INHIBIT as VERB

1. Meaning
   • to put down by force or authority
   Synonym(s)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
   • stamp down (what does stamp down mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • suppress a nascent uprising
   • stamp down on littering
   • conquer one’’s desires
   Hypernyms(s) inhibit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • control (what does control mean?)
   • hold in (what does hold in mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • contain (what does contain mean?)
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
   • moderate (what does moderate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • wink (what does wink mean?)
   • blink (what does blink mean?)
   • blink away (what does blink away mean?)
   • stifle (what does stifle mean?)
   • dampen (what does dampen mean?)
   • choke off (what does choke off mean?)
   • choke down (what does choke down mean?)
   • choke back (what does choke back mean?)
   • hush (what does hush mean?)
   • quieten (what does quieten mean?)
   • silence (what does silence mean?)
   • still (what does still mean?)
   • shut up (what does shut up mean?)
   • hush up (what does hush up mean?)
   • burke (what does burke mean?)
   • silence (what does silence mean?)
   • squelch (what does squelch mean?)
   • quell (what does quell mean?)
   • quench (what does quench mean?)
   • smother (what does smother mean?)
   • stifle (what does stifle mean?)
   • strangle (what does strangle mean?)
   • muffle (what does muffle mean?)
   • repress (what does repress mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • conqueror (what does conqueror mean?)
   • vanquisher (what does vanquisher mean?)
   • conquest (what does conquest mean?)
   • conquering (what does conquering mean?)
   • subjection (what does subjection mean?)
   • subjugation (what does subjugation mean?)
   • subduer (what does subduer mean?)
   • surmounter (what does surmounter mean?)
   • overcomer (what does overcomer mean?)
   • prohibition (what does prohibition mean?)
   • inhibition (what does inhibition mean?)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
   • inhibition (what does inhibition mean?)
   • suppression (what does suppression mean?)
   • suppression (what does suppression mean?)
   • crushing (what does crushing mean?)
   • quelling (what does quelling mean?)
   • stifling (what does stifling mean?)
   • suppression (what does suppression mean?)
   • curtailment (what does curtailment mean?)
   • suppressor (what does suppressor mean?)
   • suppresser (what does suppresser mean?)
   • suppressor (what does suppressor mean?)
   • suppresser (what does suppresser mean?)
   • suppressor (what does suppressor mean?)
   • suppresser (what does suppresser mean?)
2. Meaning
   • limit the range or extent of
   Usage Example(s)
   • Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs
   Hypernyms(s) inhibit is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • restrict (what does restrict mean?)
   • restrain (what does restrain mean?)
   • trammel (what does trammel mean?)
   • limit (what does limit mean?)
   • bound (what does bound mean?)
   • confine (what does confine mean?)
   • throttle (what does throttle mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • inhibitor (what does inhibitor mean?)