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Subdue

🔄 Synonyms of "Subdue"

18 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
subjugateverb	To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
suppressverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
surmountverb	(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
masternoun	Someone who has control over something or someone.
quashverb	To defeat decisively, to suppress.
overcomeverb	(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
curbnoun	(transitive) To check, restrain or control.
inhibitverb	(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
mortifyverb	(transitive, usually used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
conquerverb	To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
chastenverb	To render humble or restrained.
repressverb	(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
get oververb	(idiomatic, transitive) To forget and move on; to calm down regarding something.
swimverb	(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
keep downverb	(transitive) To repress.
stamp downverb	to put down by force or authority
tameverb	(chiefly of animals) Accustomed to human contact.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
keep downverb	(transitive) To repress.
inhibitverb	(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
repressverb	(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
suppressverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
conquerverb	To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
quashverb	To defeat decisively, to suppress.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
overcomeverb	(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
get oververb	(idiomatic, transitive) To forget and move on; to calm down regarding something.
subjugateverb	To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
surmountverb	(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
mortifyverb	(transitive, usually used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
tameverb	(transitive) To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
chastenverb	To render humble or restrained.
masterverb	(intransitive) To be a master.
curbverb	(transitive) To check, restrain or control.
swimverb	(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
stamp downverb	to put down by force or authority
vanquishverb	(transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
restrainverb	(transitive) To control or keep in check.