Antonyms of verb keep_down

1 of 3 senses of keep down

Sense 3
keep down -- (manage not to throw up)
       Antonym of vomit (Sense 1)
      => vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up -- (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night")

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

3 senses of keep down

Sense 1
number, keep down -- (place a limit on the number of)
       => limit, circumscribe, confine -- (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")

Sense 2
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce -- (put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land")
       => oppress, suppress, crush -- (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists")

Sense 3
keep down -- (manage not to throw up)

2024, Cloud WordNet Browser