonious,
  • penny pinches,
  • am sparing,
  • were stingy,
  • were parsimonious,
  • was sparing,
  • pennypinched,
  • are frugal,
  • are stingy,
  • makes ends meet,
  • is sparing,
  • rolling back,
  • rolled back,
  • tightening belt,
  • art stingy,
  • was parsimonious,
  • rolls back,
  • saved for rainy day,
  • am stingy,
  • being parsimonious,
  • tightened belt,
  • are parsimonious,
  • penny-pinched,
  • wert stingy,
  • wast parsimonious,
  • wast sparing,
  • made ends meet,
  • is stingy,
  • art sparing,
  • wast stingy,
  • is frugal,
  • art frugal,
  • cuts corners,
  • wert parsimonious,
  • wert sparing,
  • saving for rainy day,
  • skimping on,
  • am parsimonious.
  •stop (verb)
  • chokes off.
  •strangle (verb)
  • garrote garrottes,
  • garrotegarrotte,
  • garrote-garrotte,
  • garrote garrotte,
  • garrote-garrotting,
  • garrotegarrotted,
  • garrote-garrotted,
  • garrotegarrottes,
  • garrote garrotted,
  • garrote-garrottes,
  • garrote garrotting,
  • garrotegarrotting.
  •subdue (verb)
  • got the upper hand,
  • triumphed over,
  • beats down,
  • sub dues,
  • getting under control,
  • gotten under control,
  • got upper hand,
  • over runs,
  • gets under control,
  • triumphing over,
  • gets the upper hand,
  • beating down,
  • over running,
  • got under control,
  • gat under control,
  • gets upper hand,
  • getting the upper hand,
  • sub-dues,
  • getting upper hand,
  • gotten the upper hand,
  • sub-due,
  • gat the upper hand,
  • triumphs over,
  • gotten upper hand,
  • sub due,
  • gat upper hand.
  •tame (verb)
  • brings heel,
  • housetraining,
  • brake the spirit,
  • house trains,
  • bringing heel,
  • brought heel,
  • broke spirit,
  • house train,
  • breaks spirit,
  • housetrains,
  • breaking the spirit,
  • brake spirit,
  • domiciliates,
  • brings to heel,
  • break spirit,
  • breaks the spirit,
  • bring heel,
  • housetrained,
  • bringing to heel,
  • broke the spirit,
  • house-trains,
  • house-training,
  • house training,
  • brought to heel,
  • house trained,
  • breaking spirit.
  •temper (verb)
  • making reasonable,
  • taking the bite out of,
  • takes the bite out of,
  • took the edge off,
  • monkeys around with,
  • take sting out of,
  • taking sting out of,
  • cools out,
  • made reasonable,
  • took the sting out of,
  • takes edge off,
  • taking the sting out of,
  • takes bite out of,
  • cooling out,
  • took bite out of,
  • takes sting out of,
  • took sting out of,
  • taking bite out of,
  • takes the sting out of,
  • taking edge off,
  • take bite out of,
  • monkeyed around with,
  • took the bite out of,
  • cooled out,
  • takes the edge off,
  • take edge off,
  • taking the edge off,
  • makes reasonable,
  • monkeying around with,
  • took edge off.
  •thwart (verb)
  • takes wind out of,
  • upsetting one apple cart,
  • up-setting,
  • upsetting ones apple cart,
  • up sets,
  • took wind out of,
  • plays off,
  • playing off,
  • upsets one apple cart,
  • upsets ones apple cart,
  • snafuing,
  • upset ones apple cart,
  • taking wind out of,
  • upsets one's apple cart,
  • up-set,
  • upsetting one's apple cart,
  • upset one apple cart,
  • up-sets,
  • up setting.
  •withhold (verb)
  • de-ducted,
  • de-duct,
  • keep under one hat,
  • stops oneself,
  • keep under hat,
  • stopt oneself,
  • kept under hat,
  • with-holds,
  • keeping under hat,
  • keeping under one's hat,
  • held out on,
  • keep under ones hat,
  • keeping under one hat,
  • kept under ones hat,
  • with held,
  • kept under one hat,
  • clams up,
  • de ducted,
  • keeps under hat,
  • stopping oneself,
  • de duct,
  • keeps under one hat,
  • with holds,
  • keeps under one's hat,
  • de ducts,
  • with hold,
  • with-held,
  • holds out on,
  • with-hold,
  • holding out on,
  • with-holding,
  • de-ducting,
  • keeps under ones hat,
  • stopped oneself,
  • de ducting,
  • with holding,
  • keeping under ones hat,
  • kept under one's hat,
  • de-ducts.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • overspecialize,
  • shush,
  • subjugate,
  • stand between,
  • shut away,
  • freeze-out,
  • shut in,
  • hold on to,
  • waylay,
  • disbar,
  • immure,
  • clap in,
  • come between.
  •
  • coerce,
  • debar,
  • hem in,
  • pen in,
  • blacklist,
  • dwarf,
  • shut up,
  • rein,
  • urge.
  •
  • cut off,
  • head off,
  • recapture,
  • cloister.
  •
  • sideline,
  • corral.
  •
  • surround.
