withhold

withhold is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 17 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 18 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
2. transitive verb. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
3. transitive verb. To keep; to maintain; to retain.
4. verb. hold back; refuse to hand over or share

   "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"

5. verb. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

   "My employer is withholding taxes"

   Synonyms: deduct, recoup

Synonyms

deduct, recoup

Common word forms

withholds, withholdal, withholden, withholder, withholding, withholdable, withholdment

Words from these letters

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