Thesaurus / held back
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synonyms for held back
- bit
- bridle
- check
- control
- curb
- defer
- delay
- deny
- forbear
- inhibit
- keep
- postpone
- prevent
- put off
- refrain
- refuse
- restrain
- stop
- suppress
- withhold
- hold down
- hold in
- hold off
- keep back
- keep out
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I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANAges back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSHe held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINWith a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONShe was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINThe strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSDrowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONMr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO HELD BACK
- barred
- blocked
- bound
- bounded
- bridled
- chained
- checked
- clogged
- closed
- confined
- controlled
- cramped
- curbed
- decreased
- defined
- deprived
- deterred
- diminished
- encircled
- fastened
- fettered
- foiled
- frustrated
- governed
- hampered
- held back
- impeded
- inhibited
- manacled
- moderated
- modified
- narrowed
- obstructed
- prescribed
- prevented
- reduced
- reined in
- repressed
- restrained
- secured
- shortened
- small
- stayed
- stopped
- suppressed
- surrounded
- tempered
- tethered
- backward
- birdbrained
- defective
- dim
- dim-witted
- dopey
- dull
- dumbbell
- dumbo
- dumdum
- dummy
- exceptional
- feeble-minded
- gorked
- half-witted
- held back
- imbecile
- lamebrained
- mentally defective
- moronic
- numbskull
- opaque
- pinhead
- retardo
- sappy
- simple
- simple-minded
- slow
- slow-witted
- stupid
- subnormal
- touched
- underachieving
- weak
- yo-yo
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.