keep+within+bounds

  • 21suppress — Synonyms and related words: abate, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, annihilate, arrest, asphyxiate, assuage, attemper, ban, bank the fire, bar, beat down, bend, black out, block, blunt, bottle up, break, break down, break the fall, bring low,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22constrain — Synonyms and related words: abate, abridge, abstain, aggrieve, allay, alleviate, arrest, assuage, attemper, ban, bank the fire, bar, bastille, bear, bind, bit, blunt, bottle up, box up, bridle, cage, cause, cause to, chasten, check, cloister,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 23limit — Synonyms and related words: Thule, Ultima Thule, abate, accommodation, acme, adjust to, all, alter, apex, apogee, appoint, area, assign, assuage, bar, be into, be strong in, bitter end, border, border line, bottom dollar, bound, boundary,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24restrain — Synonyms and related words: abate, adjust to, allay, alleviate, alter, anchor, arrest, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bar, bind, bit, block, blunt, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, bridle, cage, cause, cause to, chain, chasten, check,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25relent — Synonyms and related words: accede, accept, acquiesce, assent, be agreeable, be conservative, be moderate, be pacifistic, bend, capitulate, come round, comply, compromise, consent, die down, ease off, ebb, face the music, fall, forbear, forgive,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26remit — Synonyms and related words: abate, absolve, acquit, address, air express, airfreight, airmail, alleviate, amnesty, assign, assuage, attenuate, bate, be conservative, be moderate, be pacifistic, bring back, clear, commend, commit, commit to prison …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27control — Synonyms and related words: Masan, R and D, abate, ability, abnegation, absolutism, abstinence, acme, action, address, adeptness, administration, adroitness, airmanship, allay, alleviate, ancestral spirits, angel, aplomb, apparition, appearance,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28slow down — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, arrest, assuage, attemper, backpedal, backwater, bank the fire, block, blunt, bog down, boycott, brake, bridle, chasten, check, clip the wings, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29damp — Synonyms and related words: abate, abridge, absorb the shock, acoustic tile, afterdamp, allay, alleviate, antiknock, arrest, asperge, asphyxiate, assimilate to, assuage, attemper, attenuate, baffle, baffler, balance, bank the fire, beat down,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30hem in — Synonyms and related words: beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box, box in, box up, cage, chamber, check, circumscribe, cloister, close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, cork …

    Moby Thesaurus