Thesaurus / bitting
FEEDBACKsynonyms for bitting
synonyms for bitting
- bit
- bridle
- check
- control
- curb
- defer
- delay
- deny
- forbear
- hold down
- hold in
- hold off
- inhibit
- keep
- keep back
- keep out
- postpone
- prevent
- put off
- refrain
- refuse
- restrain
- stop
- suppress
- withhold
- arrest
- control
- curb
- halt
- prevent
- reduce
- stop
- baffle
- bar
- bit
- bottleneck
- bridle
- checkmate
- choke
- circumvent
- constrain
- counteract
- delay
- discourage
- foil
- frustrate
- harness
- hold
- impede
- inhibit
- interrupt
- limit
- moderate
- neutralize
- obstruct
- obviate
- pause
- preclude
- rebuff
- repress
- repulse
- retard
- snub
- squelch
- stay
- suppress
- tame
- terminate
- thwart
- withhold
- cut short
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- keep back
- nip in the bud
- play for time
- rein in
- slacken pace
- slow down
- constrain
- contain
- control
- hamper
- hinder
- impede
- inhibit
- restrain
- suppress
- tame
- abstain
- bit
- bridle
- check
- deny
- fetter
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold down
- ice
- leash
- manacle
- moderate
- muzzle
- refrain
- retard
- scrub
- shackle
- subdue
- tie
- withhold
- bottle up
- box in
- bring to screeching halt
- cool down
- cool off
- entrammel
- hold back
- hold in
- keep lid on
- keep tight rein on
- rein in
- send up
- tie up
- bit
- bridle
- check
- control
- curb
- defer
- delay
- deny
- forbear
- hold down
- hold in
- inhibit
- keep
- keep back
- keep out
- postpone
- prevent
- put off
- refrain
- refuse
- restrain
- stop
- suppress
- withhold
antonyms for bitting
MOST RELEVANT
- aid
- allow
- assist
- continue
- encourage
- help
- let go
- abet
- advance
- approve
- facilitate
- forward
- free
- permit
- release
- expedite
- indulge
- liberate
- advance
- aid
- allow
- assist
- encourage
- facilitate
- forward
- free
- help
- let go
- permit
- promote
- release
- go ahead
- incite
- indulge
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- foster
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use bitting in a sentence
There should be one established law in bitting: never use any bridle that your horse after a trial will not face.
RIDING FOR LADIESMRS. POWER O'DONOGHUEI cannot help believing that bitting is generally much too severely carried out.
RIDING FOR LADIESMRS. POWER O'DONOGHUEMen do not mean to be cruel to horses when bitting them improperly, but they are so neverthelessto a terrible degree.
RIDING FOR LADIESMRS. POWER O'DONOGHUEIt often happens that from improper bitting horses acquire an ugly trick of working their tongues over the mouthpiece.
RIDING FOR LADIESMRS. POWER O'DONOGHUECorrect bitting will ensure complete control, or ought to do so, without inflicting pain.
RIDING FOR LADIESMRS. POWER O'DONOGHUECorrect Bitting gives control in harness without inflicting pain.
RIDING FOR LADIESMRS. POWER O'DONOGHUEHorses that have their heads drawn up tightly should not have the bitting on more than fifteen or twenty minutes at a time.
A NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF J. S. RAREY'S ART OF TAMING HORSESJ. S. RAREYFew owners are aware how much manners depend upon the bitting and handling of a horse.
THE CHAUTAUQUAN, VOL. III, JANUARY 1883THE CHAUTAUQUAN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLESo the Pyrenees, with her cargo of fire, was hove to, bitting the teeth of the gale and fighting and smashing the pounding seas.
SOUTH SEA TALESJACK LONDONStill no suspicion of the truth reached me that since I came to live with him my uncle had been bitting and breaking his tongue.
THE LIGHT IN THE CLEARINGIRVING BACHELLER