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

5 senses of suppress

Sense 1
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb -- (to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")
       => control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate -- (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger")

Sense 2
oppress, suppress, crush -- (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists")

Sense 3
inhibit, bottle up, suppress -- (control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior)
       => restrain, keep, keep back, hold back -- (keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool")

Sense 4
suppress, repress -- (put out of one's consciousness)
       => forget, bury -- (dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories")

Sense 5
suppress -- (reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage")
       => decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")

Antonyms of adj suppressed

3 senses of suppressed

Sense 1
suppressed (vs. publicized) -- (kept from public knowledge by various means;)

publicized (vs. suppressed), publicised -- (made known; especially made widely known)
        => advertised -- (called to public attention; "these advertised products")
        => heralded -- (publicly announced; "the royal couple's much heralded world tour")
        => promulgated, published -- (formally made public; "published accounts")

Sense 2
suppressed -- (manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press")

INDIRECT (VIA silenced) -> unsilenced -- (not silenced)

Sense 3
smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed -- (held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter")

INDIRECT (VIA inhibited) -> uninhibited -- (not inhibited or restrained; "uninhibited exuberance")

Similarity of adj suppressed

3 senses of suppressed

Sense 1
suppressed (vs. publicized) -- (kept from public knowledge by various means;)
       => burked (predicate) -- (suppressed quietly or indirectly)
       => hushed-up -- ((used of information or news) kept secret by using influence; "hushed-up stories sometimes leak out")
       => quelled, quenched, squelched -- (subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor")
       => unreleased -- (not (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication; "someone leaked the unreleased announcement"; "a film that remained unreleased for years")

Sense 2
suppressed -- (manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press")
       => silenced (vs. unsilenced) -- (reduced to silence; "the silenced crowd waited expectantly")

Sense 3
smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed -- (held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter")
       => inhibited (vs. uninhibited) -- (held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear")