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What is another word for
holding back
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Verb
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
Present participle for to (attempt to) repress or suppress showing or expressing something
Present participle for to refrain from saying or doing something
Present participle for delay
Present participle for to delay action until a particular time or event
Present participle for to preserve (something) by not expending or using it
Present participle for to postpone from being dealt with
Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
(
of an action or event
)
Present participle for to prevent from happening
Present participle for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
Present participle for to hold back or play down the severity of what one is communicating
Present participle for to protect or defend against
Present participle for to be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
Present participle for to remove or take away (something) from (someone)
Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
Present participle for to enclose or hem in (on all sides)
Noun
The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.
Abstinence from social activities
The action of impeding a process or progress
The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody
Adjective
Maintaining
That serves to suppress
Tending, or designed, to hinder or deter
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▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
blocking
hampering
hindering
impeding
stifling
encumbering
fettering
frustrating
hamstringing
inhibiting
obstructing
restraining
stymieing
thwarting
cramping
curbing
handcuffing
hobbling
preventing
retarding
trammelling
trammeling
checking
handicapping
manacling
shackling
stopping
balking
US
baulking
UK
bridling
clogging
embarrassing
borking
hog-tying
holding up
tying up
interfering with
preventing from making progress
putting off
short-circuiting
restricting
slowing down
delaying
slowing
constraining
foiling
cumbering
crippling
arresting
barring
hanging up
limiting
setting back
stalling
baffling
getting in the way
throwing a spanner in the works
interrupting
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
slowing up
deterring
disrupting
crimping
stonewalling
standing in the way of
forestalling
derailing
curtailing
halting
interfering
cramping one's style
getting in the way of
prohibiting
confining
putting a brake on
keeping back
detaining
repressing
withholding
cutting off
opposing
averting
entangling
forbidding
suppressing
interdicting
braking
staying
inconveniencing
tying
controlling
postponing
contravening
counteracting
scuppering
burdening
disadvantaging
choking
shelving
debarring
sabotaging
deferring
suspending
crabbing
holding
binding
closing off
shutting down
weighing down
shutting off
choking off
bogging down
giving a hard time
leashing
holding off
precluding
putting an end to
dissuading from
spoiling
retardating
straitening
incommoding
catching
remitting
sandbagging
fazing
discommoding
putting back
bringing to screeching halt
staving off
placing at a disadvantage
intermitting
chaining
shutting out
putting at a disadvantage
saddling with
taking down
dragging your feet
making late
backing off
freezing
discontinuing
debilitating
tiing one's hands
putting straitjacket on
throwing monkey wrench in
subduing
weakening
stunting
obscuring
screening
monkeying with
throttling
complicating
ruining
overturning
nipping in the bud
damming
disconcerting
screwing up
rattling
discomfiting
fouling up
petering out
standing off
impairing
circumscribing
taking out
putting out of commission
giving disadvantage
sidelining
protracting
pausing
regulating
moderating
setting limits on
imposing limits on
constricting
disturbing
affecting
holding off on
prolonging
holding over
proroguing
influencing
tampering
keeping
causing to wait
keeping waiting
causing to stay
jamming
troubling
waiting
confusing
conflicting
smothering
entrammelling
entrammeling
capturing
enmeshing
ensnaring
netting
bottlenecking
reducing
snagging
keeping under control
hemming in
tethering
resisting
lousing up
neutralizing
US
boxing in
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
muzzling
neutralising
UK
overloading
putting a crimp in
outlawing
decelerating
enjoining
putting on brakes
keeping in
holding in
stemming the flow of
holding down
warding
reining in
slackening
oppressing
bothering
making difficult
charging
lessening
snookering
miring
inflicting a handicap on
telling against
treating unfavourably
wronging
treating harshly
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
giving a disadvantage to
letting up
bogging
puzzling
defeating
confounding
mystifying
stumping
scotching
nonplussing
flummoxing
drawing up
anchoring
bringing up
pulling up
stilling
fetching up
bringing to a standstill
fixing
cornering
giving the run around
putting paid to
pigeonholing
putting the kibosh on
putting on back burner
upsetting
putting on hold
throwing a monkey wrench into
hanging fire
dead-ending
shaking
warding off
