Antonyms for re presses
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ree-pres |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈriˈprɛs |
- abandon
- abet
- add
- admit
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- anger
- animate
- annoy
- approve
- arouse
- ascend
- assist
- assure
- attract
- bear
- begin
- boost
- brighten
- build
- build up
- calm
- carry out
- cause
- chance
- cheer
- clear
- comfort
- commend
- complete
- compliment
- comply
- confide
- confuse
- consent
- construct
- continue
- contradict
- countermand
- create
- destroy
- develop
- dirty
- disarrange
- disclose
- discourage
- disorganize
- dispatch
- disperse
- dissuade
- distress
- distribute
- disturb
- divulge
- do
- egg on
- embolden
- encourage
- endorse
- enforce
- enlarge
- enliven
- erase
- excite
- exclude
- exonerate
- expand
- expedite
- expose
- extend
- extol
- extract
- facilitate
- fail
- finish
- fix
- flatter
- float
- follow
- forgive
- forsake
- forward
- free
- further
- give in
- give up
- gladden
- go
- go along
- go on
- go up
- grant
- grow
- halt
- hasten
- hearten
- heat
- help
- honor
- hurry
- hurt
- ignore
- incite
- include
- increase
- indulge
- inspire
- inspirit
- intensify
- invigorate
- irritate
- jump in
- laud
- lay bare
- leave
- leave alone
- let go
- let out
- liberate
- light
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- magnify
- make happy
- mend
- misguide
- mislead
- mismanage
- mobilize
- move
- neglect
- obey
- open
- oppose
- permit
- persuade
- please
- praise
- prolong
- promote
- protect
- provoke
- push
- put in
- raise
- reassure
- rebuild
- recall
- refresh
- release
- relinquish
- remain
- renounce
- resign
- restore
- retreat
- reveal
- reverse
- revoke
- reward
- rise
- risk
- rouse
- ruin
- rush
- sanction
- save
- scatter
- serve
- set free
- share
- show
- soothe
- speed
- spur on
- start
- stay
- step up
- stimulate
- stop
- strengthen
- submit
- support
- surrender
- tell
- tiptoe
- trouble
- turn on
- turn over
- unbind
- unblock
- unclog
- uncompress
- uncover
- unfasten
- unleash
- unloose
- uplift
- upset
- use
- validate
- vex
- warm
- welcome
- win
- worry
- worsen
- yield
Definition of re presses
- As in inhibit : verb restrict, prevent
- As in moderate : verb restrain, control
- As in muzzle : verb gag, quiet
- As in pacify : verb make peaceful; appease
- As in prevent : verb keep from happening or continuing
- As in put down : verb subdue
- As in quash : verb destroy, defeat
- As in rein : verb restrain, control
- As in repress : verb keep back, hold in
- As in restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
- As in smother : verb extinguish; cover, hide
- As in squelch : verb suppress, restrain
- As in stifle : verb prevent, restrain
- As in stop : verb prevent, hold back
- As in strangle : verb choke, stifle
- As in subdue : verb keep under control; moderate
- As in suppress : verb restrain, hold in check
- As in tame : verb domesticate, make compliant
- As in tread : verb walk; bear down
- As in vanquish : verb defeat soundly
- As in withdraw : verb retract; declare void
- As in withhold : verb keep back
- As in fight back : verb defend
- As in bottle up : verb hold in check
- As in bridle : verb check, hold back
- As in sublimate : verb divert
- As in censor : verb forbid; ban; selectively remove
- As in chasten : verb correct, humiliate
- As in check : verb hinder, restrain
- As in stave : verb prevent
- As in coerce : verb compel, press
- As in command : verb rule, have power
- As in compose : verb calm, bring under control
- As in confine : verb enclose, limit
- As in contain : verb hold back, control
- As in control : verb curb, hold back
- As in cool : verb take a break; abate
- As in dam : verb hold back; block
- As in deaden : verb diminish, muffle, quiet
- As in defeat : verb conquer in military manner
- As in delay : verb cause stop in action
- As in discourage : verb dishearten, dispirit
- As in discourage : verb deter, dissuade; restrain
