Synonyms for inhibit
ɪnˈhɪb ɪtin·hib·it

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1. inhibit

   To prohibit is to give some formal command against, and especially to make some authoritative legal enactment against. Debar is said of persons, disallow of acts; one is debarred from anything when shut off, as by some irresistible authority or necessity; one is prohibited from an act in express terms; he may be debarred by silent necessity. An act is disallowed by the authority that might have allowed it; the word is especially applied to acts which are done before they are pronounced upon; thus, a government may disallow the act of its commander in the field or its admiral on the high seas. Inhibit and interdict are chiefly known by their ecclesiastical use. As between forbid and prohibit, forbid is less formal and more personal, prohibit more official and judicial, with the implication of readiness to use such force as may be needed to give effect to the enactment; a parent forbids a child to take part in some game or to associate with certain companions; the slave-trade is now prohibited by the leading nations of the world. Many things are prohibited by law which can not be wholly prevented, as gambling and prostitution; on the other hand, things may be prevented which are not prohibited, as the services of religion, the payment of debts, or military conquest. That which is precluded need not be prohibited. Compare ABOLISH; HINDER; PREVENT.

   Synonyms:
   debar, disallow, forbid, hinder, interdict, preclude, prevent, prohibit

   Antonyms:
   allow, authorize, command, consent to, direct, empower, enjoin, give consent, give leave, give permission, let, license, order, permit, put up with, require, sanction, suffer, tolerate, warrant

   Preposition:
   An act is prohibited by law; a person is prohibited by law from doing a certain act. Prohibit was formerly construed, as forbid still is, with the infinitive, but the construction with from and the verbal noun has now entirely superseded the older usage.

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1. inhibit

   Synonyms:
   prevent, hinder, prohibit, restrain, debar

   Antonyms:
   urge, incite, permit, encourage, impel

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1. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb

   to put down by force or authority

   "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, capture, get over, master, crush, conquer, moderate, quash, keep down, surmount, restrict, suppress, bottle up, crucify, subjugate, reduce, control, curb, stamp down, hold, seize, subordinate, tame, mortify, hold in, curtail, appropriate, contain, oppress, cut back, overcome, subdue, repress, check

2. inhibitverb

   limit the range or extent of

   "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

   Synonyms:
   bottle up, curb, conquer, stamp down, suppress, subdue

3. inhibitverb

   limit, block, or decrease the action or function of

   "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"

   Synonyms:
   bottle up, curb, conquer, stamp down, suppress, subdue

4. inhibit, bottle up, suppressverb

   control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

   Synonyms:
   curb, oppress, subdue, bottle up, crush, conquer, repress, stamp down, suppress

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1. • Biology
   • Chemistry

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1. inhibitverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, hinder, check, repress, obstruct, bar, debar, stop

2. inhibitverb

   Synonyms:
   prohibit, forbid, interdict

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1. List of paraphrases for "inhibit":

   impede, hinder, hamper, prevent, obstruct

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1. Matt Nelsen:

   One means by which organisms engage in this battle (competition with other organisms) is through the synthesis of chemicals that may inhibit the growth of or kill other organisms.

2. Deborah Alexander:

   We’re all trying to figure out what to do about grades, there is no way to know what mayhem is going on to promote or inhibit performance.

3. Andreas Essig:

   Horse dung is a very rich substrate that harbours a diversity of micro-organisms, including fungi and bacteria, now these micro-organisms are in a constant competition for nutrients and space and it's therefore very likely to find potent antibiotics in such an environment, which are used by the different organisms to inhibit the growth of the competitors.

4. Josef Penninger:

   If you think about it, it's realistic that we could shut down ALK and reduce ALK function to see if we did stay skinny, aLK inhibitors are used in cancer treatments already. It's targetable. We could possibly inhibit ALK, and we actually will try to do this in the future.

5. Christian Drosten:

   Because we had this Munich cohort right at the start ... it became clear that with a big push we could inhibit this spreading further.