Words Like REPRESS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to REPRESS.

15 Alternative Words Similar to repress

1 Quash Verb      Synonym Words Like Quash
2 Subjugate Verb      Synonym Words Like Subjugate
3 Reduce Verb      Synonym Words Like Reduce
4 Smother Verb      Synonym Words Like Smother
5 Muffle Verb      Synonym Words Like Muffle
6 Suppress Verb      Synonym Words Like Suppress
7 Bury Verb      Synonym Words Like Bury
8 Conquer Verb      Synonym Words Like Conquer
9 Crush Verb      Synonym Words Like Crush
10 Curb Verb      Synonym Words Like Curb
11 Forget Verb      Synonym Words Like Forget
12 Quell Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Quell
13 Restrain Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Restrain
14 Change Verb      Hypernym Words Like Change
15 Swallow Verb      Hyponym Words Like Swallow

5 examples of repress

1 to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
2 The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
3 China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
4 strangle a yawn
5 muffle one's anger

10 definitions of repress

1 To press again.
2 To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress
3 Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
4 The act of repressing.
5 block the action of
6 put down by force or intimidation
7 conceal or hide
8 put out of one's consciousness
9 To hold back by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk.
10 To put down by force, usually before total control has been lost; quell: repress a rebellion.
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