Synonyms for censor
ˈsɛn sərcen·sor

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   censurer

2. censornoun

   To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers

   The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.

   Synonyms:
   censurer

3. censornoun

   An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content

   The headmaster is an even stricter censor for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.

   Synonyms:
   censurer

4. censornoun

   One who censures or condemns

   Synonyms:
   censurer

5. censornoun

   A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious

   Synonyms:
   censurer

6. censornoun

   (acronym) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

   Synonyms:
   censurer

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1. censornoun

   someone who censures or condemns

2. censorverb

   a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

3. ban, censorverb

   forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

   Synonyms:
   blackball, banish, ostracise, ban, cast out, ostracize, shun

4. censorverb

   subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

   "This magazine is censored by the government"

   Synonyms:
   ban

Matched Categories

1. • Evaluate
   • Medium
   • Outlaw
   • Person

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   inspector, critic

2. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   censurer, caviller

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   inspector, reviewer, critic, caviler, censurer

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1. List of paraphrases for "censor":

   censure, censorship, reproach, admonish, sergeant, decry

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How to use censor in a sentence?

1. Jeremy Dys:

   Whether a student is being patriotic or engaging in religious speech, there is no law in this country forbidding a student from telling his or her classmates, ‘God bless America’ and it is illegal for a school to censor a student for doing so.

2. Justice Charles Kreger:

   Attorney Jeremy Dys would rather censor the messages of these cheerleaders than abide by the Constitution and I find that egregious.

3. First Liberty:

   Too often, we have seen well-meaning school officials thinking they are complying with the Establishment Clause mistakenly go too far and censor the private speech of students, violating students’ rights under the Free Speech Clause.

4. Bennett Alfred Cerf:

   Censor a self-appointed snoophound who sticks his nose in other people's business.

5. Rachel Denber:

   Now the government can directly censor content or even turn Russia's internet into a closed system without telling the public what they are doing or why, this jeopardizes the right of people in Russia to free speech and freedom of information online.