Synonyms for bridle
ˈbraɪd l

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bridle(noun)

   headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control

   Synonyms:
   curb, check

   Antonyms:
   unbridle

2. bridle, check, curb(verb)

   the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

   "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

   Synonyms:
   impediment, baulk, cheque, stay, confirmation, tick, hitch, curb bit, chip, handicap, assay, stoppage, balk, check, check-out procedure, kerb, bank check, tab, chit, curbing, halt, deterrent, check mark, hinderance, hindrance, substantiation, stop, arrest, verification, curb, checkout

   Antonyms:
   unbridle

3. bridle(verb)

   anger or take offense

   "She bridled at his suggestion to elope"

   Antonyms:
   unbridle

4. bridle(verb)

   put a bridle on

   "bridle horses"

   Antonyms:
   unbridle

5. bridle(verb)

   respond to the reins, as of horses

   Antonyms:
   unbridle

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1. bridle(noun)

   The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.

   Synonyms:
   restrain

2. bridle(noun)

   A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.

   Synonyms:
   restrain

3. bridle(verb)

   Synonyms:
   restrain

4. bridle(verb)

   Synonyms:
   restrain

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bridle

   To restrain is to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force. Constrain is positive; restrain is negative; one is constrained to an action; he is restrained from an action. Constrain refers almost exclusively to moral force, restrain frequently to physical force, as when we speak of putting one under restraint. To restrain an action is to hold it partially or wholly in check, so that it is under pressure even while it acts; to restrict an action is to fix a limit or boundary which it may not pass, but within which it is free. To repress, literally to press back, is to hold in check, and perhaps only temporarily, that which is still very active; it is a feebler word than restrain; to suppress is finally and effectually to put down; suppress is a much stronger word than restrain; as, to suppress a rebellion. Compare ARREST; BIND; KEEP.

   Synonyms:
   abridge, check, circumscribe, confine, constrain, curb, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep under, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, withhold

   Antonyms:
   aid, animate, arouse, emancipate, encourage, excite, free, impel, incite, let loose, release, set free

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bridle

   Synonyms:
   curb, restrain, govern, control, master, moderate, compress

   Antonyms:
   loosen, liberate, relax, vent, discharge

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bridle(n.)

   Synonyms:
   restraint, curb, check

2. bridle(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   restrain, control, check, curb, control, govern

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   bride, flange, tensioner

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. bridle

   Synonyms:
   Frenum
   

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