discouraging
putting a stop to
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
fending off
turning off
quieting
indisposing
diverting
circumventing
countering
disappointing
dashing
checkmating
outwitting
upsetting the applecart
doing for
beating
nullifying
crossing
nobbling
obviating
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting the mockers on
putting the stopper on
standing in the way
rescheduling
taking out of play
picking off
strangulating
intercepting
putting the brakes on
heading off
procrastinating
squashing
scuttling
repulsing
repelling
invalidating
counterplotting
beating down
messing up
undoing
parrying
blanking
getting the better of
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
burying
causing setback
quashing
crushing
confronting
overcoming
putting the lid on
rendering null and void
licking
banjaxing
dashing one's hope
canceling
US
annulling
conquering
negating
cancelling
UK
smashing
bilking
traversing
rooting
snafuing
pegging
giving the slip
taking wind out of
playing off
stultifying
taking the wind out of your sails
cooking someone's goose
shipwrecking
setting
capping
mothballing
keeping down
immobilising
UK
immobilizing
US
more ❯
“I wouldn't
hold him back
from achieving his career goals, and he wouldn't want to be my emotional crutch when things went wrong.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to (attempt to) repress or suppress showing or expressing something
repressing
restraining
stifling
suppressing
containing
controlling
smothering
swallowing
withholding
stopping
denying
sinking
strangling
submerging
holding in
holding off
choking back
holding down
keeping back
checking
curbing
inhibiting
keeping in check
reining in
bridling
restricting
bottling up
fighting back
constraining
concealing
keeping the lid on
muffling
subduing
blocking
keeping a lid on
regulating
keeping under control
hiding
limiting
biting back
arresting
stemming
governing
gagging
taming
holding
pocketing
hindering
impeding
halting
buttoning up
corking up
curtailing
moderating
obstructing
pulling in
barring
keeping a tight rein on
cutting off
choking
staunching
silencing
measuring
keeping
slowing
damming
quelling
mastering
retarding
quashing
corking
ruling
covering up
clogging
toning down
gulping back
barricading
preventing
closing
reducing
blockading
cooling
clogging up
overcoming
blocking up
stopping up
deadening
plugging up
harboring
US
squelching
diminishing
reining
quenching
lessening
keeping secret
decreasing
simmering down
hushing up
putting a lid on
harbouring
UK
nipping in the bud
slowing down
holding in check
staying
composing
jamming
stanching
occluding
stuffing
shutting off
bunging up
interfering with
muzzling
dampening
collecting
frustrating
disguising
damping down
squashing
dissembling
putting the brakes on
veiling
cloaking
keeping in
mellowing
putting an end to
bringing to a standstill
keeping dark
burying
keeping quiet about
confining
keeping lid on
suspending
plugging
retaining
thwarting
ceasing
caulking
stymieing
closing out
blocking out
closing up
laying off
stalling
closing off
choking up
jamming up
stoppering
blocking off
calming
hampering
congesting
choking off
bottling
softening
mitigating
masking
screening
overpowering
cutting short
terminating
interrupting
cushioning
braking
belying
extinguishing
ending
killing
biting one's lip
cooling off
reining back
not telling
putting a stop to
hiding from view
bringing to a stop
damping
internalising
UK
bringing to an end
not giving away
keeping down
trammelling
stemming the flow of
resisting
easing
cracking down on
getting under control
secreting
keeping under wraps
trammeling
reserving
blotting out
papering over
shielding
internalizing
US
stamping out
disciplining
putting the kibosh on
putting half nelson on
keeping unknown
guarding
keeping mum about
clamping down on
keeping under your hat
drawing a veil over
keeping cover
suffocating
drowning
conquering
gulping
clotting
gumming up
keeping control of
keeping on a string
keeping a rein on
opposing
withstanding
getting the better of
fighting
gaining control over
delimiting
hog-tying
gaining mastery over
snuffing
shushing
detaining
keeping inside
blacking out
mulling over
stewing
quelching
shutting down
tying up
bringing to screeching halt
cutting back
entrammelling
pegging
fettering
putting a limit on
keeping within bounds
boxing in
keeping tight rein on
deterring
entrammeling
freezing
cooling down
blunting
alleviating
dulling
crushing
straitening
baulking
UK
balking
US
tempering
licking
interning
snuffing out
modulating
relieving
putting down
slapping down
quietening down
refusing
holding off on
discontinuing
making less active
deflating
buttressing
muting
soaking up
getting rid of
putting a damper on
lightening
lowering
absorbing
taking the edge off
quietening
harshing
depressing
protecting
putting on hold
putting on ice
refusing to pay
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
putting the lid on
throttling
putting paid to
bringing to a halt
doing for
putting the stopper on
quitting
finishing
delaying
knocking off
leaving off
breaking
bringing to a close
breaking up
desisting from
blowing the whistle on
