Synonyms of stifle
67 similar words
Another word for stifle is choke. Other synonyms of stifle are asphyxiate, burke, scomfish, strangle and suffocate.
Synonyms and similar words for stifle
verbTo make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing...
- asphyxiate
- burke
- scomfishTo suffocate, stifle, or smother.
- strangleTo stifle or suppress.
- suffocateTo die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
verbTo cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
verbTo make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
verbTo keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
- hinder
- restrain
- smotherTo suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- suppressTo restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
- impedeTo get in the way of; to hinder.
- behedgeTo straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
- guard
- govern formal
- bind figurativelyTo confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- chasten
- choke backTo hold back or suppress (an emotion, expression of emotion, or utterance), with difficulty.
- checkTo control, limit, or halt.
- inhibit
- catch
- contain
- vanquishTo defeat (someone); to overcome.
- cork figuratively
- curb
- quench
- quell
- bury
- curtail
- hamshackle figurativelyTo bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.
- hold back
- hold downTo restrain; to check.
- limitTo restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
- repressTo check; to keep back.
- restrict
- shackle figuratively
- stay
- stop
- straiten
- subdueTo overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
- underbringTo bring under subjection or control.
- withhold
- withstrain archaicTo restrain.
verbTo prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
nounThe joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially...
- stifle joint
Meaning of stifle
- verb To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
- verb To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
- verb To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
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Questions about synonyms of stifle
- What is another word for stifle?
- Stifle has 67 synonyms on Word.ws, such as choke, asphyxiate, burke, scomfish, strangle, suffocate, gag and throttle.
- What does stifle mean?
- Stifle means to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
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