inhibit
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
to put down by force or authority
suppress a nascent uprising
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- conquest derivation
- forbiddance derivation
- inhibition derivation
- crushing derivation
- curtailment derivation
- suppressor derivation
- conqueror derivation
- subduer derivation
- suppressor derivation
- suppressive derivation
Sense 2 verb
limit the range or extent of
Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs
Types & categories
- throttle hypernym
Related & opposite
- inhibitor derivation
- inhibitory derivation
Sense 3 verb
limit, block, or decrease the action or function of
inhibit the action of the enzyme
Types & categories
- hinder hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- curtailment derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conquest |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | forbiddance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inhibition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crushing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | curtailment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppressor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conqueror |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | subduer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppressor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppressive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | curb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blink away |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dampen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | burke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | squelch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stifle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inhibitor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inhibitory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | throttle |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hinder |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | curtailment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | restrain |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | restrain |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | quench |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke |