Holding back synonyms | verbs

Synonyms for Holding back as a Verb

• restrain

  repress
• hold in

  repress
• keep

  repress
• delay

  repress
• curb

  repress
• contain
• hold
• refrain
• retain
• hold down
• conceal
• withhold
• control
• stop
• check
• arrest
• hold off
• keep back
• forbear
• hold back
• constrain
• restrain oneself
• control oneself
• abstain
• forgo
• desist
• resist
• lock up
• keep quiet
• loiter
• tarry
• linger
• procrastinate
• hover
• hesitate
• fluctuate
• sway
• oscillate
• vibrate
• subtract
• deduct
• take away
• recoup
• subduct
• take
• turn back
• wait
• bit
• bridle
• defer