Censor

//ˈsɛnsə//

Synonyms for "censor" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(2 words)
censurercensorian
Verb(2 words)
banbowdlerize

Strong matches (42)

Verb(2 words)
expungeexpurgate

Related words (70)

Verb(1 words)
redact

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More general

16 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

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has context

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is a

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Translations

135 translations across 40 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τιμητής noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)

Armenian

3 entries
  • գրաքննիչ noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • ցենզոր noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • գրաքննել verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • цензор noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • цензор noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • цензурирам verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Catalan

4 entries
  • censor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censor noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • censora noun (one who condemns or censors)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 檢查員 /检查员 noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • 審查 /审查 verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)
  • 檢查 /检查 verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Czech

4 entries
  • censor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • cenzor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • cenzor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • cenzurovat verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Danish

3 entries
  • censor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censurere verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Dutch

3 entries
  • censor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censureren verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • cenzuri verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Faliscan

1 entries
  • censo noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)

Finnish

4 entries
  • arvostelija noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • moraalinvartija noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • sensori noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • sensori noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

French

4 entries
  • censeur noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censeur noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censeur noun (college or university official)
  • censeure noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Galician

4 entries
  • censor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censor noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • censora noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

German

4 entries
  • Zensor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • Zensur noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • Zensurin noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • Zensurin noun (one who condemns or censors)

Greek

2 entries
  • λογοκρίτρια noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • λογοκριτής noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • צנזור noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • צנזורית noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • צִנְזֵר verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)
  • צינזר verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • cenzor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • cenzor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • cenzor noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • cenzúráz verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Ido

1 entries
  • censoro noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • menyensor verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Italian

4 entries
  • censore noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censore noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censore noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • censurare verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ケンソル noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • フィルタリング noun (algorithm that rejects something)
  • 検閲官 noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • 監察官 noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)

Korean

2 entries
  • 검열관 noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • 검열하다 verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Latin

1 entries
  • cēnsor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)

Marsian

1 entries
  • cetur noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)

Māori

1 entries
  • kairāhui whakaaturanga noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • sensor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sensor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Polish

2 entries
  • cenzurować verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)
  • ocenzurować verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • censor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censor noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • censora noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Romanian

3 entries
  • cenzor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • cenzor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • cenzura verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Russian

4 entries
  • це́нзор noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • це́нзор noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • це́нзор noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • цензу́ра noun (hypothetical subconscious agency)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • caisgire noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • cȅnzor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • це̏нзор noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Spanish

4 entries
  • censor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censor noun (one who condemns or censors)
  • censora noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)

Swedish

3 entries
  • censor noun (Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • censor noun (official responsible for removal of objectionable material or sensitive content)
  • censurera verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Thai

1 entries
  • เซ็นเซอร์ verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Turkish

1 entries
  • sansürlemek verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • цензурувати verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • kiểm duyệt verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • צענזורירן verb (to review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, objectionable content)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In 1980 the Ontario Censor Board banned the film "The Tin Drum," adapted from the Günter Grass novel, but the media found this silly, and so the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) showed the offending scene that night from coast to coast on the national news.

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I wonder which country will be the first to censor Tatoeba.

Source: tatoeba (729709)

It'd be very convenient if we could censor this kind of comment.

Source: tatoeba (1153842)

I wonder what country will censor Tatoeba first.

Source: tatoeba (1184056)

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