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Synonyms for curb
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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. curb

    Govern carries the idea of authoritative administration or some exercise of authority that is at once effective and continuous; control is effective, but may be momentary or occasional. One controls what he holds or can hold at will absolutely in check; as, a skilful horseman controls a spirited horse; a person controls his temper; we say to one who is excited, "control yourself." A person commands another when he has, or claims, the right to make that other do his will, with power of inflicting penalty if not obeyed; he controls another whom he can effectually prevent from doing anything contrary to his will; he governs one whom he actually does cause, regularly or constantly, to obey his will; a parent may command a child whom he can not govern or control. The best teachers are not greatly prone to command, but govern or control their pupils largely by other means. Command is, however, often used in the sense of securing, as well as requiring, submission or obedience, as when we speak of a commanding influence; a man commands the situation when he can shape events as he pleases; a fortress commands the region when no enemy can pass against its resistance. Govern implies the exercise of knowledge and judgment as well as power. To rule is more absolute and autocratic than to govern; to sway is to move by quiet but effectual influence; to mold is not only to influence feeling and action, but to shape character; to manage is to secure by skilful contrivance the doing of one's will by those whom one can not directly control; a wise mother, by gentle means, sways the feelings and molds the lives of her children; to be able to manage servants is an important element of good housekeeping. The word reign, once so absolute, now simply denotes that one holds the official station of sovereign in a monarchy, with or without effective power; the Queen of England reigns; the Czar of Russia both reigns and rules.

    Synonyms:
    command, control, direct, govern, influence, manage, mold, reign, reign over, restrain, rule, sway

    Antonyms:
    be in subjection, be subject, comply, obey, submit, yield

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. curbverb

    Synonyms:
    restrain, cohibit, hold, repress, check, moderate

    Antonyms:
    indulge, liberate, release, emancipate, loose, urge, free, incite, instigate, impel

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. curb, curbing, kerbnoun

    an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

    Synonyms:
    curbing, curb bit, check, kerb, bridle

  2. curb, curb bitnoun

    a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

    Synonyms:
    curbing, curb bit, check, kerb, bridle

  3. American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Curbnoun

    a stock exchange in New York

    Synonyms:
    curbing, curb bit, check, kerb, bridle

  4. bridle, check, curbverb

    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, bridle, 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, checkout

  5. control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderateverb

    lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

    "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

    Synonyms:
    crack, ensure, mark, hold in, jibe, verify, gibe, mince, make, declare, lead, tick off, view as, carry, book, operate, concur, have, maintain, master, hold, moderate, sustain, learn, checker, check out, match, stamp down, conquer, retain, stop, nurse, defy, condition, assure, tame, cut back, guard, prevail, manipulate, comprise, break, suss out, check off, withstand, adjudge, suppress, accommodate, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, harbour, insure, soften, go over, reserve, check, hold back, give, take hold, train, go for, see, conceal, take, deem, incorporate, support, find out, obtain, discipline, apply, chasten, check over, restrict, bind, tone down, have got, entertain, subdue, temper, correspond, command, restrain, keep, concord, keep back, oblige, fit, throw, keep in line, arrest, check into, tally, enclose, contain, bear, inhibit, determine, hold up, retard, take for, turn back, harbor, chequer, delay, watch, defend, see to it, confine, chair, admit, curtail, tick, halt, obligate, agree, mark off

  6. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb

    to put down by force or authority

    "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

    Synonyms:
    chasten, capture, get over, master, crush, conquer, moderate, quash, keep down, surmount, restrict, suppress, bottle up, crucify, subjugate, reduce, control, stamp down, hold, seize, subordinate, tame, mortify, hold in, curtail, appropriate, contain, oppress, inhibit, cut back, overcome, subdue, repress, check

  7. curbverb

    keep to the curb

    "curb your dogs"

    Synonyms:
    restrict, curtail, subdue, conquer, moderate, inhibit, check, hold in, cut back, contain, stamp down, control, suppress, hold

  8. restrict, curtail, curb, cut backverb

    place restrictions on

    "curtail drinking in school"

    Synonyms:
    suppress, bring down, qualify, conquer, moderate, throttle, trim down, flash back, prune, inhibit, cut, trammel, trim back, lop, trim, cut down, reduce, control, subdue, stamp down, hold, cut short, confine, restrain, restrict, clip, hold in, curtail, contain, bound, limit, cut back, snip, crop, dress, check

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. curbnoun

    Synonyms:
    CHECK, restraint, hinderance, bridle

  2. curbnoun

    Synonyms:
    curb-stone

  3. curbverb

    Synonyms:
    check, restrain, control, bridle, put under restraint, keep under

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. curbverb

    Synonyms:
    check, restrain, control, repress, bridle

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How to use curb in a sentence?

  1. Faisal Durrani:

    The government was right to act to curb speculation. It's just that these measures have now coincided with a weakening global economy.

  2. Heather Waters:

    Im going to grieve for a very long time, its like the worlds worst nightmare. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The sheriffs office released a photo of Anthony Gumina under arrest, sitting down on what appeared to be a curb. Officials said in order to protect the integrity of their homicide investigation, not further information is being released at this time. But while officials claim to have evidence linking Gumina to his wifes death, a family member told Fox 40 he believes the 44-year-old is innocent.

  3. Al McGuire:

    Al McGuire to Billy Packer . I saw the first sign of spring in Milwaukee the other day . Packer : What's that ? Al : The curb.

  4. Speaker McCarthy:

    So here is our plan: In the coming weeks, the House will vote on the bill to lift the debt ceiling into the next year, save taxpayers trillions of dollars, make us less dependent on China, curb our inflation, all without touching social security and Medicare.

  5. Yang Jie:

    Even though the use of coal has been blamed as a cause of the heavy smog, and the government has outlined plans to curb air pollution, the amount of thermal power generated won't decrease in the near future.


Translations for curb

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  • обуздавам, спирачка, обуздаване, юзда, слагам юздаBulgarian
  • beherrschen, Einschränkung, Beherrschung, mäßigen, einschränken, Kandare, bändigen, zurückhalten, Zurückhaltung, Beschränkung, Zwang, Mäßigung, hemmenGerman
  • bordilloSpanish
  • endiguer, restreindreFrench
  • srianScottish Gaelic
  • नियंत्रणHindi
  • frenare, tenere a frenoItalian
  • beteugelen, intomenDutch
  • сдерживать, укрощатьRussian
  • கட்டுப்படுத்துTamil

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