Synonyms for curfew
ˈkɜr fyucur·few

Princeton's WordNet

1. curfewnoun

   the time that the curfew signal is sounded

2. curfewnoun

   a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions

3. curfewnoun

   an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited

Matched Categories

1. • Deadline
   • Decree
   • Law
   • Signal

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1. List of paraphrases for "curfew":

   curfews, wandering, lockdown, curfewed, roaming, touch

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1. Taweesin Wisanuyothin:

   The curfew will be lifted effective on June 15 along with the easing of some activities.

2. Marjorie Taylor:

   Democrat Maxine Waters stood in the streets of Minnesota while breaking curfew and inciting riots that led to gunshots being fired at National Guardsmen.

3. Republican Mayor G.T. Bynum:

   Last night, I enacted a curfew at the request of Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin, following consultation with the United States Secret Service based on intelligence they had received, today, we were told the curfew is no longer necessary so I am rescinding it.

4. Dan Gelber:

   Since I've been mayor, I've asked for and we have 40 more police in our department, almost all of them on patrol, and during [spring break season] we recruit officers from the county, from other departments, we pay for them, so it's a pretty massive deployment of local law enforcement, but that's always the best you can do, because it's something organic, and finding a way to get rid of it short of a curfew has been very difficult.

5. Volodymyr Solohub:

   For us journalists, it’s a major red flag because you know that a professional like Pierre, he’s been through various conflicts, he knows all dos and don’ts, he was clearly wearing a [press] vest and a helmet, he was clearly in a van or a vehicle identifiable as press, but still, they were shot at, so obviously you freak out, yesterday, I was offered, there was a chance for me to join here in Kyiv, a group of territorial defense guys in the evening, post-curfew, to go with them on a patrol and I didn’t want to do that because … I didn’t think the risk was worth the story.