| exclude | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. except, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out | prevent from being included or considered or accepted.; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" |
| ~ do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish | terminate, end, or take out.; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" |
| ~ elide | leave or strike out.; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant" |
| v. (social) | 2. exclude, keep out, shut, shut out | prevent from entering; shut out.; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" |
| ~ excommunicate, unchurch, curse | exclude from a church or a religious community.; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" |
| ~ lock out | prevent employees from working during a strike. |
| ~ prevent, keep | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
| ~ ostracise, ostracize | avoid speaking to or dealing with.; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" |
| v. (stative) | 3. exclude | lack or fail to include.; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages" |
| ~ lack, miss | be without.; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" |
| v. (communication) | 4. bar, debar, exclude | prevent from entering; keep out.; "He was barred from membership in the club" |
| ~ disallow, forbid, nix, prohibit, proscribe, interdict, veto | command against.; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" |
| v. (contact) | 5. boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out | put out or expel from a place.; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" |
| ~ evict, force out | expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process.; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" |
| ~ evict | expel or eject without recourse to legal process.; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." |
| ~ show the door | ask to leave.; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise" |
| ~ bounce | eject from the premises.; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club" |
| ~ exorcise, exorcize | expel through adjuration or prayers.; "exorcise evil spirits" |
| ~ expel, kick out, throw out | force to leave or move out.; "He was expelled from his native country" |
| inhibit | | |
| v. (change) | 1. conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress | to put down by force or authority.; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" |
| ~ blink away, blink, wink | force to go away by blinking.; "blink away tears" |
| ~ dampen, stifle | smother or suppress.; "Stifle your curiosity" |
| ~ choke back, choke down, choke off | suppress.; "He choked down his rage" |
| ~ silence, hush, hush up, still, quieten, shut up | cause to be quiet or not talk.; "Please silence the children in the church!" |
| ~ burke | get rid of, silence, or suppress.; "burke an issue" |
| ~ silence | keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure.; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power" |
| ~ quell, squelch, quench | suppress or crush completely.; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" |
| ~ muffle, stifle, repress, strangle, smother | conceal or hide.; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| v. (change) | 2. inhibit | limit the range or extent of.; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| v. (social) | 3. inhibit | limit, block, or decrease the action or function of.; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ hinder, impede | be a hindrance or obstacle to.; "She is impeding the progress of our project" |
| v. (social) | 4. bottle up, inhibit, suppress | control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior. |
| ~ keep back, restrain, hold back, keep | keep under control; keep in check.; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" |
| ~ keep back, restrain, hold back, keep | keep under control; keep in check.; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ choke | check or slow down the action or effect of.; "She choked her anger" |
| suppress | | |
| v. (social) | 1. crush, oppress, suppress | come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.; "The government oppresses political activists" |
| ~ quash, repress, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reduce | put down by force or intimidation.; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. repress, suppress | put out of one's consciousness. |
| ~ psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. |
| ~ forget, bury | dismiss from the mind; stop remembering.; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" |
| ~ swallow | keep from expressing.; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet" |
| v. (change) | 3. suppress | reduce the incidence or severity of or stop.; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
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