1. Kept from public knowledge by various means
   "The suppressed report contained damaging information about the company"
    
2. Manifesting or subjected to suppression
   "a suppressed press"
    
3. Held in check with difficulty
   "suppressed laughter";
   - smothered, stifled, strangled

1. Bring under control by force or authority
   "suppress a nascent uprising";
   - stamp down, subdue, conquer
    
2. Dominate or subjugate by unjust use of one's authority and power
   "The government suppresses political activists";
   - oppress, crush
    
3. Consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behaviour
   "suppress a smile";
   - inhibit, bottle up
    
4. (psychiatry) put out of one's consciousness
   "He tried to suppress the traumatic memories";
   - repress
    
5. Lessen to the point of stopping
   "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the haemorrhage"
    
6. Prevent publication or revelation of (information)
   "The government suppressed the damaging report"

See also: burked, hushed-up, inhibited, quelled, quenched, silenced, squelched, unreleased

Type of: act, bury, check, contain, control, curb, decrease, disremember [US, informal], forget, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, lessen, minify, moderate, move, restrain

Antonym: publicised [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Suppressed