What is "censor" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "censor": someone who censures or condemns

Noun

Meaning of "censor": forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

Verb

Meaning of "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

Noun

Meaning of "censor": subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

Verb

Synonyms:

blacklist, excise, edit, suppress, withhold, restrict, sanitize, abridge, black out, delete, control, examine, cut, review, repress, sterilize, restrain, expurgate, inspect, launder, cork, squelch, decontaminate, bleach, revile, conceal, purify, purge, oversee, bowdlerize, criticize, narrow, strike out, bleep, blue-pencil, clean up, drop the iron curtain, exscind, prevent publication, put the lid on, refuse transmission, scissor out, supervise communications,

Antonyms:

release, enlarge, ignore, praise, permit, dirty, sanction, add, put in, let go, expand, neglect, approve, allow, endorse,