What is another word for suppression?
503 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ səpɹˈɛʃən], [ səpɹˈɛʃən], [ s_ə_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for suppression:- sedative (adjective)
- slumberous (adjective)
- abolition (noun)
- arrest (noun)
- ban (noun)
- censorship (noun)
- concealment (noun)
- constraint (noun)
- crushing (noun)
- curtailment (noun)
- defense mechanism (noun)
- domination (noun)
- forgetfulness (noun)
- inhibition (noun)
- nullification (noun)
- opposition (noun)
- process (noun)
- prohibition (noun)
- purge (noun)
- put-down (noun)
- repression (noun)
- reserve (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- secrecy (noun)
- secretiveness (noun)
- taciturnity (noun)
- uncommunicativeness (noun)
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Synonyms for Suppression:
adj.
•sedative (adjective) •slumberous (adjective)n.
•abolition (noun) •arrest (noun) •ban (noun)- donts,
- nono's,
- in-junction,
- out bounds,
- nonos,
- re strictions,
- re-striction,
- nono,
- no no,
- in junctions,
- out bound,
- re striction,
- out of bound,
- no nos,
- a thou shalt nots,
- off limit,
- a thou-shalt-nots,
- in junction,
- no no's,
- a thou shalt not,
- in-junctions,
- re-strictions.
- bowdlerizations,
- iron curtains,
- infringing on right,
- infringing right,
- hush ups,
- infringing rights,
- thought controls,
- blue pencils.
- pre potences,
- pre potency,
- pre-potences,
- pre-potency,
- pre potence,
- pre-potencies,
- sub-ordinations,
- pre-potence,
- prepotences,
- pre potencies,
- sub-ordination,
- sub ordination,
- sub ordinations.
- paramnesia,
- fugues,
- absentmindedness,
- blockout,
- dreaminess,
- fugue,
- short memory,
- laxness,
- hypomnesia,
- loss of memory,
- lapse of memory.
- inter-dict,
- selfconsciousness,
- self consciousnesses,
- selfconsciousnesses,
- self-consciousnesses,
- self consciousness,
- inter dict.
- conflict,
- counterattack,
- dispute,
- confrontation,
- resistance,
- opposition,
- challenge,
- hindrance,
- defiance,
- impediment,
- contradiction,
- interference,
- obstruction,
- obstinacy,
- antagonism,
- adversary,
- fight,
- repulsion,
- disagreement,
- objection,
- protest,
- friction,
- rebuff,
- counteraction.
- blockade,
- disapproval,
- injunction,
- prevention,
- bar,
- preclusion,
- restriction,
- forbiddance,
- prohibition,
- denial,
- Disallowance,
- rejection,
- restraint.
- dis position,
- dis-position,
- ex purgation,
- ex terminations,
- abstersions,
- ex purgations,
- ex-terminations,
- dis-positions,
- ex-purgation,
- dis positions,
- reign terror,
- ex-purgations,
- ex-termination.
Other synonyms:
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- limitation,
- crackdown,
- clampdown.
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- loss.
- commencement,
- occlusion,
- maltreatment,
- discretion,
- ravage,
- torment,
- torture,
- cork up,
- holding in,
- control,
- curb,
- concealment,
- perversion,
- Extinguishment,
- blackout,
- mystification,
- detention,
- comprise,
- Squelching,
- Blague,
- imitation,
- seal of secrecy,
- choking,
- autocracy,
- dampen,
- interruption,
- negativism,
- strangling,
- crack down,
- invalidate,
- censoring,
- subordination,
- discreetness,
- extinction,
- Index Expurgatorius,
- cancel,
- hush up,
- Taming,
- injury,
- compulsion,
- molestation,
- maintenance,
- demolition,
- repressive,
- withhold,
- subjection,
- inactivation,
- Destroying,
- suggestio falsi,
- shuffling,
- standoffishness,
- detachment,
- road to ruin,
- self-command,
- manage,
- guardedness,
- suppressio veri,
- Silencing,
- revolution,
- holding,
- contain,
- delete,
- let,
- retentiveness,
- authoritarianism,
- holdup,
- Bouleversement,
- secretiveness,
- cracking down on,
- despotism,
- squeeze,
- dam up,
- stop,
- Obstructing,
- unapproachability,
- controlling,
- statute,
- quell,
- erase,
- equivocation,
- uprooting,
- monocracy,
- enslavement,
- distance,
- injustice,
- ill-treatment,
- cessation,
- retention,
- retrenchment,
- inhibitory,
- fixation,
- smothering,
- keeping,
- abuse,
- Overturning,
- fall,
- remission,
- distortion,
- surcease,
- suffocating,
- absolutism,
- Ceasing,
- Razzia,
- subduedness,
- putting down,
- block,
- downfall,
- frigidity,
- impassiveness,
- Retainment,
- sabotage,
- repress,
- invalidation,
- totalitarianism,
- deracination,
- deceit,
- stifling,
- preservation,
- coolness,
- backwardness,
- nuisance value,
- dilapidation,
- toppling,
- tenacity,
- choking off,
- revocation,
- Interdicting,
- law,
- bamboo curtain,
- strangulation,
- fascism,
- remoteness,
- zoning,
- extraction,
