hold down
68 synonyms found
- asphyxiate
- bit
- bottle up
- bridle
- censor
- check
- choke off
- clamp down on
- constrain
- cork
- cork up
- crack down on
- curb
- damp down
- deprive of freedom
- disenfranchise
- disfranchise
- dominate
- drown
- enslave
- enthrall
- extinguish
- hold back
- hold captive
- hold in
- hold in bondage
- hold in captivity
- hold in leash
- hold in subjection
- inhibit
- jump on
- keep down
- keep under
- kill
- lead captive
- limitation
- make dependent
- muzzle
- peonize
- pour water on
- put down
- quash
- quell
- quench
- repress
- restriction
- shut down on
- silence
- sit down on
- sit on
- smash
- smother
- squash
- squelch
- stanch
- stifle
- strangle
- stultify
- subdue
- subject
- subjugate
- subordinate
- suffocate
- suppress
- take captive
- throttle
- vassalize
- withhold
Definition
(v) :
restrain; keep
"please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"