- As in fetter : verb tie up, hold
- As in fight back/fight off : verb defend oneself
- As in gag : verb silence, stop up
Synonyms for re presses
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abjure
- abolish
- abridge
- abrogate
- abstain
- adjourn
- adjust
- administer
- admonish
- afflict
- alarm
- allay
- alleviate
- ambulate
- ambush
- ameliorate
- anesthetize
- annihilate
- annul
- anticipate
- appall
- appease
- arrange
- arrest
- asphyxiate
- assuage
- avert
- avoid
- awe
- baffle
- balk
- balm
- ban
- bar
- barricade
- bear down
- beat
- beat down
- beat off
- becalm
- benumb
- berate
- beset
- best
- bide time
- bind
- bit
- black out
- blacklist
- bleach
- bleep
- block
- blue-pencil
- blunt
- boss
- bother
- bottle
- bottle up
- bottleneck
- bound
- bowdlerize
- box up
- brake
- break
- break in
- break one's heart
- break the spirit
- bridle
- bring to heel
- bring to naught
- bring to screeching halt
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- bully
- burke
- bury the hatchet
- bust
- butcher
- butter up
- cage
- call down
- call off
- calm
- calm down
- cast down
- castigate
- censor
- censure
- chain
- charge
- chasten
- chastise
- check
- checkmate
- chide
- chill
- chloroform
- choke
- choke back
- choke off
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- clam up
- clamp
- clamp down
- clamp down on
- clean up
- clog
- close
- coach
- coerce
- collar
- collect
- comfort
- compel
- compose
- con
- conceal
- conciliate
- concuss
- conduct
- confine
- confuse
- congest
- conquer
- console
- constipate
- constrain
- consume
- contain
- control
- cool
- cool down
- cool out
- coop up
- cork
- cork up
- corner
- counter
- counteract
- cover up
- cow
- crack down
- crack down on
- cramp
- criticize
- crush
- cuff
- curb
- curtail
- cushion
- cut
- cut off
- cut short
- dam
- damp
- dampen
- dash
- daunt
- dawdle
- deaden
- debar
- decimate
- decline
- decontaminate
- decrease
- deduct
- defeat
- defend against
- defer
- deject
- delay
- delete
- delimit
- demolish
- demoralize
- demur
- deny
- deprecate
- depress
- deprive
- desensitize
- destroy
- detain
- deter
- determine
- devitalize
- dictate
- die down
- dilly-dally
- dim
- diminish
- direct
- disadvise
- disallow
- disavow
- discipline
- disclaim
- discomfit
- discountenance
- discourage
- disfavor
- disincline
- dismay
- dismiss
- disparage
- disrupt
- dissolve
- distress
- divert
- domesticize
- domiciliate
- dominate
- domineer
- dope
- douse
- drag
- drag feet
- dragoon
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drop the iron curtain
- drown
- dry up
- dulcify
- dull
- dummy up
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- edit
- enclose
- encumber
- enjoin
- enslave
- entrap
- envelop
- etherize
- exact
- examine
- excise
- exercise power
- exhaust
- exprobate
- expurgate
- exscind
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fall
- faze
- fend off
- fetter
- fight off
- filibuster
- fill
- finish off
- fix
- fix up
- foil
- foot
- forbid
- force
- forestall
- forfend
- forswear
- freeze
- frighten
- frustrate
- fulminate against
- gag
- gain time
- garrote
- garrote/garrotte
- gas
- gentle
- get the better of
- get the upper hand
- get under control
- govern
- grease
- gridlock
- guide
- halt
- hamper
- hamstring
- handcuff
- handicap
- hang up
- harness
- have authority
- have on the carpet
- head
- head off
- heap
- hem in
- hide
- high pressure
- hike
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hogtie
- hold
- hold at bay
- hold back
- hold captive
- hold down
- hold in
- hold it down
- hold off
- hold office
- hold out
- hold out on
- hold over
- hoof
- house-train
- housebreak
- humble
- hush
- hush up
- ice
- immure
- impair
- impede
- impel
- impound
- imprison
- incapacitate
- incarcerate
- indispose
- influence
- inhibit
- injure
- inspect
- intercept
- interdict
- interfere
- intermit
- intern
- interrupt
- intimidate
- inundate
- invalidate
- irk
- jail
- jam up
- keep
- keep at bay
