Bridle

//ˈbɹaɪdəl//

Synonyms for "bridle" (208 found)

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Closest matches (42)

restrain anchor anger arrest back band backstrap bearing rein bed bed down bellyband bilbo bind bit blind blinders blinds boil over bond bonds break

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breeching bridle up bristle bristle up brush camisole caparison cavesson chain chains check checkrein cheekpiece chinband cinch collar condescend constrain contain control cool

Noun(1 words)

check

Strong matches (62)

Related words (104)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

10 entries

anger answer cumber encumber headgear reply respond restrain restraint see red

Antonyms

1 entries

unbridle

Synonyms

1 entries

restrain

derived

19 entries

bridle iron bridle path bridle trail bridle up bridle wrist bridle-path bridleless bridlelike bridlepath bridler bridleway bridlewise double bridle draw bridle scold's bridle unbridle

Showing 16 of 19 words.

derived from

1 entries

braid

is a

3 entries

device headgear restraint

manner of

3 entries

anger answer restrain

part of

1 entries

harness

related to

26 entries

bit cable check control curb force gunlock hawser headgear horse hostility kite length line moor pull

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Translations

189 translations across 96 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

fre noun (headgear for horse)
gjem noun (headgear for horse)

Amharic

1 entries

ልጓም noun (headgear for horse)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

ἀμπυκτήρ noun (headgear for horse)
ἡνίᾱ noun (headgear for horse)
χαλινόω verb (to put a bridle on)

Arabic

4 entries

صُرْع noun (headgear for horse)
عِنَان noun (headgear for horse)
لجام noun (headgear for horse)
لِجَام noun (headgear for horse)

Armenian

3 entries

սանձ noun (headgear for horse)
սանձահարել verb (to put a bridle on)
սանձահարել verb (to check, restrain)

Aromanian

3 entries

frãn noun (headgear for horse)
fãrnu noun (headgear for horse)
nfãrnu verb (to check, restrain)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

cilov noun (headgear for horse)
yüyən noun (headgear for horse)
yüyənləmək verb (to put a bridle on)

Bashkir

1 entries

йүгән noun (headgear for horse)

Belarusian

1 entries

вуздэ́чка noun (headgear for horse)

Bengali

1 entries

লাগাম noun (headgear for horse)

Bulgarian

2 entries

юзда́ noun (headgear for horse)
обуздавам verb (to check, restrain)

Burmese

1 entries

ဇက်ခွံ့ noun (headgear for horse)

Catalan

1 entries

brida noun (headgear for horse)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

لْغاو noun (headgear for horse)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

轡 /辔 noun (headgear for horse)
轡頭 /辔头 noun (headgear for horse)
馬籠頭 /马笼头 noun (headgear for horse)

Church Slavic

1 entries

оузда noun (headgear for horse)

Chuvash

1 entries

йӗвен noun (headgear for horse)

Cimbrian

1 entries

brittel noun (headgear for horse)

Czech

2 entries

uzda noun (headgear for horse)
nauzdit verb (to put a bridle on)

Dalmatian

1 entries

braina noun (headgear for horse)

Danish

1 entries

bidsel noun (headgear for horse)

Dutch

4 entries

hoofdstel noun (headgear for horse)
toom noun (headgear for horse)
breidelen verb (to put a bridle on)
gepikeerd reageren verb (to show hostility)

Esperanto

1 entries

brido noun (headgear for horse)

Estonian

1 entries

valjad noun (headgear for horse)

Faroese

1 entries

boksl noun (headgear for horse)

Finnish

4 entries

suitset noun (headgear for horse)
suitsia verb (to put a bridle on)
suitsia verb (to check, restrain)
vastustaa verb (to show hostility)

French

4 entries

bride noun (headgear for horse)
brider verb (to put a bridle on)
brider verb (to check, restrain)
refréner verb (to check, restrain)

Friulian

1 entries

brene noun (headgear for horse)

Galician

4 entries

brida noun (headgear for horse)
freo noun (headgear for horse)
embridar verb (to put a bridle on)
enfrear verb (to put a bridle on)

Georgian

2 entries

აღვირი noun (headgear for horse)
ლაგამი noun (headgear for horse)

German

4 entries

Zaum noun (headgear for horse)
Zaumzeug noun (headgear for horse)
Zaumzeug anlegen verb (to put a bridle on)
abweisend reagieren verb (to show hostility)

Greek

1 entries

χαλινάρι noun (headgear for horse)

Gujarati

1 entries

લગામ noun (headgear for horse)

Hebrew

1 entries

רֶסֶן noun (headgear for horse)

Hindi

1 entries

लगाम noun (headgear for horse)

Hungarian

1 entries

kantár noun (headgear for horse)

Icelandic

1 entries

beisli noun (headgear for horse)

Ido

2 entries

brido noun (headgear for horse)
bridagar verb (to put a bridle on)

Indonesian

1 entries

kekang noun (headgear for horse)

Irish

1 entries

srian noun (headgear for horse)

Italian

2 entries

briglia noun (headgear for horse)
imbrigliare verb (to put a bridle on)

Japanese

1 entries

手綱 noun (headgear for horse)

Kazakh

1 entries

жүген noun (headgear for horse)

