Antonyms for hold in
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hohld |
Phonetic Transcription : hoÊŠld |
- abet
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- anger
- annoy
- approve
- arouse
- assist
- build up
- compliment
- confide
- confuse
- continue
- delay
- destroy
- disarrange
- discourage
- disorganize
- disperse
- dissuade
- distress
- disturb
- encourage
- excite
- exclude
- expedite
- facilitate
- forward
- foster
- free
- give in
- go ahead
- halt
- help
- hurt
- incite
- include
- increase
- indulge
- intensify
- irritate
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- light
- loose
- loosen
- move
- open
- permit
- praise
- promote
- provoke
- push
- release
- repress
- reveal
- ruin
- sanction
- scatter
- start
- stop
- support
- surrender
- tell
- trouble
- unblock
- unclog
- unloose
- upset
- vex
- welcome
- worry
- worsen
- yield
Definition of hold in
Origin :- Old English haldan (Anglian), healdan (West Saxon), "to contain, grasp; retain; foster, cherish," class VII strong verb (past tense heold, past participle healden), from Proto-Germanic *haldanan (cf. Old Saxon haldan, Old Frisian halda, Old Norse halda, Dutch houden, German halten "to hold," Gothic haldan "to tend"), originally "to keep, tend, watch over" (as cattle), later "to have." Ancestral sense is preserved in behold. The original past participle holden was replaced by held beginning 16c., but survives in some legal jargon and in beholden.
- Hold back is 1530s, transitive; 1570s, intransitive; hold off is early 15c., transitive; c.1600, intransitive; hold out is 1520s as "to stretch forth," 1580s as "to resist pressure." Hold on is early 13c. as "to maintain one’s course," 1830 as "to keep one’s grip on something," 1846 as an order to wait or stop. To hold (one's) tongue "be silent" is from c.1300. To hold (one's) own is from early 14c. To hold (someone's) hand "give moral support" is from 1935. Phrase hold your horses "be patient" is from 1844. To have and to hold have been paired alliteratively since at least c.1200, originally of marriage but also of real estate.
- As in inhibit : verb restrict, prevent
- As in suppress : verb restrain, hold in check
- As in hold back : verb repress
- As in bottle up : verb hold in check
- As in check : verb hinder, restrain
- As in compose : verb calm, bring under control
- As in constrain : verb force; restrain
- As in contain : verb hold back, control
- As in curb : verb repress, restrict
- As in dam : verb hold back; block
- As in hold back/hold off : verb repress
Synonyms for hold in
- abolish
- abstain
- adjust
- allay
- annihilate
- appease
- arrange
- arrest
- assuage
- avert
- baffle
- balm
- ban
- bar
- barricade
- beat down
- becalm
- bind
- bit
- bottle
- bottle up
- bottleneck
- box in
- box up
- brake
- bridle
- bring to naught
- bring to screeching halt
- burke
- censor
- chain
- check
- checkmate
- choke
- circumvent
- clamp
- clog
- close
- coerce
- collar
- collect
- comfort
- compel
- compose
- conceal
- concuss
- confine
- conquer
- console
- constrain
- constrict
- contain
- control
- cook
- cool
- cool down
- cool off
- coop up
- cork
- corner
- counteract
- cover up
- crack down on
- cramp
- crush
- curb
- cut off
- cut short
- defer
- delay
- deny
- deprive
- disallow
- discourage
- drive
- ease
- ease up
- enclose
- enjoin
- entrammel
- entrap
- extinguish
- faze
- fetter
- foil
- forbear
- forbid
- frustrate
- halt
- hamper
- hang up
- harness
- hem in
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- hold off
- ice
- immure
- impede
- impel
- imprison
- incarcerate
- inhibit
- interdict
- intern
- interrupt
- jail
- keep
- keep back
- keep feeling inside oneself
- keep in
- keep lid on
- keep out
- keep secret
- keep tight rein on
- leash
- lessen
- let up
- limit
- lull
- make
- manacle
- mitigate
- moderate
- modulate
- muffle
- muzzle
- necessitate
- neutralize
- nip in the bud
- oblige
- obstruct
- obviate
- outlaw
- overcome
- overpower
- overthrow
- pacify
- pause
- placate
- play for time
- postpone
- preclude
- pressure
- pressurize
- prevent
- prohibit
- put an end to
- put down
- put half nelson on
- put kibosh on
- put lid on
- put off
- put on brakes
- quash
- quell
- quench
- quiet
- re-collect
- rebuff
- reconcile
- reduce
- refrain
- refuse
- regulate
- rein
- rein in
- relax
- repress
- repulse
- resolve
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- sandbag
- scrub
- send up
- settle
- shackle
- shotgun
- shush
- shut in
- silence
- simmer down
- sit on
- slacken
- slacken pace
- slow
- slow down
- smother
- snub
- snuff out
- soften
- solace
- soothe
- spike
- squash
- squelch
- stamp out
- stay
- stifle
- still
- stop
- stop up
- stymie
- subdue
- suppress
- taboo
- tame
- temper
- terminate
- thwart
- tie
- tie up
- trample
- tranquilize
- trap
- tune down
- urge
- ward
- withhold
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