dropping
packing in
putting a cork in
packing up
pulling the plug on
giving over
cutting out
winding up
breaking off
closing down
foiling
neutralizing
US
pausing
settling
re-collecting
boxing up
keeping feeling inside oneself
monitoring
adjusting
capping
bottlenecking
counteracting
shutting in
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
circumventing
neutralising
UK
cornering
lulling
rallying
stilling
inspecting
recovering
quieting
tranquilizing
US
standing in the way of
putting a brake on
slackening pace
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
censoring
sweeping under the rug
keeping quiet
glossing over
sweeping under the carpet
sitting on
keeping in the dark
keeping in line
setting limits on
imposing limits on
tranquillising
UK
sealing
filling up
filling
packing
intercepting
shutting out
bunging
stonewalling
more ❯
“I bowed my head trying to
hold back
tears.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from saying or doing something
refraining
desisting
abstaining
forgoing
forbearing
keeping
resisting
restraining
withholding
abjuring
eschewing
forswearing
checking
forsaking
inhibiting
quitting
discontinuing
stopping oneself
giving up
steering clear
stopping
avoiding
ceasing
curbing
renouncing
kicking
shunning
leaving off
not doing
keeping from
jacking in
swearing off
passing up
breaking off
giving a wide berth to
abandoning
dropping
halting
declining
evading
dispensing with
relinquishing
leaving alone
giving over
doing without
belaying
packing in
laying off
avoiding doing something
fighting shy of
sitting out
taking the cure
having done with
resisting the temptation to
passing
refraining from
steering clear of
not touching
arresting
interrupting
going on the wagon
rejecting
having nothing to do with
finishing
taking the pledge
ending
concluding
suspending
surceasing
knocking off
calling a stop to
resigning
packing up
calling a halt to
pausing
yielding
refusing
spurning
abnegating
withdrawing from
giving the go by
foregoing
sacrificing
omitting
declining to
restraining yourself
withholding from
escaping
going easy
bridling
abstaining from
repudiating
disavowing
disowning
denying
washing your hands of
disclaiming
shirking
repealing
cutting out
going without
ditching
shaking
desisting from
casting aside
turning your back on
retracting
recanting
dodging
reneging
foreswearing
gainsaying
deserting
abdicating
disaffirming
shying from
skipping out on
getting around
throwing off
denying oneself
turning back on
weaseling out of
reneging on
weaselling out of
cutting off
staying clear of
eluding
withdrawing
unsaying
skipping
ducking
restraining from
discarding
waiving
passing on
finessing
staying away from
scaping
forbearing from
holding off
axing
jilting
throwing over
doing away with
shying away from
shuffling out of
casting off
keeping off
divorcing oneself from
getting off
having nothing more to do with
keeping clear of
leaving out
taking back
coming off
opting out
reining in
leaving
neglecting
giving someone the push
giving the elbow
giving someone the big E
ending relations with
giving someone the air
binning off
conceding
preventing
averting
precluding
shrinking from
staying away
shaking off
bypassing
circumventing
withstanding
skirting
sidestepping
getting out of
warding off
fending off
breaking the habit of
helping
neutralising
UK
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
prohibiting
nullifying
blocking
counteracting
obviating
staving off
impeding
anticipating
counterbalancing
making up for
neutralizing
US
interfering with
hindering
negating
heading off
disinheriting
terminating
aborting
scrapping
breaking
scratching
scrubbing
shelving
rescinding
ignoring
revoking
remitting
forfeiting
turning
defecting
dumping
tergiversating
apostatizing
laying off of
parting from
calling off
breaking up
dusting off
shutting off
divorcing
writing off
finishing with
forgetting about
wiping out
throwing up
retiring from
crying off
parting with
resigning from
eighty-sixing
breaking with
tossing over
walking out on
selling out
disdaining
shying
having no truck with
letting well enough alone
more ❯
“She decided not to
hold back
from speaking her mind in front of her husband and his mother.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for delay
stonewalling
avoiding
delaying
evading
holding off
obstructing
putting off
rebuffing
refusing
filibustering
resisting
stalling
procrastinating
hanging back
playing for time
temporizing
US
hanging fire
gaining time
using delaying tactics
temporising
UK
hesitating
dithering
equivocating
hedging
prevaricating
beating about the bush
dragging your feet
dallying
tarrying
deferring
using dilatory tactics
putting on the back burner
postponing
diverting
distracting
beating around the bush
taking one's time
kicking the can down the road
holding over
buying time
avoiding the issue
lagging
dragging your heels
taking your time
slow-walking
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay action until a particular time or event
holding off
pausing
waiting
deferring
delaying
postponing
hanging back
hanging fire
refraining from
putting something off
sitting tight
taking no action
