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Synonyms for withhold
wɪθˈhoʊld, wɪð-with·hold
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Wiktionary
withholdverb
Synonyms:
retain
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, sustainPreposition:
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.
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Princeton's WordNet
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, holdwithhold, 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
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#148 | support | |
#656 | keep | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1275 | hold | |
#2157 | protect | |
#2412 | carry | |
#2422 | maintain | |
#2645 | conduct | |
#2880 | hide | |
#3541 | guard | |
#6356 | recover | |
#6691 | celebrate | |
#6750 | preserve | |
#6857 | retain | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7591 | observe | |
#7739 | defend | |
#7851 | deny | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#13184 | derive | |
#14320 | obey | |
#17539 | refrain | |
#17901 | inhibit | |
#18875 | fulfil | |
#20729 | subtract | |
#22480 | deduct | |
#23578 | reimburse | |
#23641 | withhold | |
#24816 | infer | |
#28795 | stint | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#35045 | deduce | |
#40155 | detain | |
#48321 | recoup | |
#86158 | recuperate | |
#90962 | forbear |
How to use withhold in a sentence?
It is absurd for elements within the Netanyahu government to suggest that building more settlements in the West Bank is the appropriate response to the most recent violence. It is also not acceptable that the Netanyahu government decided to withhold hundreds of millions of Shekels in tax revenue from the Palestinians, which it is supposed to collect on their behalf.
If athletes immediately unionized without a willingness to withhold their labor, they would be pushed into a bad CBA, athletes will wield the most leverage toward a fair agreement by first establishing employee status, which will lead toward free market wages.
I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign.
It is difficult to wage a successful' withhold' campaign, however, in the case of Tribune Publishing Co, the' withhold' ratio was really high.
President Trump tried to withhold funding from so-called sanctuary cities. But the courts largely rejected those efforts.
Translations for withhold
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- كتم, إستئثار, إحتفاظ (بشيء) للنفسArabic
- ponechat siCzech
- einbehalten, vorenthalten, zurückhaltenGerman
- κατακρατώGreek
- retener, rehusar, negarSpanish
- pitää, evätäFinnish
- retenirFrench
- megtart, visszatart, elhallgatHungarian
- trattenereItalian
- kaiponu, mekoMāori
- onthouden, onttrekkenDutch
- reterPortuguese
- утаивать, удерживать, умалчивать, удержатьRussian
- رکھناUrdu
- 扣留Chinese
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