Thesaurus:curb
English
Verb
Sense: to keep under control
Synonyms
- behedge
- guard
- bind (figurative)
- chasten
- check
- contain
- vanquish
- cork (figurative)
- curb
- bury
- curtail
- dampen
- hamshackle (figurative)
- hold back (idiomatic)
- hold down (idiomatic)
- limit
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- shackle (figurative)
- stay
- stifle
- stop [⇒ thesaurus]
- straiten [⇒ thesaurus]
- subdue
- suppress
- throttle (figurative)
- underbring
- withhold
- withstrain (archaic)
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- bridle (figurative)
- gag (figurative)
- muzzle (figurative)
- silence [⇒ thesaurus]
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “751. restraint” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “curb” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.