✊oppress

Meaning

To keep someone in subservience and hardship by unjust treatment.

to keep someone down by harsh and unfair use of authority; to suppress

Example Sentences

The regime continued to oppress its citizens.

The dictator oppressed the people for decades.

Example Expressions

oppress the poor

Synonyms

persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize, dominate

Entry 1

persecute, subjugate, suppress, tyrannize

Entry 2

suppress, subjugate, persecute, dominate

Antonyms

liberate, free, emancipate, empower, support

Entry 1

liberate, free, emancipate

Entry 2

liberate, free, empower, support

Collocations

oppress minorities, oppress the poor, feel oppressed, oppress people, cruelly oppress, systematically oppress

Entry 1

oppress minorities, oppress the poor, feel oppressed, oppress people

Entry 2

oppress people, oppress minorities, cruelly oppress, systematically oppress