avoiding doing something
playing a waiting game
keeping from doing something
biding your time
holding your horses
resting
stalling
stopping
holding on
taking a break
being patient
taking a breather
putting on hold
halting
hesitating
discontinuing
adjourning
ceasing
breaking
deliberating
having a breather
thinking twice
calling time
hanging on
marking time
holding your fire
stopping briefly
taking a breath
twiddling thumbs
taking ten
lying in wait
taking five
letting up
cooling your heels
breaking off
keeping your shirt on
filling time
playing the waiting game
waiting and seeing
wavering
faltering
suspending
desisting
interrupting
reflecting
dropping
shaking
sidelining
procrastinating
vacillating
catching one's breath
coming to standstill
pulling up
breaking it up
adopting Fabian tactics
hanging around
hanging about
awaiting
hanging
abiding
saving it
sweating it out
standing by
hanging onto your hat
wasting time
waiting on
passing the time
waiting patiently
killing time
lying low
kicking your heels
sitting up for
waiting in the wings
holding everything
holding the phone
holding one's breath
countdowning
staying up for
looking forward
cooling it
sweating it
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to preserve (something) by not expending or using it
saving
preserving
conserving
storing
keeping
reserving
maintaining
retaining
stashing
stowing
sustaining
bottling
securing
keeping back
putting aside
putting away
setting aside
regulating
stashing away
holding
withholding
hanging on to
hoarding
stockpiling
storing up
putting by
holding on to
keeping hold of
keeping possession of
holding fast to
clinging to
possessing
husbanding
squirreling
US
keeping in reserve
containing
detaining
grasping
laying aside
setting by
squirreling away
continuing to have
cleaving to
earmarking
dedicating
devoting
allocating
consecrating
refusing
refusing to give
sitting on
keeping to oneself
holding out on
stowing away
salting away
putting to one side
skimping
scrimping
upholding
keeping out
laying up
giving up to
saving for a rainy day
economizing on
controlling
going easy on
managing thriftily
keeping intact
using economically
mothballing
socking away
using sparingly
budgeting
having
perpetuating
owning
commanding
nurturing
gripping
enjoying
cherishing
clutching on to
holding fast
continuing with
keeping up
amassing
garnering
accumulating
collecting
shelving
caching
hiding
heaping
filing
concealing
stifling
repressing
saving up
piling up
retaining possession of
keeping for oneself
laying down
hanging onto
holding in
holding onto
keeping to yourself
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to postpone from being dealt with
tabling
postponing
adjourning
deferring
delaying
parking
rescheduling
shelving
proroguing
reserving
suspending
detaining
mothballing
holding
withholding
continuing
retaining
suppressing
hanging
remitting
stalling
cooling
respiting
containing
holding off
holding over
putting aside
putting back
putting off
taking offline
holding off on
putting on hold
putting on ice
putting on the back burner
putting on the shelf
pigeonholing
staying
interrupting
holding up
putting over
holding in abeyance
putting in cold storage
taking a rain check on
laying on the table
carrying over
slowing up
slowing down
putting in abeyance
standing over
putting off the evil day
setting back
putting off the evil hour
doing later
recessing
prorogating
pausing
taking a break
taking five
taking a breather
calling it a day
suspending proceedings
taking a recess
taking a rain check
laying over
setting aside
protracting
prolonging
retarding
putting on back burner
extending
intermitting
breaking off
procrastinating
laying aside
hanging fire
putting to one side
keeping in abeyance
sidelining
giving rain check
breaking up
knocking off
waiving
slowing
filing
dismissing
reorganizing
US
rearranging
reorganising
UK
rebooking
hanging up
changing the date
giving a rain check
ending
discontinuing
putting something off
rising
forestaying
temporizing
US
temporising
UK
putting on one side
leaving to another time
freezing
taking a raincheck
cooling it
booking again
stopping
taking a breather from
putting on a back burner
checking
breaking
disbanding
inactivating
barring
tying up
calling a halt to
staving off
counting out
ruling out
impeding
hindering
obstructing
taking time out
calling time
taking ten
lengthening
blocking
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to proceed or move at a slower pace
slowing
retarding
delaying
restricting
checking
detaining
hindering
curbing
handicapping
decelerating
impeding
restraining
stunting
tempering
curtailing
holding up
inhibiting
limiting
obstructing
reducing
setting back
slackening
stalling
abating
decreasing
diminishing
hampering
keeping back
lagging
lessening
miring
moderating
regulating
retardating
staying
choking
embogging
loitering
postponing
procrastinating
qualifying
quieting
reefing
interfering with
reining in
anchoring it
bogging down
cutting back
cutting down
keeping waiting
losing speed
losing steam
putting the brakes on
slowing down
winding down
hitting the brakes
letting down flaps
getting in the way of
shortening
abridging
