Synonyms of inhibit

verbTo hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

• behedgeTo straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
• blunt
• crimp
• foreclose formal
• delay
• diminish
• forestay
• retroact
• interfere
• intervene
• forslow
• frustrate
• get in the wayTo obstruct, hinder, or interfere.
• hamper
• dash
• handicap
• hinder
• hold up
• hurt
• impair
• impedeTo get in the way of; to hinder.
• incommode
• lessen
• let
• marTo spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
• obstruct
• overslaugh US, dialectalTo hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or impediment.
• precludeTo remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
• prevent
• prohibitTo forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
• reduce
• restrict
• retard
• slow down
• stay
• stymie
• thwart
• thwartenTo be positioned contrary to; be set against; oppose; hinder.
• umbeset
• undermine
• weaken
• worsen
• difficult obsoleteTo make difficult, hinder; to impede; to perplex.
• prevene obsolete