Synonyms and Antonyms of regulate
1
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
- you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved
bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, curb, govern, hold, inhibit, keep, measure, pull in, rein (in), restrain, rule, tame
bottle (up), choke (back), hold back, mince, muffle, pocket, repress, sink, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, swallow
arrest, interrupt, stop
block, hamper, handcuff, hinder, impede, obstruct
gag, muzzle, silence
2
to look after and make decisions about
- the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country
administer, administrate, carry on, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, handle, keep, manage, operate, overlook, oversee, preside (over), run, steward, superintend, supervise, tend