abbreviating
truncating
docking
eliding
syncopating
controlling
contracting
slashing
retrenching
containing
cutting
trimming
shrinking
clipping
downsizing
cropping
lopping
chopping
minifying
cramping
halting
putting a restriction on
paring down
reining back
cutting short
putting a limit on
tightening up
breaking off
slimming down
boiling down
rolling back
economizing
US
economising
UK
lowering
marking off
marking down
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of an action or event
)
Present participle for to prevent from happening
stopping
thwarting
foiling
forestalling
circumventing
countering
cramping
curbing
derailing
opposing
preventing
stymieing
defeating
getting out of
beating
bypassing
escaping
evading
frustrating
prohibiting
putting paid to
balking
US
baulking
UK
circumnavigating
counteracting
hindering
impeding
inhibiting
nullifying
obstructing
overturning
scotching
standing in the way of
staving off
checking
crimping
defending against
deflecting
disrupting
heading off
interdicting
interfering with
limiting
repressing
restraining
restricting
retarding
sidestepping
skirting
steering clear of
warding off
averting
avoiding
barring
blocking
crashing
ditching
doing for
holding off
juking
keeping lid on
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
putting the stopper on
ruining
scuppering
shutting out
spoiling
stalling
stonewalling
stumping
taking down
taking wind out of
trammelling
trammeling
unsettling
upsetting
wrecking
arresting
obviating
halting
intercepting
fending off
putting a stop to
precluding
nipping in the bud
turning aside
putting an end to
forfending
deterring
saving
helping
pre-empting
ruling out
interrupting
anticipating
keeping at bay
keeping off
hampering
desisting
ceasing
discontinuing
debarring
diverting
keeping from happening
keeping
staying
damping
delaying
letting
chillin
cooling
dampening
chilling
turning off
preempting
commandeering
picking off
getting in before
heading off at pass
preparing for
beating someone to the draw
second-guessing
cutting off
beating someone to it
beating someone to the punch
stealing a march on
getting ahead of
providing against
staving
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid proceeding through reluctance
hanging back
hesitating
dithering
vacillating
wavering
demurring
teetering
wabbling
faltering
halting
scrupling
staggering
wobbling
hovering
lagging
lingering
pausing
procrastinating
straggling
shilly-shallying
hanging fire
holding off
shrinking back
shying away
staying back
dragging your feet
dragging your heels
staying in the background
dawdling
humming and hawing
dilly-dallying
equivocating
temporizing
US
doubting
balking
US
sitting on fence
thinking twice
baulking
UK
hemming and hawing
temporising
UK
stalling
dallying
delaying
waiting
dillydallying
lagging behind
falling behind
hesitating over
fluctuating
havering
swithering
oscillating
hedging
alternating
tergiversating
seesawing
pussyfooting
stumbling
deferring
deliberating
mammering
stopping
thinking about
weighing
floundering
hanging
pondering
pulling back
boggling
debating
falling back
dropping behind
trailing behind
losing ground
loitering
tarrying
idling
whiling away time
stonewalling
ambling
diddling
dragging
plodding
puttering
tottering
taking your time
waiting around
pottering round
pottering about
using delaying tactics
moping
killing time
hanging on
lallygagging
putting off doing something
staying put
hanging about
lollygagging
poking
marking time
goofing off
taking one's time
buying time
wasting time
crawling
hanging around
filibustering
playing for time
pottering around
playing a waiting game
creeping
horsing around
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hold back or play down the severity of what one is communicating
mincing
understating
underemphasizing
underplaying
downplaying
euphemizing
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
toning down
de-emphasizing
playing down
making light of
making little of
making nothing of
mincing words
diminishing
underrating
undervaluing
softening
trivializing
US
deemphasizing
downgrading
setting no store by
setting little store by
shrugging off
glossing over
detracting from
trivialising
UK
talking down
lessening
reducing
underestimating
minifying
devaluing
brushing aside
moderating
misprizing
mitigating
whitewashing
selling short
belittling
rating too low
doing an injustice to
disparaging
depreciating
discounting
palliating
deprecating
qualifying
extenuating
holding cheap
subduing
tempering
weakening
underpricing
cheapening
thinking too little of
underrepresenting
underselling
sugarcoating
brushing off
minimalizing
pooh-poohing
making light
dismissing
deflating
slighting
not doing justice
putting down
disesteeming
vilipending
disregarding
misjudging
underprizing
looking down on
taking for granted
underweening
setting too little store by
failing to appreciate
blue-penciling
blue-pencilling
shushing
dumbing down
thinking nothing of
giving a lower profile
giving little weight to
attaching little importance to
prettifying
denigrating
going easy
restraining
putting on the soft pedal
varnishing
glossing
rationalising
UK
belying
justifying