  •
  • corner.
  •adjourn
  • prorogue,
  • stay,
  • put off,
  • held over,
  • hold over,
  • Shelving,
  • Proroguing,
  • Prorogued,
  • prorogues.
  •bottle up
  • hold in,
  • keep back,
  • covers up,
  • covering up,
  • covered up,
  • coop up,
  • bring to naught,
  • box up,
  • held in,
  • Entrapped,
  • keep secret,
  • keeps back,
  • corked,
  • cooped up,
  • corking,
  • kept secret,
  • kept back,
  • holding in,
  • keep feeling inside oneself,
  • hold down,
  • cover up,
  • keeping back,
  • held down.
  •bound
  • encircled,
  • delimitating,
  • mark out,
  • delimitate,
  • delimitated,
  • delimitates,
  • marking out.
  •command
  • take charge,
  • overbear,
  • ordinating,
  • Enacting,
  • give orders,
  • give directions,
  • predominates,
  • prevails,
  • ordinates,
  • enact,
  • call on,
  • overborne,
  • exercise power,
  • call upon,
  • lay down the law,
  • overbears,
  • requisitioned,
  • hold office,
  • called on,
  • put foot down,
  • reign over,
  • force upon,
  • call the signals,
  • take lead,
  • over-bear,
  • Tyrannized,
  • sent for,
  • presided over,
  • ordinate,
  • called upon,
  • take over,
  • Wielding,
  • have authority,
  • taking over,
  • preside over,
  • taking charge,
  • calls upon,
  • calling on,
  • send for,
  • forced upon.
  •compel
  • shotgun,
  • concussing,
  • concussed,
  • put the chill on,
  • Dragooning,
  • concuss,
  • make necessary,
  • shotgunned,
  • shotgunning,
  • crack down,
  • dragoon,
  • Shotguns,
  • throwing weight around,
  • Dragooned,
  • dragoons,
  • turn on the heat,
  • put the arm on,
  • throw weight around.
  •compose
  • quell,
  • simmer down,
  • Re-collect,
  • tune down,
  • soothe,
  • relaxes,
  • pacifies,
  • eased up,
  • Slackened,
  • ease up,
  • placate,
  • balmed,
  • slackens.
  •contain
  • keep lid on,
  • Harnessing.
  •control
  • rein in,
  • reins in,
  • reined in.
  •decrease
  • drying up,
  • wear down,
  • wears away,
  • dies down,
  • slack off,
  • run low,
  • die down,
  • lose edge,
  • slow down,
  • died down,
  • wearing away,
  • downing,
  • tail off,
  • Downs,
  • dried up,
  • dying down,
  • dry up,
  • slacking off,
  • slowed down,
  • petering out,
  • narrow down,
  • tailing off,
  • peter,
  • downed,
  • Waned,
  • ran low,
  • wear away.
  •defend
  • fight back.
  •deny
  • say no to,
  • forgoing,
  • veto,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • Negatived,
  • Forgone,
  • Tabooing,
  • Tabooed,
  • take exception to,
  • Negativing,
  • enjoin from,
  • spurn,
  • not buy,
  • taboo,
  • turn down.
  •fasten
  • tether.
  •gag
  • Garroted,
  • Garroting,
  • tongue tie,
  • keep the lid on,
  • Shying,
  • tape up,
  • shies,
  • tongue-tie,
  • garrotes,
  • cork up,
  • garrote,
  • corking up,
  • corked up.
  •imprison
  • put behind bars,
  • bastilles,
  • keep in custody,
  • take prisoner,
  • Closeting,
  • locked in,
  • Remanding,
  • closeted,
  • occlude,
  • locking in,
  • remand,
  • imprisoned,
  • keep captive,
  • hold in custody,
  • hold hostage,
  • bastille,
  • Remanded,
  • send to prison,
  • Stockaded,
  • Stockading,
  • rail in,
  • remands.
  •limit
  • limits,
  • rationed,
  • rationing,
  • limited.
  •localize
  • stop from spreading.
  •make unnecessary
  • obviate.
  •moderate
  • tone down.
  •peter
  • tail away,
  • rebated,
  • rebating,
  • peter out.
  •play down
  • underplayed,
  • underplays,
  • glossed over,
  • deemphasize,
  • made light of,
  • make light of,
  • gloss over,
  • make little of,
  • be little,
  • underplaying,
  • underplay.
  •prohibit
  • passing on,
  • put chill on,
  • passed on,
  • zinging,
  • put a stopper in,
  • jam up,
  • pass on,
  • gridlock,
  • gridlocked,
  • passes on.
  •require
  • obligate.
  •retain
  • retain,
  • Husbanded,
  • clings to,
  • cling to,
  • hand onto,
  • keep in mind,
  • Husbanding,
  • keep possession.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •stint
  • make ends meet,
  • going easy on,
  • save for rainy day,
  • go easy on,
  • cut corners,
  • be frugal,
  • be sparing,
  • skimp on,
  • penny-pinch,
  • tighten belt,
  • be stingy,
  • be parsimonious,
  • roll back,
  • pennypinching.
  •stop
  • staunched,
  • choke off,
  • choking off,
  • staunches,
  • staunching,
  • choked off.
  •suppress
  • keep under.
  •tie
  • immobilize.
  •tone down
  • sobering,
  • sobers,
  • Sobered.

