Thesaurus:curb

English

Synonyms

behedge
bind (figurative)
chasten
check
contain
cork (figurative)
curb
curtail
dampen
hamshackle (figurative)
limit
repress
restrain
restrict
shackle (figurative)
stay
stifle
stop [⇒ thesaurus]
straiten [⇒ thesaurus]
suppress
throttle (figurative)
withhold
withstrain (archaic)

Antonyms

Hyponyms

bridle (figurative)
gag (figurative)
muzzle (figurative)
silence [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

control
hinder [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

“751. restraint” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“curb” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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