Dictionary entry details
• SUPPRESS (verb)
Meaning:
To put down by force or authority
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
conquer; inhibit; stamp down; suppress; curb; subdue
Context examples:
suppress a nascent uprising / stamp down on littering / conquer one's desires
Hypernyms (to "suppress" is one way to...):
check; contain; control; curb; hold; hold in; moderate (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suppress"):
blink; blink away; wink (force to go away by blinking)
dampen; stifle (smother or suppress)
choke back; choke down; choke off (suppress)
hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)
burke (get rid of, silence, or suppress)
silence (keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure)
quell; quench; squelch (suppress or crush completely)
muffle; repress; smother; stifle; strangle (conceal or hide)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
crush; oppress; suppress
Context example:
The government oppresses political activists
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suppress"):
keep down; quash; reduce; repress; subdue; subjugate (put down by force or intimidation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Control and refrain from showing; of emotions
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
bottle up; suppress
Hypernyms (to "suppress" is one way to...):
hold back; keep; keep back; restrain; suppress (keep under control; keep in check)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suppress"):
choke (check or slow down the action or effect of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Keep under control; keep in check
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
keep back; restrain; hold back; suppress; keep
Context examples:
suppress a smile / Keep your temper / keep your cool
Hypernyms (to "suppress" is one way to...):
keep; prevent (prevent from doing something or being in a certain state)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suppress"):
hold (keep from exhaling or expelling)
confine (prevent from leaving or from being removed)
quench (electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device)
bottle up; suppress (control and refrain from showing; of emotions)
check; contain; control; curb; hold; hold in; moderate (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Put out of one's consciousness
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
repress; suppress
Hypernyms (to "suppress" is one way to...):
bury; forget (dismiss from the mind; stop remembering)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suppress"):
swallow (keep from expressing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
