Synonyms for Subdue:

• n.

  •
  • allay,
  • defuse,
  • reassure.
  •
  • annex,
  • besiege,
  • invade,
  • occupy,
  • storm.
  •
  • conceal,
  • keep back,
  • manage.
  •
  • command.
  •
  • ace,
  • best,
  • lick,
  • worst,
  • prevail against.
  •
  • increase,
  • mute,
  • qualify.
  •subdue (noun)
  • chasten,
  • conquer,
  • cricify,
  • curb,
  • get over,
  • inhibit,
  • keep down,
  • master,
  • mortify,
  • overcome,
  • quash,
  • reduce,
  • repress,
  • stamp down,
  • subjugate,
  • subordinate,
  • suppress,
  • surmount,
  • tame.

• v.

  •defeat (verb)
  • beat,
  • capture,
  • checkmate,
  • conquer,
  • crush,
  • defeat,
  • foil,
  • humble,
  • master,
  • outdo,
  • outplay,
  • overcome,
  • overpower,
  • overthrow,
  • overturn,
  • predominate,
  • quell,
  • rout,
  • subject,
  • surmount,
  • triumph,
  • trounce,
  • trump,
  • vanquish,
  • whip,
  • win.
  •keep under control; moderate (verb)
  • bear down,
  • beat down,
  • break,
  • check,
  • conquer,
  • control,
  • crush,
  • defeat,
  • discipline,
  • dominate,
  • drop,
  • extinguish,
  • gentle,
  • humble,
  • mellow,
  • overcome,
  • overpower,
  • overrun,
  • quash,
  • quell,
  • quench,
  • quiet,
  • quieten,
  • reduce,
  • repress,
  • restrain,
  • shut down,
  • soften,
  • squelch,
  • subjugate,
  • suppress,
  • tame,
  • temper,
  • tone down,
  • trample,
  • vanquish,
  • get the better of,
  • triumph over,
  • get the upper hand,
  • get under control.
  •moderate (verb)
  • abate,
  • alleviate,
  • calm,
  • compose,
  • cool,
  • ease,
  • moderate,
  • pacify,
  • quiet,
  • relax,
  • restrain,
  • soften,
  • soothe,
  • tranquilize.
  •soothe (verb)
  • appease,
  • comfort,
  • console,
  • hush,
  • lull,
  • mollify,
  • placate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • besiege,
  • colonize,
  • conqueror,
  • disarm,
  • invader,
  • invasion,
  • palliate,
  • repression,
  • takeover.
  •
  • annex,
  • conquest,
  • occupier,
  • retake,
  • siege.
  •
  • invade,
  • occupation,
  • occupy,
  • overrun,
  • resistance,
  • storm,
  • worst.
  •
  • qualify.
  •
  • lick.
  •charm
  • fascinate.
  •command
  • overbear,
  • take over.
  •control
  • rein in.
  •decrease
  • slake.
  •defeat
  • beat down,
  • reduce,
  • shipwreck,
  • squash,
  • prevail over.
  •flatten
  • even out.
  •moderate
  • tone down.
  •pacify
  • smooth over.
  •quash
  • quash.
  •quieten
  • quieten.
  •restrain
  • choke back,
  • keep down.
  •silence
  • choke off,
  • shush.
  •soothe
  • soothe,
  • pour oil on,
  • smooth down.
  •subjugate
  • enslave,
  • subjugate.
  •suppress
  • suppress,
  • keep under.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abase,
  • abash,
  • abatement,
  • abbreviate,
  • abolish,
  • abridge,
  • abuse,
  • ace,
  • afflict,
  • allay,
  • anesthetize,
  • annex,
  • annihilate,
  • annul,
  • appropriate,
  • asphyxiate,
  • assuage,
  • attemper,
  • avoid,
  • badger,
  • baffle,
  • batter,
  • bear down,
  • beat down,
  • beat out,
  • bedevil,
  • belittle,
  • bend,
  • benumb,
  • besiege,
  • best,
  • bewitch,
  • bind,
  • bit,
  • bland,
  • blank out,
  • blanket,
  • blast,
  • blight,
  • blinks,
  • blunt,
  • boil down,
  • boring,
  • bottle up,
  • bounce back,
  • break,
  • break down,
  • bridle,
  • bring down,
  • browbeat,
  • bully,
  • calm down,
  • capsize,
  • captivate,
  • castigate,
  • censor,
  • chagrin,
  • charm,
  • chasten,
  • chastise,
  • check,
  • chill,
  • choke,
  • choke back,
  • choke down,
  • choke off,
  • city,
  • clobber,
  • cloudy,
  • colonize,
  • come down,
  • command,
  • conceal,
  • concentrate,
  • confront,
  • conqueror,
  • conquest,
  • constrain,
  • constraint,
  • contain,
  • containment,
  • contract,
  • control,
  • cork,
  • cork up,
  • correct,
  • cover,
  • cow,
  • cradle,
  • cream,
  • cricify,
  • cripple,
  • cross,
  • crucify,
  • crumb,
  • cultivate,
  • curb,
  • curtail,
  • cushion,
  • cut,
  • cut across,
  • cut back,
  • cut down,
  • cut through,
  • damp,
  • dampen,
  • dampening,
  • dark,
  • daunt,
  • de-emphasize,
  • deaden,
  • deafen,
  • debase,
  • decoct,
  • decrease,
  • deep,
  • deflate,
  • defuse,
  • degrade,
  • deject,
  • delight,
  • deluge,
  • demean,
  • demolish,
  • demoralise,
  • demoralize,
  • dense,
  • deoxidise,
  • deoxidize,
  • depose,
  • depreciate,
  • depress,
  • destroy,
  • deter,
  • devaluate,
  • devalue,
  • devastate,
  • devitalize,
  • dilute,
  • dim,
  • diminish,
  • disallow,
  • disarm,
  • discipline,
  • discomfit,
  • disconcert,
  • disconnect,
  • discountenance,
  • discourage,
  • dishearten,
  • dishonour,
  • dismal,
  • dispatch,
  • dispirit,
  • disunite,
  • do away with,
  • do in,
  • domesticate,
  • domesticise,
  • domesticize,
  • dominate,
  • douse,
  • down,
  • downgrade,
  • downplay,
  • dreary,
  • drop,
  • drown,
  • drub,
  • dulcify,
  • dull,
  • dun,
  • eliminate,
  • emasculate,
  • embarrass,
  • enchant,
  • end,
  • enervate,
  • enfeeble,
  • engram,
  • enrapture,
  • enslave,
  • enthral,
  • enthrall,
  • eradicate,
  • even,
  • even out,
  • exceed,
  • extenuate,
  • exterminate,
  • extinguish,
  • extirpate,
  • face,
  • fail,
  • fall,
  • farm,
  • fascinate,
  • fell,
  • flatten,
  • fluff,
  • foment,
  • foreshorten,
  • fracture,
  • frustrate,
  • gag,
  • gangrene,
  • gentle,
  • get,
  • get across,
  • get over,
  • get rid of,
  • get the best,
  • get the hang,
  • get well,
  • govern,
  • gram,
  • gramme,
  • grind,
  • grind down,
  • hamper,
  • harass,
  • harry,
  • have the best,
  • heavy,
  • hector,
  • hide,
  • hinder,
  • hindrance,
  • hold,
  • hold back,
  • hold in,
  • hound,
  • humiliate,
  • hushed,
  • hypnotize,
  • ill-treat,
  • impair,
  • inactive,
  • increase,
  • inequity,
  • inert,
  • influence,
  • inhibit,
  • iniquity,
  • injury,
  • injustice,
  • interdict,
  • intimidate,
  • invade,
  • invader,
  • invalidate,
  • invasion,
  • jump on,
  • keep,
  • keep back,
  • keep down,
  • knead,
  • lay,
  • lenify,
  • lessen,
  • lessening,
  • lick,
  • lighten,
  • limber,
  • limber up,
  • limit,
  • liquidate,
  • loosen,
  • lose weight,
  • lower,
  • lowering,
  • maltreat,
  • manage,
  • mangle,
  • mash,
  • mask,
  • massacre,
  • massage,
  • mellow,
  • melt,
  • melt off,
  • mesmerize,
  • minimize,
  • mitigate,
  • moderation,
  • modesty,
  • modify,
  • modulate,
  • mortify,
  • muffle,
  • muffled,
  • mute,
  • muted,
  • mutilate,
  • muzzle,
  • naturalise,
  • naturalize,
  • necrose,
  • neutralise,
  • neutralize,
  • nullify,
  • numb,
  • number,
  • objurgate,
  • obliterate,
  • obtund,
  • obtuse,
  • occupation,
  • occupier,
  • occupy,
  • oppress,
  • oppressive,
  • outgo,
  • outmatch,
  • outstrip,
  • outwit,
  • overawe,
  • overbear,
  • overmaster,
  • override,
  • overrun,
  • overtake,
  • overtax,
  • overwhelm,
  • pad,
  • palliate,
  • pass over,
  • peg,
  • persecute,
  • pillory,
  • plague,
  • play down,
  • plump,
  • polish off,
  • poultice,
  • prevail,
  • propitiate,
  • prostrate,
  • pull down,
  • pulp,
  • punish,
  • purify,
  • put,
  • put out,
  • qualify,
  • quash,
  • quench,
  • quiet down,
  • quieten,
  • rag,
  • ravage,
  • reassure,
  • rebuff,
  • reclaim,
  • reduce,
  • refine,
  • rein in,
  • relieve,
  • repress,
  • repression,
  • repulse,
  • reserve,
  • resign,
  • resistance,
  • rest,
  • restraint,
  • restrict,
  • restriction,
  • retake,
  • rock,
  • ruin,
  • salve,
  • savage,
  • scale,
  • scale down,
