Synonyms for censor
ˈsɛn sərcen·sor

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   censurer

2. censornoun

   To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers

   The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.

   Synonyms:
   censurer

3. censornoun

   An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content

   The headmaster is an even stricter censor for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.

   Synonyms:
   censurer

4. censornoun

   One who censures or condemns

   Synonyms:
   censurer

5. censornoun

   A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious

   Synonyms:
   censurer

6. censornoun

   (acronym) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

   Synonyms:
   censurer

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1. censornoun

   someone who censures or condemns

2. censorverb

   a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

3. ban, censorverb

   forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

   Synonyms:
   blackball, banish, ostracise, ban, cast out, ostracize, shun

4. censorverb

   subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

   "This magazine is censored by the government"

   Synonyms:
   ban

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   inspector, critic

2. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   censurer, caviller

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1. censornoun

   Synonyms:
   inspector, reviewer, critic, caviler, censurer

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1. List of paraphrases for "censor":

   censure, censorship, reproach, admonish, sergeant, decry

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How to use censor in a sentence?

1. Will Creeley:

   You cannot censor your way to freedom of expression, you cannot trade one orthodoxy for another. What we’ve seen recently in Florida is a troubling willingness to do just that.

2. Tucker Carlson:

   They didn’t hide their findings in footnotes, they got right to it in the title -- ‘False Accusations: The Unfounded Claim Social Media Companies Censor Conservatives,'.

3. Donald Trump:

   We're not going to be silenced, big tech must not censor the voices.

4. Jay Connaughton:

   We are shocked that Facebook would censor the king cake baby, one of the quintessential traditions of the Mardi Gras culture, obviously the folks at Facebook have never tasted the sweet deliciousness of a traditional or filled King Cake. If they had, they would understand the deep passion that runs in Louisiana for king cakes of all varieties, and the little babies that live inside them.

5. Mark Levin:

   I spent about a month saying why I'm leaving Facebook on Facebook because Facebook is a censorship and propaganda operation, we now see what they're doing, working with the Biden administration and actually, in many respects, taking orders from the Biden administration to censor information that differs from that of the government, which is shocking and appalling.