inhibit

Verb

Meaning

To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

suppress prevent retard stop limit block bar delay check restrict halt discourage deter hinder curb
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Antonyms

piquet billboard quicken further state back
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Hypernyms

prevent upset forbid hinder impede preclude

Hyponyms

choke repress dampen stifle strangle muffle

Phrases with the word

inhibit bowel evacuation

Derivatives

inhibited inhibiting

Examples

Memory and creativity are essential to education, but if you teach memory incorrectly, it is a total waste of time, and it will inhibit learning. Tony Buzan

Modern historians have suggested that in his last years he (Richard II) was overtaken by mental disease, but that is only a modern view of the malfunction common to 14th century rulers: inability to inhibit impulse. Barbara Tuchman

I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience. Aaron Copland

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Bill Watterson

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses. Daniel Goleman

As a reader I loathe introductions... Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity. Harper Lee

Close letter words and terms

inHg inhiation inhibin inhibit bowel evacuation inhibitability inhibitable