| NOUN | person | censor | someone who censures or condemns |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | censor | a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable | |
| VERB | social | censor, ban | forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) |
| cognition | censor | subject to political, religious, or moral censorship |
| Sounds | seh'nser | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Acer ... Wurlitzer: 99 rhymes with ser... | |
| Meaning | someone who censures or condemns. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | censor, censurador, prohibidor | |
| Adjectives | censorial | belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions |
| censorious | harshly critical or expressing censure | |
| Meaning | A person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | official, functionary | A worker who holds or is invested with an office |
| Spanish | censora, censor | |
| Catalan | censor | |
| Adjectives | censorial | belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions |
| Nouns | censorship | deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances |
| Verbs | censor | subject to political, religious, or moral censorship |
| Meaning | forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) . | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue censor the movie | |
| Synonym | ban | |
| Category | medium | An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication |
| Narrower | embargo | ban the publication of (documents) , as for security or copyright reasons |
| Broader | outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise | declare illegal |
| Spanish | censurar, prohibir | |
| Catalan | censurar | |
| Meaning | subject to political, religious, or moral censorship. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "This magazine is censored by the government" | |
| Narrower | edit, blue-pencil, delete | cut / cut or eliminate |
| Broader | measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value | Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of |
| Catalan | censurar | |
| Nouns | censor | a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable |
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