bridle

1. 1.

   headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control

   Broaderheadgear

   Part ofharness

   Partsbitcheekpieceheadstallnosebandrein
2. 2.

   the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

   “his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper”

   Synonymscheckcurb

   Broaderrestraint

Other forms of bridle

plural

bridles·

past tense

bridled·

present participle

bridling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bridle

What does bridle mean?

bridle means "anger or take offense". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bridle?

bridle has 2 syllables: bri-dle. The stress falls on "bri". In IPA it is /ˈbɹaɪdəl/.

What is another word for bridle?

Close synonyms include check, curb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of bridle?

The recorded antonyms are unbridle.

Is bridle a common word?

bridle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bridle?

1 word rhymes with bridle. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.