- keep back
- keep down
- keep feeling inside oneself
- keep in
- keep in check
- keep in line
- keep lid on
- keep secret
- keep the lid on
- keep to oneself
- keep under one's hat
- keep under wraps
- kill
- kiss and make up
- knock out
- KO
- lag
- launder
- lay back
- lay out
- lay over
- lead
- lean on
- leash
- lessen
- let up
- lick
- limit
- linger
- lock
- lock up
- loiter
- lull
- make
- make an offer they can't refuse
- make peace
- manacle
- manage
- march
- master
- meet halfway
- mellow
- menace
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- mollify
- monopolize
- mow down
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- narrow
- neutralize
- nip in the bud
- nullify
- numb
- objurgate
- oblige
- obliterate
- obstruct
- obviate
- occlude
- officiate
- oppose
- oppress
- outflank
- outlaw
- outmaneuver
- overawe
- overbear
- overcome
- overpower
- override
- overrun
- oversee
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pace
- pacificate
- pacify
- paralyze
- parry
- pause
- penalize
- pinion
- placate
- play down
- play for time
- plod
- plug
- postpone
- preclude
- predominate
- prescribe
- preside over
- pressurize
- prevail
- prevail over
- prevent
- prevent publication
- procrastinate
- prohibit
- prolong
- propitiate
- prorogue
- proscribe
- prostrate
- protract
- pull back
- punish
- purge
- purify
- push
- put a lid on
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- put away
- put down
- put half nelson on
- put kibosh on
- put lid on
- put off
- put on brakes
- put on ice
- put out of order
- put straitjacket on
- put the lid on
- put the squeeze on
- put to sleep
- put up fight
- qualify
- quash
- quelch
- quell
- quench
- quiet
- quieten
- rake over the coals
- re-collect
- rebuff
- rebuke
- recall
- recant
- reconcile
- redirect
- reduce
- refrain
- refuse
- refuse transmission
- regulate
- reign
- reign over
- rein
- rein in
- reject
- relax
- relent
- relieve
- remand
- renege
- renig
- repel
- reply
- reprehend
- repress
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- repudiate
- repulse
- rescind
- reserve
- resist
- resolve
- restrain
- restrict
- retain
- retaliate
- retard
- retire
- reverse
- review
- revile
- revoke
- roll back
- rout
- route
- rule
- rule out
- run
- sack
- sandbag
- sanitize
- scare
- scatter
- scissor out
- scold
- scourge
- scrunch
- seal
- send up
- settle
- shackle
- shake
- shelve
- shipwreck
- shorten
- shotgun
- shower
- shroud
- shush
- shut down
- shut in
- shut off
- shut out
- shut up
- shy
- silence
- simmer down
- sink
- sit on
- slacken
- slacken pace
- slaughter
- slow
- slow down
- smash
- smooth over
- smother
- snow under
- snub
- snuff
- snuff out
- soft-pedal
- soften
- solace
- soothe
- spike
- square
- squash
- squelch
- squish
- stagnate
- stall
- stamp
- stamp on
- stamp out
- staunch
- stave off
- stay
- stem
- step
- step on
- sterilize
- stifle
- still
- stop
- stop oneself
- stop up
- stopper
- strangle
- strangulate
- stride
- strike out
- stroke
- strong-arm
- stultify
- stumble
- stun
- stupefy
- stymie
- subdue
- subjugate
- subside
- subvert
- suffocate
- superintend
- supervise
- supervise communications
- suppress
- surmount
- surround
- suspend
- swallow
- swamp
- sway
- sweeten
- table
- taboo
- take back
- take over
- take the edge off
- take to task
- talk out of
- tame
- tape up
- tarry
- temper
- temporize
- terminate
- terrorize
- threaten
- throttle
- throw cold water on
- throw monkey wrench in
- throw over
- thwart
- tie down
- tie up
- tire
- tone down
- tongue-lash
- tongue-tie
- torpedo
- train
- traipse
- trammel
- tramp
- trample
- tranquilize
- transfer
- trap
- trash
- triumph over
- troop
- trouble
- trudge
- try
- tune down
- turn aside
- turn off
- twist one's arm
- tyrannize
- unnerve
- unsay
- upbraid
- upset
- urge
- vanquish
- vex
- wane
- ward
- ward off
- warn
- water down
- weaken
- weigh
- whip
- wield
- wipe out
- withhold
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