Choking Synonyms and Antonyms

Become or cause to become obstructed
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fouling
  2. bombing
  3. flopping
  4. congesting
  5. failing
  6. clogging
Reduce the air supply
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. throttling
  2. strangling
  3. suffocating
  4. stifling
  5. suppressing
  6. smothering
  7. gagging
  8. hushing
  9. wringing
  10. gibbeting
  11. silencing
  12. overpowering
  13. obstructing
  14. losing
  15. squelching
  16. impeding
  17. drowning
  18. hindering
  19. asphyxiating
  20. filling
  21. failing
  22. repressing
  23. cracking
  24. constricting
  25. quenching
  26. congesting
  27. closing
  28. muffling
  29. clogging
  30. blocking
Antonyms:
  1. releasing
To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. blocking
  2. stopping
  3. filling
  4. corking
  5. congesting
  6. closing
  7. clogging
Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suffocating
Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. throttling
  2. strangling
Be too tight; rub or press
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gagging
  2. fretting
The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. strangling
  2. strangulation
  3. flame-out
  4. throttling
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. hindersome
  2. inhibitive

Choking Sentence Examples

  • Adrienne nodded, choking back tears.

  • Lisa said that when she was choking, you stood by and did nothing.

  • She gulped, nearly choking on her food.

  • The bed sagged beside her and she jerked her head up, choking down a sob.

  • She raised the whip, choking out words through a constricted throat.

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