Meanings
present singular third person suppresses · participle present suppressing · participle past suppressed · past suppressed
- To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
Synonyms: abolish, clamp down, eliminate, bury, quash, squash
- human sciencesTo exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- To prevent publication.
The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
- businessTo reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
verbTo restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
More synonyms by meaning
verbbring under control by force or authority
verbconsciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsuppressus
- Englishsuppress
From Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimō (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + premō (“press”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian потискам, сдържам
- потискам (potiskam)to put an end to
- сдържам (sdăržam)to restrain an expression
- потискам (potiskam)psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
- потискам (potiskam)electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
Chinese Mandarin 抑制, 鎮壓 /镇压
- 抑制 (yìzhì)to put an end to
- 鎮壓 /镇压 (zhènyā)to put an end to
Esperanto deteni, sin deteni
- detenito restrain an expression
- sin detenito restrain an expression
- subpremipsychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Finnish tukahduttaa, tukahduttaa
- tukahduttaato put an end to
- tukahduttaato restrain an expression
- tukahduttaapsychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
- salatato prevent publication
- tyrehdyttääto stop a flow or stream
- tukahduttaato stop a flow or stream
- vaimentaaelectronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
- sammuttaaelectronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
German unterdrücken, unterdrücken
- unterdrückento put an end to
- unterdrückento restrain an expression
Hungarian lever, elfojt
- leverto put an end to
- elfojtto put an end to
- eltiporto put an end to
- elfojtto restrain an expression
- magába fojtto restrain an expression
- visszafojtto restrain an expression
- elnyomto restrain an expression
- leplezto restrain an expression
- elfojtpsychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
- elhallgatto prevent publication
- elhallgattatto prevent publication
- eltussolto prevent publication
Irish coisc, coisc
- coiscto restrain an expression
- coiscto stop a flow or stream
Latin supprimo
- supprimoto put an end to
Lithuanian užgniaužti
- užgniaužtito put an end to
Māori āpuru, whakakōmau
- āpuruto put an end to
- whakakōmauto put an end to
- tāwhito restrain an expression
- tātāwhito restrain an expression
- whakatōngāto restrain an expression
- whakakōmauto restrain an expression
- koromakito restrain an expression
- tāwhipsychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
- tātāwhipsychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Norwegian Bokmål slå ned, undertrykke
- slå nedto put an end to
- undertrykketo put an end to
Portuguese suprimir, suprimir
- suprimirto put an end to
- suprimirto restrain an expression
- abafarto restrain an expression
- suprimir(obsolete) to hold in place, to keep low
Russian подавля́ть, подави́ть
- подавля́ть (podavljátʹ)to put an end to
- подави́ть (podavítʹ)to put an end to
- подавля́ть (podavljátʹ)to restrain an expression
- подави́ть (podavítʹ)to restrain an expression
- подавля́ть (podavljátʹ)psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
- подави́ть (podavítʹ)psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
- подавля́ть (podavljátʹ)to prevent publication
- подави́ть (podavítʹ)to prevent publication
- подавля́ть (podavljátʹ)to stop a flow or stream
- подави́ть (podavítʹ)to stop a flow or stream
Spanish suprimir
- suprimirto put an end to
Turkish bastırmak, durdurmak
- bastırmakto put an end to
- durdurmakto put an end to
- bastırmakto restrain an expression
- önlemekto restrain an expression
- engellemekto restrain an expression
- bastırmakpsychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
- susturmakto prevent publication
- önlemekto stop a flow or stream
- durdurmakto stop a flow or stream
- bastırmakto stop a flow or stream
- önlemeklegal: to forbid the use of evidence
- engellemeklegal: to forbid the use of evidence
Ukrainian пригнічувати, забороняти
- пригнічувати (pryhničuvaty)to put an end to
- забороняти (zaboronjaty)to put an end to
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with suppress
Cite this entry
suppress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppress
“suppress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppress. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suppress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppress.
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