Synonyms of holding down

holding down

verb

present participle of hold down

as in limiting

to set bounds or an upper limit for

efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limiting
• restricting
• tightening
• confining
• capping
• blocking
• circumscribing
• impeding
• suppressing
• hindering
• obstructing
• modifying
• narrowing
• lessening
• hampering
• contracting
• squeezing
• barring
• numbering
• pinching
• qualifying
• repressing
• constricting
• quelling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exceeding
• expanding
• widening
• broadening
• overreaching
• overextending