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regulate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of regulate

1 to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved

Synonyms of regulate

bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, keep, measure, pull in, rein (in), restrain, rule, tame

Words Related to regulate

bottle (up), choke (back), hold back, mince, muffle, pocket, repress, sink, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, swallow

arrest, interrupt, stop

block, hamper, handcuff, hinder, impede, obstruct

gag, muzzle, silence

Near Antonyms of regulate

liberate, loose, loosen, unleash

air, express, take out, vent

Antonyms of regulate

2 to look after and make decisions about

the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country

Synonyms of regulate

administer, administrate, carry on, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, handle, keep, manage, operate, overlook, oversee, preside (over), run, steward, superintend, supervise, tend

Words Related to regulate

care (for), mind, watch

lead, pilot, steer

guard, protect, safeguard

micromanage, stage-manage

codirect, comanage

Phrases Synonymous with regulate

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