Paraphrases for Restrain:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    restrict, curb.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    rein, contain, contains, limit, limiting, curtail, suppress, retain, discourage, deter, prevent, confine, repress, stifle, hinder, stop, inhibit, refrain, reduce, reducing, mitigate, detain, abstain, hamper, resist, stem, withhold, fasten, block, minimize, prohibit, Prohibiting, dissuade, regulate, proscribe, obstruct, counter, bind, control, quell, diminish, subdue, thwart, suspend, punish, narrow, freeze, freezing, avert, deduct, hold, frustrate, sustain, check, forestall, desist, keep, arrest, tie, impair, moderate, counteract, master, harness, preclude, brake, penalize, alleviate, criminalize, reverse, refine, minimise.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    constrain, impede, halt, dampen, circumscribe, constrict, interdict, self-control, tighten, attach.

Antonyms for Restrain:

• v.

  • keep under control; hold back
    encourage, forsake, let go, leave, help, aid, loose, abandon, mislead, free, liberate, start, allow, permit, assist, turn on, loosen, release, set free, promote, give up, neglect, misguide.
  • Other antonyms:
    arouse, let loose, dismiss, air, impel, lose, excite, spring, animate, express, discharge, vent.

Homophones for Restrain:

• restroom, rostrum, right atrium.

Hypernym for Restrain:

• v.

  • contact
    fetter, pound up, tie down, pound, bind, impound, pen up, truss, enchain, tie up, ground, pinion, fold, shackle.

Hyponym for Restrain:

• v.

  • contact
    disable, incapacitate, disenable.
  • social
    prevent, keep.