💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sit on"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| withsitverb | (archaic, transitive) To withstand. |
| hold downverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To continue, to hold and to manage well; to keep; maintain; support. |
| stifleverb | (transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate. |
| inhibitverb | (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain. |
| suppressverb | To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue. |
| put one's foot down onverb | (idiomatic) To put a stop to, suppress; to reject. |
| stayverb | (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide. |
| put one's foot down uponverb | (idiomatic) Alternative form of put one's foot down on. [(idiomatic) To put a stop to, suppress; to reject.] |
| block offverb | (transitive) To obstruct. |
| restrainverb | (transitive) To control or keep in check. |
| atsitverb | (intransitive, obsolete) To remain sitting; stay; abide. |
| hold backverb | (idiomatic, intransitive) To act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power. |
| clamp down onverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly. |
| squashnoun | (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets. |
| hold inverb | (transitive) To keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping. |
| put downverb | (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean. |
| put a block onverb | to stop something. |
| put the kibosh onverb | (slang, transitive) To halt, stop, or squelch. |
| tamp downverb | (idiomatic, by extension) To suppress or reduce (something, usually an emotion or thought). |
| block upverb | (transitive) To completely block or obstruct. |
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