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smotherer

smotherer is the agent noun of smother.

Meaning of smother

Noun

smother (countable and uncountable, plural smothers)

  1. Smoldering; slow combustion.
  2. Cookware used in such cooking.
    • Thus must I from the smoke into the smother […]c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  3. (dated) The state of being stifled; suppression.
    • not to keep their suspicions in smother1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Suspicion”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC
  4. (dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
    • Thus must I from the smoke into the smother, / From tyrant duke unto tyrant brother.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  5. (Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).

See all 17 meanings of smother

Forms of smotherer

pluralsmotherers

Origin of smotherer

From smother + -er.

Questions about smotherer

What is smotherer the agent noun of?
Smotherer is the agent noun of smother.

Words near smotherer in the dictionary

  1. smothercates
  2. smothercating
  3. smothered
  4. smothered mate
  5. smothered mates
  6. smotherer
  7. smotherers
  8. smotherest
  9. smothereth
  10. smotheriness
  11. smothering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: smotherer (page history and authors); smother (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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