  • seduce,
  • seize,
  • settle,
  • shame,
  • shatter,
  • sheathe,
  • shipwreck,
  • shorten,
  • shrink,
  • shush,
  • shut down,
  • shut off,
  • siege,
  • silence,
  • simplify,
  • sink,
  • skunk,
  • slack,
  • slacken,
  • slake,
  • slenderize,
  • slim,
  • slim down,
  • slow,
  • slow down,
  • sluggish,
  • smash,
  • smooth,
  • smooth over,
  • smoothen,
  • smother,
  • snuff,
  • snuff out,
  • sober,
  • something,
  • sphacelate,
  • squash,
  • squelch,
  • stabilise,
  • stabilize,
  • stagger,
  • stamp,
  • stamp down,
  • stamp out,
  • stanch,
  • stare down,
  • steady,
  • stifle,
  • still,
  • stop,
  • storm,
  • strangle,
  • stranglehold,
  • stultify,
  • subjection,
  • subjugate,
  • submit,
  • subordinate,
  • succeed,
  • suffocate,
  • supple,
  • suppress,
  • surpass,
  • swamp,
  • sweep over,
  • take,
  • take down,
  • take over,
  • takeover,
  • tame,
  • temper,
  • tenderise,
  • tenderize,
  • terminate,
  • thin,
  • thin out,
  • thrash,
  • thrive,
  • throttle,
  • tighten,
  • tone,
  • tone down,
  • topple,
  • torment,
  • torpid,
  • town,
  • township,
  • track,
  • train,
  • trample,
  • tranquillise,
  • tranquillize,
  • traverse,
  • tread,
  • trim,
  • trim back,
  • trim down,
  • try,
  • turn down,
  • tyrannize,
  • underplay,
  • understate,
  • unhorse,
  • unman,
  • upend,
  • victimize,
  • void,
  • weaken,
  • wear away,
  • wear down,
  • weigh down,
  • whelm,
  • win over,
  • wipe out,
  • worst,
  • Accoy,
  • Embank,
  • Kneader,
  • Milden,
  • Overmatch,
  • soft pedal,
  • outperform,
  • get the better of,
  • shake up,
  • cover up,
  • Contemper,
  • Stupe,
  • Subdual,
  • lay waste,
  • downsize,
  • dictate to,
  • do for,
  • keep under,
  • prevail against,
  • sit on,
  • slap down,
  • face down,
  • order around,
  • soften up,
  • retard,
  • kill,
  • murder,
  • bring low,
  • prevail over,
  • house-train,
  • pre-empt,
  • get the best of,
  • in the wrong,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • crack down on,
  • trample down,
  • make subservient,
  • clamp down on,
  • triumph over,
  • bring to terms,
  • control oneself,
  • go someone one better,
  • in subjection,
  • lose face,
  • trample under foot,
  • be able to,
  • be victorious,
  • bring under control,
  • carry the day,
  • declare invalid,
  • get the upper hand,
  • get under control,
  • hold down,
  • keep in check,
  • keep under thumb,
  • keep within bounds,
  • make mincemeat of,
  • pour oil on,
  • sit down on,
  • smooth down,
  • trample underfoot,
  • tune down,
  • order about,
  • forbear from.

Antonyms for Subdue:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abet, advance, aggravate, agitate, aid, allow, arouse, assist, awaken, back, build up, collapse, cultivate, emancipate, encourage, enfranchise, fail, fall, flop, flunk, fold, foment, forward, foster, free, further, give up, go down, go under, incite, instigate, let go, liberate, lose, nourish, nurture, permit, praise, promote, prop up, provoke, release, rouse, spring, start, stir, stir up, strengthen, support, surrender, unbind, unchain, waken, wash out, whip, whip up, Uncage, Unfetter, lose to.

• v.

  • keep under control; moderate
    aggravate, agitate, aid, allow, arouse, assist, build up, encourage, give up, help, incite, let go, liberate, lose, permit, praise, release, rouse, start, strengthen, surrender, yield.
  • Other antonyms:
    abet, advance, aid, assist, back, collapse, cultivate, discharge, emancipate, encourage, enfranchise, fail, fall, flop, flunk, fold, foment, forward, foster, free, further, give up, go down, go under, help, incite, instigate, liberate, lose, manumit, nourish, nurture, promote, prop up, provoke, release, spring, stir, support, unbind, unchain, wash out, whip, Uncage.