choke - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

Synonyms

• choke

More generic

• valve

More specific

• automatic choke

Related

• fuel system

Noun

a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

Synonyms

• choke
• choke coil
• choking coil

More generic

• coil

Related

• circuit
• electric circuit
• electrical circuit

Verb

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

Synonyms

• choke

More generic

• breathe
• respire
• suspire
• take a breath

Verb

cause to retch or choke

Synonyms

• choke
• gag

More generic

• sicken

Verb

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

Synonyms

• choke
• gag
• strangle
• suffocate

More generic

• hurt
• suffer

Verb

constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

Synonyms

• choke
• strangle

More generic

• compact
• compress
• constrict
• contract
• press
• squeeze

Related

• choke

Verb

reduce the air supply

Synonyms

• choke
• throttle

More generic

• enrich

Verb

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Synonyms

• buy the farm
• cash in one's chips
• choke
• conk
• croak
• decease
• die
• drop dead
• exit
• expire
• give-up the ghost
• go
• kick the bucket
• pass
• pass away
• perish
• pop off
• snuff it

More generic

• change state
• turn

More specific

• abort
• asphyxiate
• buy it
• drown
• fall
• famish
• pip out
• predecease
• starve
• stifle
• succumb
• suffocate
• yield

Related

• break
• break down
• conk out
• die
• fail
• give out
• give way
• go
• go bad

Verb

suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

Synonyms

• choke
• suffocate

More generic

• dampen
• stifle

Related

• choke
• suffocate

Verb

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

Synonyms

• choke
• suffocate

More generic

• become
• turn

Related

• choke
• suffocate

Verb

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Synonyms

• asphyxiate
• choke
• stifle
• suffocate

More generic

• block
• close up
• impede
• jam
• obstruct
• obturate
• occlude

Verb

become or cause to become obstructed

Synonyms

• back up
• choke
• choke off
• clog
• clog up
• congest
• foul

More generic

• block
• close up
• impede
• jam
• obstruct
• obturate
• occlude

More specific

• block
• choke up
• crap up
• gum up
• lug
• silt
• silt up
• stuff

Verb

be too tight; rub or press

Synonyms

• choke
• fret
• gag

More generic

• compact
• compress
• constrict
• contract
• press
• squeeze

Verb

wring the neck of

Synonyms

• choke
• scrag

More generic

• compact
• compress
• constrict
• contract
• press
• squeeze

Verb

check or slow down the action or effect of

Synonyms

• choke

More generic

• bottle up
• inhibit
• suppress

Verb

fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation

Synonyms

• choke

More generic

• fail
• neglect

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