Khmer

1 entries

បង្ហៀរ noun (headgear for horse)

Korean

2 entries

고삐 noun (headgear for horse)
굴레 noun (headgear for horse)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жүгөн noun (headgear for horse)

Lao

2 entries

ແຄ່ມ noun (headgear for horse)
ໃຫຍ້ noun (headgear for horse)

Latin

2 entries

aurea noun (headgear for horse)
frēnum noun (headgear for horse)

Latvian

1 entries

iemaukti noun (headgear for horse)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kamanos noun (headgear for horse)

Macedonian

1 entries

узда noun (headgear for horse)

Malay

1 entries

kekang noun (headgear for horse)

Malayalam

1 entries

കടിഞ്ഞാൺ noun (headgear for horse)

Maltese

1 entries

lġiem noun (headgear for horse)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡥᠠᡩᠠᠯᠠ noun (headgear for horse)

Mongolian

2 entries

хазаар noun (headgear for horse)
ᠬᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ noun (headgear for horse)

Māori

3 entries

paraehe noun (headgear for horse)
paraire noun (headgear for horse)
paraire verb (to put a bridle on)

Norman

1 entries

bridot noun (headgear for horse)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

dizgîn noun (headgear for horse)
liwan noun (headgear for horse)
lixav noun (headgear for horse)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

bissel noun (headgear for horse)
hodelag noun (headgear for horse)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

beisel noun (headgear for horse)
hovudlag noun (headgear for horse)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

узда noun (headgear for horse)

Old English

1 entries

brīdel noun (headgear for horse)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

اویان noun (headgear for horse)
لكام noun (headgear for horse)
اویانلامق verb (to put a bridle on)

Pashto

1 entries

لگام noun (headgear for horse)

Persian

3 entries

عنان noun (headgear for horse)
لجام noun (headgear for horse)
لگام noun (headgear for horse)

Polish

4 entries

ogłowie noun (headgear for horse)
uzda noun (headgear for horse)
kiełznać verb (to put a bridle on)
żachnąć się verb (to show hostility)

Portuguese

1 entries

brida noun (headgear for horse)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਲਗਾਮ noun (headgear for horse)

Romanian

3 entries

frâu noun (headgear for horse)
hăț noun (headgear for horse)
înfrâna verb (to check, restrain)

Russian

4 entries

узда́ noun (headgear for horse)
узде́чка noun (headgear for horse)
взну́здывать verb (to put a bridle on)
взнузда́ть verb (to put a bridle on)

Sardinian

1 entries

frenu noun (headgear for horse)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

srian noun (headgear for horse)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

uzde noun (headgear for horse)
узде noun (headgear for horse)
obuzdati verb (to show hostility)
zauzdati verb (to put a bridle on)

Slovak

3 entries

uzda noun (headgear for horse)
zauzdiť verb (to put a bridle on)
zauzďovať verb (to put a bridle on)

Slovene

1 entries

uzda noun (headgear for horse)

Southern Altai

2 entries

ӱгӧн noun (headgear for horse)
ӱйген noun (headgear for horse)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries

لْغاو noun (headgear for horse)

Spanish

2 entries

brida noun (headgear for horse)
embridar verb (to put a bridle on)

Swahili

1 entries

hatamu noun (headgear for horse)

Swedish

2 entries

betsel noun (headgear for horse)
betsla verb (to put a bridle on)

Tajik

3 entries

инон noun (headgear for horse)
лаҷом noun (headgear for horse)
ҷилав noun (headgear for horse)

Tatar

1 entries

йөгән noun (headgear for horse)

Telugu

1 entries

కళ్లెము noun (headgear for horse)

Thai

2 entries

ขลุม noun (headgear for horse)
บังเหียน noun (headgear for horse)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ልጓም noun (headgear for horse)

Turkish

4 entries

dizgin noun (headgear for horse)
yular noun (headgear for horse)
gemlemek verb (to put a bridle on)
oyanlamak verb (to put a bridle on)

Turkmen

1 entries

jylaw noun (headgear for horse)

Ukrainian

1 entries

вузде́чка noun (headgear for horse)

Urdu

1 entries

لَگام noun (headgear for horse)

Uyghur

2 entries

تىزگىن noun (headgear for horse)
يۈگەن noun (headgear for horse)

Uzbek

2 entries

jugan noun (headgear for horse)
yugan noun (headgear for horse)

Vietnamese

2 entries

cương noun (headgear for horse)
cương ngựa noun (headgear for horse)

Vilamovian

1 entries

caum noun (headgear for horse)

Welsh

3 entries

ffrwyn noun (headgear for horse)
ffrwyno verb (to put a bridle on)
ffrwyno verb (to check, restrain)

Yakut

1 entries

үүн noun (headgear for horse)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He kept his tongue under a bridle.

Source: tatoeba (296269)

The stableboy held the horse's bridle firmly.

Source: tatoeba (6007464)

He threw the bridle over the fence and strode up the pathway.

Source: tatoeba (6359719)

But soon their skins turned cold, for there came a sound of galloping across the moor, and the black mare, dabbled with white froth, went past with trailing bridle and empty saddle.

Source: tatoeba (6606199)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

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