- overturn,
- sumptuary laws,
- smashing,
- reservedness,
- retentivity,
- ruin,
- tyranny,
- concealing,
- termination,
- govern,
- coercion,
- prevarication,
- Restraining,
- bottling up,
- restrain,
- Impersonality,
- iciness,
- breaking,
- abrogation,
- Hampering,
- coldness,
- withdrawnness,
- prehension,
- voiding,
- subdue,
- stalinism,
- mystery,
- Arrestation,
- Detainment,
- domestication,
- security,
- Cohibition,
- rout,
- embargo,
- self-restraint,
- PROHIBITORY INJUNCTION,
- extermination,
- outrage,
- conquering,
- Subduing,
- barrier of secrecy,
- simulation,
- retardation,
- ruling out,
- index,
- constriction,
- collapse,
- reduction,
- victimization,
- Discontinuing,
- Prohibiting,
- humiliation,
- modesty,
- foot-dragging,
- beginning,
- uncongeniality,
- interdict,
- blankness,
- strangle,
- extirpation,
- proscription,
- Arriere Pensee,
- affliction,
- veil,
- corking up,
- persecution,
- repressing,
- Quashing,
- Subdual,
- suppress,
- Holdback,
- setback,
- humbling,
- impassivity,
- cut-off,
- locking in,
- Clogging,
- tabu,
- cancellation,
- quelling,
- pain,
- rooting out,
- blockage,
- white lie,
- anguish,
- contraband,
- Squashing,
- self-control,
- frostiness,
- discontinuation,
- annulment,
- oppression,
- introversion,
- blocking,
- nazism,
- clamp down,
- deletion,
- check,
- inhibit,
- subversion,
- stifle,
- throttling,
- reservation,
- quenching,
- gentling,
- ending,
- conversion,
- silence,
- ousting,
- halt,
- Quieting,
- Deposing,
- autarchy,
- closure,
- fencing,
- quash,
- obstructionism,
- eradication,
- closeness,
- withholding,
- Misprision,
- dissembling,
- delay,
- Retardment,
- dictate,
- discontinuance,
- hardship,
- retirement,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- downsizing,
- Refrainment,
- arbitrariness,
- exaggeration,
- mental block,
- forbidden fruit,
- abatement,
- Demolishment,
- bashfulness,
- extinguishing,
- withdrawal,
- administer,
- pall,
- suffocation,
- exclusion,
- stranglehold,
- hiding,
- inaccessibility,
- Checking,
- destroy,
- Reticency,
- sacrifice,
- Preventing,
- liquidation,
- stopping,
- conceal,
- psychological block,
- undemonstrativeness,
- evasion,
- stricture,
- subjugate,
- closing up,
- put-down,
- negation,
- curtain,
- halting,
- subjugation,
- lie,
- ouster,
- chilliness,
- Precluding,
- punishment,
- deterioration,
- cramp,
- reticence,
- upset,
- continence,
- incendiarism,
- dictatorship,
- dissimulation,
- fraud,
- quench,
- Terminating,
- hindering,
- suppressions,
- aloofness,
- veil of secrecy,
- Muffling,
- cutting off,
- wraps,
- Arrestment,
- Muting,
- unseating,
- discipline,
- conquest,
- Enthralment.
Paraphrases for Suppression:
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
prevention.
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Noun, singular or mass
prevention.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, plural
creations.
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Noun, singular or mass
coercion, suspension, law-enforcement, destruction, inhibition, disappearance, repeal, removal, Compressive, depression, brutality, exclusion, deprivation, Neutralizing, revocation.
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Proper noun, plural
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
repression, Suppressing, suppress, deletion, deletions, abolition, elimination, abolishment, crackdown, eradication, extinction, punishment, discontinuance.
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Noun, singular or mass
oppression, repression, persecution, proscription, compression, Suppressing, neutralization, subjugation, criminalization, suppress, clampdown, deletion, penalization, abrogation, phasing-out, erasure, trampling, retrenchment, suffocation, abolition, elimination, circumvention, criminalisation, abolishment, crackdown, concealment, neutralisation, containment, deterrence, dismantling, eradication, deactivation, halt, extinction, punishment, discontinuance, omission, sanction.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Suppression:
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n.
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Other antonyms:
incontinence, indulgence, bluntness, overindulgence, candor, frankness, unrestrainedness, gratification, intemperance, Immoderacy, self-indulgence.
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Hyponym for Suppression:
n.
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process
growing, growth, ontogenesis, development, ontogeny, maturation.
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process