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Synonyms for withhold
wɪθˈhoʊld, wɪð-with·hold

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. withholdverb

    Synonyms:
    retain

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. withhold

    Keep, signifying generally to have and retain in possession, is the terse, strong Saxon term for many acts which are more exactly discriminated by other words. We keep, observe, or celebrate a festival; we keep or hold a prisoner in custody; we keep or preserve silence, keep the peace, preserve order — preserve being the more formal word; we keep or maintain a horse, a servant, etc.; a man supports his family; we keep or obey a commandment; keep or fulfil a promise. In the expressions to keep a secret, keep one's own counsel, keep faith, or keep the faith, such words as preserve or maintain could not be substituted without loss. A person keeps a shop or store, conducts or carries on a business; he keeps or carries a certain line of goods; we may keep or restrain one from folly, crime, or violence; we keep from or refrain from evil, ourselves. Keep in the sense of guard or defend implies that the defense is effectual. Compare CELEBRATE; RESTRAIN.

    Synonyms:
    carry, carry on, celebrate, conduct, defend, detain, fulfil, guard, hold, keep, maintain, obey, observe, preserve, protect, refrain, restrain, retain, support, sustain

    Preposition:
    Keep in hand, in mind, in or within the house; from evil; out of mischief; keep to the subject; keep for a person, an occasion, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. withhold

    Synonyms:
    retain, keep, inhibit, cohibit, stay, restrain, refuse, stint, forbear, detain

    Antonyms:
    grant, afford, furnish, provide, allow, permit, encourage, incite, concede, lavish

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. withhold, keep backverb

    hold back; refuse to hand over or share

    "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"

    Synonyms:
    deduct, retain, restrain, keep back, recoup, hold back, keep, hold

  2. withhold, deduct, recoupverb

    retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

    "My employer is withholding taxes"

    Synonyms:
    subtract, deduce, take off, recuperate, reimburse, infer, keep back, recoup, derive, recover, deduct

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. withholdverb

    Synonyms:
    restrain, keep in, rein in

  2. withholdverb

    Synonyms:
    retain, keep back

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. withholdverb

    Synonyms:
    refrain, abstain, refuse, deny

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "withhold":

    retain, refuse, deduct, deny, hide

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#148support
#656keep
#1001stay
#1275hold
#2157protect
#2412carry
#2422maintain
#2645conduct
#2880hide
#3541guard
#6356recover
#6691celebrate
#6750preserve
#6857retain
#7367refuse
#7591observe
#7739defend
#7851deny
#11256sustain
#13184derive
#14320obey
#17539refrain
#17901inhibit
#18875fulfil
#20729subtract
#22480deduct
#23578reimburse
#23641withhold
#24816infer
#28795stint
#30094restrain
#35045deduce
#40155detain
#48321recoup
#86158recuperate
#90962forbear

How to use withhold in a sentence?

  1. Woodrow Wilson:

    No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.

  2. Donald Trump:

    As far as withholding funds, those funds were paid. They were fully paid, but my complaint has always been, and I'd withhold again and I'll continue to withhold until such time as European Union and other nations contribute to Ukraine, because they're not doing it.

  3. Bruce Goldfarb:

    It is difficult to wage a successful' withhold' campaign, however, in the case of Tribune Publishing Co, the' withhold' ratio was really high.

  4. Stephen Jay Gould:

    In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.

  5. Samuel Johnson:

    When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.


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