Synonyms for curb
kɜrb

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1. curb, curbing, kerb(noun)

   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 bit(noun)

   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, Curb(noun)

   a stock exchange in New York

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

4. 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, 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, moderate(verb)

   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, curb(verb)

   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. curb(verb)

   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 back(verb)

   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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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

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1. curb(v)

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

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

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1. curb(n.)

   Synonyms:
   CHECK, restraint, hinderance, bridle

2. curb(n.)

   Synonyms:
   curb-stone

3. curb(v. a.)

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

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1. curb(v)

   Synonyms:
   check, restrain, control, repress, bridle

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1. List of paraphrases:

   sidewalk, halt, stem, suppress, contain, stop, reduce, limit, restrict, curtail, rein, restrain, combat, curbing, brake, pavement, counter, dampen, deter

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How to use curb in a sentence?

1. Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker:

   He needs to know that if he takes any action to curb what Mr. Mueller does, we're going to find out about House Democrats, we're going to expose House Democrats.

2. Casey Bloys:

   We’re thrilled that Larry has decided to do a new season of ‘Curb’ and can’t wait to see what he has planned.

3. Natalia Broniarczyk:

   This is a politically and ideologically motivated decision not based on the concern for women' heath and safety, in all countries that curb access to contraception and legal and safe abortion, the black market grows.

4. Will Rogers:

   We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

5. Shannon Johnstone:

   Throwing bodies into landfill after being injected with a barbiturate isn't good for the environment, my hope is that underlying that, we can figure out what to do to curb overpopulation from starting in first place.

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