Intimidate

What do we mean by intimidate?

To make timid; fill with fear. transitive verb

To coerce or deter, as with threats. transitive verb

To make timid or fearful; make afraid; inspire with fear; deter by threats. See intimidation, 2.

Synonyms To abash, frighten, scare, daunt, cow.

To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. transitive verb

To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. verb

To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself. verb

Make timid or fearful verb

To compel or deter by or as if by threats verb

To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence

Words that are spelled similarly to intimidate:
intimidate, intimate, intimidated, intimidates, intimidator, intimidar, intimidad.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word intimidate:
coerce, harass, intimidation, compel, coercion, discourage, bribe, threaten, silence, suppress, tactic, submission, interfere, opponents, predators, rivals, threatening, enemies, opposing, catholicism, harassment, threats, anyone, harm, accepting, voting, torture, opposition, revealing, aggressive, propaganda, terrorism, fear, threat, witness, attacking, violence, civilian, alleged, victims, opponent, exercise, followers, strike, sending, democrats, denied, telling, prevent, demands, kill, rival, silent, charges.

Words that rhyme with intimidate:
state, rate, date, plate, advocate, appropriate, appreciate, mitigate, great, propagate, facilitate, accommodate, articulate, elaborate, vacillate, mandate, estate, conflate, weight, abrogate, anticipate, repudiate, emulate, intimate, ameliorate, separate, alleviate, predicate, innate, obviate, exacerbate, associate, deliberate, obfuscate, abate, mate, gate, disseminate, consummate, slate, indicate, emanate, create, elucidate, contemplate, adequate, trait, straight, resonate, delineate, initiate, incorporate, postulate, dedicate, estimate, integrate, assimilate, delegate, extrapolate, fate, reiterate, coordinate, precipitate, corroborate, collaborate, gait, manipulate, evaluate, desolate, late, designate, alternate, update, rait, collate, surrogate, abdicate, cultivate, procrastinate, freight, commiserate, consolidate, wait, moderate, arrogate, spate, relate, debate, demonstrate, deprecate, stipulate, inculcate, denigrate, celebrate, dissipate, graduate, exonerate, communicate, subordinate, negate.

Adjectives that are often used to describe intimidate:
literary, dead.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective intimidate:
people, others, voters, women, witnesses, members, men, workers, rivals, checks, citizens, opposition, customers, officials, strikers, blacks, journalists, employees, teachers, critics, liberals, students, individuals, persons, activists, judges, applicants, organizers, writers, predators, throng, tourists, prisoners, governments, supporters, leaders, resistance, children, opponents, dissidents, staff.

Words that sound like intimidate:
intimidate, intimidator, intimidates, intimidating, intimidated, intimity, intimidators, intimidatory, intimate, intimated, intermitted, intended, inundate, intestate, intonate, intenerate, in the midst, intonated, intimidation, intermediate, intermittent, intermit, intermedia.