/ Thesaurus / H Synonyms of hold down Find synonyms for: Noun1. hold-down, limitation, restrictionusage: a limitation or constraint; "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending"Verb1. hold down, retain, hold, keep back, hold backusage: keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"2. hold down, limit, circumscribe, confineusage: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: rustic Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language