glozing over
explaining away
smoothing over
brushing something under the carpet
rationalizing
US
dampening
chilling out
modulating
diluting
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to protect or defend against
fending
repelling
repulsing
resisting
bulwarking
defending
fencing
forfending
guarding
screening
keeping
warding
heading off
holding off
fending off
keeping off
protecting against
safeguarding against
shielding against
staving off
warding off
defending oneself against
fighting off
guarding against
keeping at bay
keeping at arm's length
standing up for
protecting
shielding
safeguarding
securing
covering
blocking
checking
sheltering
preserving
saving
keeping safe
looking after
keeping from harm
fortifying
conserving
watching over
harbouring
UK
harboring
US
averting
housing
watching
caring for
affording protection to
tending
insulating
inoculating
minding
sticking up for
giving sanctuary
riding shotgun
taking care of
covering all bases
hedging
supporting
chaperoning
fostering
garrisoning
sentineling
sentinelling
preventing
upholding
insuring
assuring
escorting
immunizing
US
immunising
UK
standing guard on
mounting guard on
giving refuge
standing guard
taking under one's wing
going to bat for
saving from harm
holding at bay
policing
strengthening
patrolling
maintaining
ensuring
taking someone under your wing
occupying
manning
making safe
overseeing
standing guard over
making immune
overlooking
making sound
making invulnerable
making impregnable
being responsible for
ministering to
guiding
presiding over
ruling
persevering with
attending to
having charge of
cushioning
shading
wrapping
concealing
havening
keeping an eye on
seeing to
sitting with
stonewalling
shotgunning
roofing
chambering
deflecting
rebuffing
covering up
providing protection for
giving cover
giving shelter
countering
turning aside
forestalling
precluding
shielding yourself from
eluding
shirking
bypassing
rebuking
anticipating
shunning
parrying
opposing
barricading
withstanding
holding
beating off
taking in
repelling danger
providing sanctuary
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
sparing
economising
UK
economizing
US
limiting
restricting
saving
scanting
scrimping
stinting
withholding
rationing
restraining
husbanding
nursing
pinching
skimping
squirreling
US
stashing
skimping on
stinting on
penny-pinching
scrimping on
economizing on
going easy on
holding back on
scraping
pinching pennies
cutting corners
socking away
tightening your belt
making ends meet
saving for rainy day
rolling back
spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar
budgeting
curtailing
reducing
trimming
conserving
cutting back
scrimping and scrape
saving for a rainy day
managing thriftily
cutting down
cutting down on
using sparingly
making cutbacks
using economically
running a tight ship
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to remove or take away (something) from (someone)
depriving
stripping
divesting
dispossessing
robbing
bereaving
relieving
denying
abating
expropriating
disinheriting
despoiling
denuding
removing
withdrawing
bankrupting
baring
dismantling
disrobing
docking
impoverishing
losing
seizing
skimming
stiffing
wresting
benimming
cheating out of
doing out of
diddling out of
robbing of
taking away
tricking out of
preventing from having
preventing from using
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
refusing
declining
rejecting
spurning
repudiating
scorning
rebuffing
disapproving
disdaining
dismissing
negating
negativing
nixing
reprobating
snubbing
passing
repelling
repulsing
shunning
withdrawing
demurring
deselecting
desisting
ignoring
protesting
turning down
passing up
throwing out
knocking back
saying no
balking at
baulking at
brushing off
dispensing with
saying no to
turning away
demurring at
holding off
holding out
protesting at
setting aside
throwing over
turning from
giving thumbs down to
turning back on
turning deaf ear to
jibbing at
sending off
drawing the line at
not buying
refusing to receive
not caring for
shaking one's head
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
repelling
repulsing
rebutting
rebuffing
parrying
checking
preventing
foiling
frustrating
fending off
staving off
holding off
warding off
beating off
fighting off
keeping at bay
turning away
driving away
keeping off
driving back
beating back
chasing away
turning back
keeping away
sending packing
forcing back
driving off
brushing off
putting to flight
thrusting back
seeing off
standing off
forcing off
knocking down
keeping at arm's length
resisting
deterring
nixing
defending against
fighting back
setting back
forcing away
deflecting
discouraging
averting
avoiding
keeping at a distance
turning aside
holding at bay
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to enclose or hem in (on all sides)
confining
enclosing
encircling
surrounding
circumscribing
encompassing
bounding
ringing
compassing
girding
corralling
kettling
fixing
hurdling
straitening
constraining
hindering
shutting in
hemming in
fencing in
boxing in
closing in
hedging in
mewing up
penning in
railing in
boxing up
penning up
Noun
▲
The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.
