All hold back synonyms

verb hold back

• bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
• bridle — A bridle is a set of straps that is put around a horse's head and mouth so that the person riding or driving the horse can control it.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• forbear — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• hold in — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep back — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• keep out — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.