It will take a long time to suppress the revolt.
Source: tatoeba (43974)
Suppress
//səˈpɹɛs//
Synonyms for "suppress" (314 found)
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Closest matches (63)
Strong matches (94)
cork upcountercheckcover upcowcrack down oncrushcurbcushioncut offdam updampdamp downdampendauntde emphasizede-emphasizedeadendebardefeatdelay
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demolishdenydeplatformdespotizedetaindiminishdisallowdiscontinuediscouragedomineerdomineer overdownplaydrowndulldwarfembargoendenjoinenslaveexcludeexclude fromextenuateextinguishfellflattenforbidgaggoverngrindgrind downgulphalthenpeckhidehinderholdhold backhold downhold inhold in checkhold uphugger muggerhugger-muggerhumblehumiliatehushhush uphush-hushimpedeinhibitinterceptinterdictinterfereintermeddleinterruptinterveneintimidatejump onkeepkeep backkeep downkeep inkeep in checkkeep quiet
Related words (157)
keep secretkeep underkeep under controlkeep within boundskilllaylenifylessenlightenlock inlord it overmaintainmastermeddlemitigatemoderatemodulatemortifymufflemute
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muzzleneutralizeobstructobtundoffsetopposeoutlawoveraweoverbearovercomeovermasteroverrideoverwhelmpalliatepersecutepersistplay downpour water onprecludepreservepress heavy onpreventprohibitproscribeprostrateputput downput outquashquellquenchquietreducereduce the temperaturerefusereinrejectrepressresistrestrainretainretardride downride override roughshod overroutrule outsavesave upsay no toscotchset backshameshow considerationshow mercyshow pityshushshut downshut down onshut outsilencesimmer downsit down onsit onslackenslow downsmashsmothersnubsnuff outsobersober downsoftensoften the blowsquashsquelchstampstamp outstanchstare downstiflestillstopstranglestultifystuntsubduesubjugatesublimatesuffocateswallowtabootake the edge offtametemperterminateterrorizethrottletone downtrample downtrample outtrample underfoottrample upontread downtread underfoottread upontune downtyrannizetyrannize overunderplayunmanvanquishvitiatewalk all overwalk overweakenweigh heavy onwithhold
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
4 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
92 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ճնշել verb (to put an end to)
Bulgarian
4 entries- потискам verb (to put an end to)
- потискам verb (psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind)
- потискам verb (electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies)
- сдържам verb (to restrain an expression)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 抑制 verb (to put an end to)
- 鎮壓 /镇压 verb (to put an end to)
Esperanto
3 entries- deteni verb (to restrain an expression)
- sin deteni verb (to restrain an expression)
- subpremi verb (psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind)
Finnish
4 entries- salata verb (to prevent publication)
- sammuttaa verb (electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies)
- tukahduttaa verb (to put an end to)
- tukahduttaa verb (to restrain an expression)
German
2 entries- unterdrücken verb (to put an end to)
- unterdrücken verb (to restrain an expression)
Hungarian
4 entries- betilt verb (to prevent publication)
- elfojt verb (to put an end to)
- elfojt verb (to restrain an expression)
- elfojt verb (psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind)
Irish
2 entries- coisc verb (to restrain an expression)
- coisc verb (to stop a flow or stream)
Latin
1 entries- supprimo verb (to put an end to)
Lithuanian
1 entries- užgniaužti verb (to put an end to)
Māori
4 entries- koromaki verb (to restrain an expression)
- tātāwhi verb (to restrain an expression)
- tātāwhi verb (psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind)
- tāwhi verb (to restrain an expression)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- slå ned verb (to put an end to)
- undertrykke verb (to put an end to)
Portuguese
4 entries- abafar verb (to restrain an expression)
- suprimir verb (to put an end to)
- suprimir verb (to restrain an expression)
- suprimir verb (to hold in place, to keep low)
Russian
4 entries- подави́ть verb (to put an end to)
- подави́ть verb (to restrain an expression)
- подави́ть verb (psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind)
- подави́ть verb (to prevent publication)
Spanish
4 entries- contener verb (to restrain an expression)
- ocultar verb (to prevent publication)
- reprimar verb (to put an end to)
- suprimir verb (to put an end to)
Turkish
4 entries- bastırmak verb (to put an end to)
- bastırmak verb (to restrain an expression)
- bastırmak verb (psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind)
- bastırmak verb (to stop a flow or stream)
Ukrainian
2 entries- забороняти verb (to put an end to)
- пригнічувати verb (to put an end to)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The army was called to suppress the revolt.
Source: tatoeba (44426)
The government tried to suppress all opposition parties.
Source: tatoeba (271434)
The movement of South Africa can no longer suppress the movement for equality.
Source: tatoeba (280794)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.