Synonyms for intimidation
in·tim·i·da·tion

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1. bullying, intimidationnoun

   the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

   Synonyms:
   deterrence, bullying, determent

2. intimidationnoun

   the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.

   Synonyms:
   deterrence, bullying, determent

3. intimidationnoun

   the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid

   Synonyms:
   deterrence, bullying, determent

4. determent, deterrence, intimidationnoun

   a communication that makes you afraid to try something

   Synonyms:
   deterrence, bullying, disincentive, determent

Matched Categories

1. • Discouragement
   • Fearfulness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. intimidationnoun

   Synonyms:
   intimidating

2. intimidationnoun

   Synonyms:
   fear, terror, terrorism, reign of terror

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1. List of paraphrases for "intimidation":

   bullying, intimidate, harassment, threat

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How to use intimidation in a sentence?

1. Governor Rotimi Amaechi:

   It is intimidation. They don't want people to come out and vote because they know they'll lose.

2. Justin Amash:

   Everyone has the right to protest. And I think the governor overreached in a lot of ways. And that upset a lot of people in the state of Michigan, but when we protest, we have to do it in a way that is appropriate. I totally denounce and condemn Nazi symbols that were used in some of the protests. I think it's a terrible idea to come into the capitol with weapons, bearing weapons, knowing that it might be perceived as some form of intimidation toward legislators. So, I denounce those things. But everyone has the right to protest.

3. Elijah Cummings:

   It is unacceptable for anyone -- including the President -- to try to bully or intimidate our witnesses, to try to get them not to testify, to try to scare or threaten their family members, or to try to interfere with Congress' search for the truth, house Oversight Committee has a long and bipartisan history of protecting the ability of witnesses to provide their information to us without even the appearance of intimidation or retaliation.

4. Johannes Hahn:

   The Commission hopes to see an end to the escalating violence in Turkey and the return to negotiations on a lasting solution on the Kurdish issue, in the past year, significant shortcomings affected the independence of the judiciary as well as freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, in particular as regards increased pressure and intimidation of journalists.

5. Melissa Klein:

   This is intimidation and bullying - that’s exactly what it is, They are trying to strong-arm me into handing over $135,000 to the two girls and if I win on appeal - they will never pay me back.