repression
inhibition
restraint
suppression
control
constraint
continence
discipline
discretion
refrainment
reserve
restraining
self-command
self-control
self-restraint
smothering
stifling
frustration
biting back
check
keeping back
stopping
holding in
keeping in check
keeping under control
bottling up
checking
concealment
blocking
curbing
deadening
containing
muffling
bridling
containment
choking back
reticence
diffidence
modesty
shyness
reluctance
coyness
caution
timidity
formality
quietness
reservation
demureness
bashfulness
aloofness
coldness
secretiveness
unresponsiveness
silence
embarrassment
self-containment
willpower
backwardness
uncommunicativeness
taciturnity
will
self-discipline
self-consciousness
self-mastery
self-possession
introversion
self-government
distance
timorousness
timidness
nervousness
hesitancy
calmness
insecurity
apprehension
humility
moderation
guardedness
coolness
reservedness
wariness
temperateness
forbearance
inhibitedness
hang-up
lack of confidence
self-effacement
stand-offishness
detachment
unapproachability
remoteness
frigidity
froideur
abstemiousness
hesitation
sheepishness
temperance
meekness
lack of warmth
unwillingness to open up
uneasiness
mousiness
non-indulgence
patience
cool
countenance
abstention
awkwardness
stiltedness
woodenness
unnaturalness
forcedness
fearfulness
will power
overcontrol
chariness
suspicion
strength of will
self-constraint
balance
poise
stoicism
stability
self-will
sobriety
aplomb
dignity
judiciousness
prudence
grip
strength of character
strength of mind
unassertiveness
unease
hesitance
discomfort
nerves
psychological block
mental block
mental blockage
more ❯
Noun
▲
Abstinence from social activities
nonparticipation
refraining
abstaining
abstention
avoidance
shunning
forbearance
desisting
abstinence
withholding
declining
keeping
forbearing
forgoing
self-control
doing without
avoidance of
eschewal of
self-denial
abjuration of
renunciation of
going without
refusal of
self-restraint
eschewal
asceticism
abstemiousness
desistance
nonindulgence
self-discipline
non-indulgence
continence
renunciation
frugality
moderation
self-sacrifice
self-deprivation
abnegation
fasting
self-abnegation
temperance
austerity
restraint
sobriety
temperateness
control
nephalism
uninebriation
unintoxication
teetotalism
prohibition
soberness
Rechabitism
dryness
refrainment
resignation
puritanism
repudiation
plain living
judiciousness
severity
ascetic
renouncement
going easy on
simple living
constraint
prudence
moderatism
willpower
mortification
astringency
self-mastery
self-command
self-containment
self-government
strength of will
lack of indulgence
strength of mind
holding off
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of impeding a process or progress
inhibition
hindrance
impediment
obstacle
obstruction
deterrent
encumbrance
handicap
hurdle
trammel
fetter
cramp
restraint
drag
crimp
manacle
interference
barrier
chain
restriction
holdback
curb
check
baulk
UK
balk
US
shackles
snag
embarrassment
clog
let
constraint
drawback
hitch
discouragement
hazard
hampering
retardation
curbing
bridling
straitjacket
frustration
balking
US
baulking
UK
cramping
fettering
shackling
hangup
stumbling block
block
bar
stop
limitation
brake
damper
difficulty
burden
impedance
stoppage
prevention
catch
setback
disadvantage
cumber
rein
stricture
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
complication
monkey wrench in the works
blockage
delay
hiccup
circumscription
problem
shackle
ball and chain
millstone
bridle
determent
control
inconvenience
interruption
holdup
facer
limit
barricade
hamper
catch-22
monkey wrench
road block
prohibition
detriment
curtailment
deterrence
albatross
baggage
disincentive
cumbrance
rub
wall
preclusion
suppression
weakness
issue
dissuasion
defect
ceiling
clampdown
blocking
embargo
load
bottleneck
retardant
lock
inhibitor
dead weight
glitch
retardment
condition
fetters
excess baggage
blockade
obviation
gridlock
joker
uphill
confinement
restrainer
wet blanket
preventive
millstone around your neck
hang-up
jam-up
sticking point
preemption
bond
shortcoming
trouble
opposition
congestion
headache
checking
arrest
hobble
deadweight
slowing
psychological baggage
yoke
pitfall
handicapping
occlusion
millstone round someone's neck
bonds
hold-up
chains
small difficulty
circumvention
hardship
halt
interception
stumbling stone
roadblock
weary load
bump
railing
traverse
fence
nuisance
defence
UK
defense
US
leash
preventative
buttress
booby trap
mountain to climb
sabotage
