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")