suppress

suppress is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
2. transitive verb. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
3. transitive verb. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
4. transitive verb. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
5. verb. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop

   "suppress a yawn"

   "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"

6. verb. to put down by force or authority

   "suppress a nascent uprising"

   "stamp down on littering"

   Synonyms: conquer, curb, inhibit, subdue

7. verb. put out of one's consciousness

   Synonyms: repress

8. verb. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

   Synonyms: inhibit

9. verb. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

   "The government oppresses political activists"

   Synonyms: crush, oppress

Synonyms

conquer, curb, inhibit, subdue, repress, crush, oppress

Common word forms

suppressal, suppressed, suppressen, suppresser, suppresses, suppressing

Words from these letters

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