intervention
blank wall
stone in one's path
defensive measures
break
reverse
reversal
blow
chill
saddle
debt
duty
guilt
cross
safeguard
foot dragging
cloud
depressant
deal-breaker
rebuff
whammy
harness
gloom
pall
thorn in one's side
monkey on back
depression
ban
hold
cold water
weight
order
reduction
flaw
maximum
fault
cap
impairment
threshold
disablement
disorder
bound
demarcation
bounds
regulation
red tape
extent
containment
constrainment
border
perimeter
boundary
constriction
margin
confine
curfew
plateau
repression
line
cutoff point
cut-off point
upper limit
tops
line of demarcation
downside
disbenefit
minus
liability
negative
incommodity
hassle
debit
strike
dilemma
misfortune
worry
predicament
pickle
upset
adversity
quandary
bother
vexation
cross to bear
weak spot
weak point
imperfection
deficiency
gotcha
aggravation
annoyance
plight
scrape
gimmick
trial
fuss
mishap
obligation
snafu
mess
land mine
strain
stress
thwarting
forestalling
grievance
failing
disruption
unwieldiness
troublesomeness
disturbance
awkwardness
untimeliness
unsuitableness
uneasiness
unfitness
pain
stew
discomfort
exasperation
cumbersomeness
avoidance
ill
impasse
botheration
bug
negative aspect
perplexity
dispute
lack
downfall
worriment
can of worms
disputed point
disability
incommodiousness
bothersomeness
unhandiness
point at issue
puzzler
distress
knot
disappointment
forestallment
knock
tight spot
defeat
concern
affliction
deterence
anxiety
bummer
con
puzzle
body blow
task
one in the eye
piece of bad luck
bit of trouble
reversal of fortune
kick in the teeth
knock-back
bone of contention
misery
woe
damp
consequence
demerit
deadlock
albatross around one's neck
commitment
complaint
intimidation
tangle
bad
tribulation
pale
bind
pinch
prob
penalty
cinchers
anchor
binders
wait
demand
flip side
privation
other side of the coin
retarding device
proscription
interdict
deterring factor
drain
pressure
afterdeal
spot
jinx
jam
case
detention
detainment
tie
imposition
tax
glass ceiling
moratorium
veto
boycott
challenge
unseen problem
clot
Achilles heel
the rub
holding pattern
trap
interdiction
bad news
disaster area
matter
to-do
trick
millstone round one's neck
snare
evil
question
rahui
conundrum
ploy
dodge
wile
habit
count
squeeze
bugbear
doubt
crunch
disagreement
stopping up
mix-up
hot potato
thorn in the flesh
vexed question
question mark
gremlin
source of difficulty
hornets' nest
source of trouble
muddle
difficult situation
lapse
onus
hot water
regression
slowdown
backset
comedown
regress
bath
foil
bottom
traffic jam
joker in the pack
blunder
slip
box
teething trouble
inefficacy
error
reverse of fortune
double whammy
drawing board
flip-flop
whole new ballgame
unfortunate development
about-face
problems
miscalculation
mistake
mischance
bafflement
irritation
responsibility
charge
mental weight
blame
punishment
unwanted responsibility
accountability
disquiet
unease
bitter pill
stroke of bad luck
grief
agitation
issues
strife
unpleasantness
turmoil
struggle
row
sorrow
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody
detention
imprisonment
incarceration
custody
restraint
confinement
detainment
arrest
internment
quarantine
captivity
detainer
hold
immurement
remand
committal
durance
duress
porridge
apprehension
arrestation
bust
hindrance
house arrest
impediment
nab
pen
pickup
pinch
retention
withholding
holding pen
keeping in
locking up
time up the river
impoundment
prison
bondage
constraint
thraldom
isolation
jail
US
gaol
UK
thrall
solitary confinement
fetters
bonds
thralldom
time
chokey
jailing
US
immuration
penal servitude
hard labour
gaoling
UK
bird
holding
trammels
sentence
jaildom
term
solitary
holding cell
lockdown
the hole
chains
shackles
restraints
servitude
enslavement
subjugation
vassalage
subjection
serfdom
slavery
capture
enthrallment
seizure
appropriation
collar
entombment
limbo
arrestment
bag
seclusion
nick
grab
sequestration
hook
segregation
snare
nail
restraining
sequestering
pick up
pull in
run in
solitude
taking into custody
preventive custody
protective custody
separation
lazaretto
cordon sanitaire
yoke
servility
work
feudalism
indenture
serfhood
peonage
helotry
bullwork
drudgery
drudge
labor
US
labour
UK
toil
grind
chains constraint
menial labor
villeinage
moil
servileness
serfage
enthralment
suppression
oppression
repression
peculiar institution
human trafficking
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Maintaining
retaining
maintaining
accommodating
arresting
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