Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb censor

2 senses of censor

Sense 1
ban, censor -- (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper))
       => outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise -- (declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.")

Sense 2
censor -- (subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government")
       => measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value -- (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk")

Antonyms of adj censored

1 sense of censored

Sense 1
censored (vs. uncensored) -- (suppressed or subject to censorship; "the censored press in some countries")

uncensored (vs. censored) -- (not subject to censorship; "uncensored news reports")
        => unexpurgated -- (not having material deleted; "volumes of the best plays, unexpurgated"- Havelock Ellis)

Similarity of adj censored

1 sense of censored

Sense 1
censored (vs. uncensored) -- (suppressed or subject to censorship; "the censored press in some countries")
       => expurgated -- (having material deleted; "at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions")

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