What is another word for smother?
Pronunciation:
[ smˈʌðə], [ smˈʌðə], [ s_m_ˈʌ_ð_ə]
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Similar words for smother:
- blow out (noun)
- cloud (noun)
- fog (noun)
- haze (noun)
- phenomenon (noun)
- black out (verb)
- compose (verb)
- contain (verb)
- control (verb)
- deaden (verb)
- douse (verb)
- extinguish (verb)
- hush up (verb)
- kill (verb)
- lambaste (verb)
- lick (verb)
- muffle (verb)
- murder (verb)
- oppress (verb)
- overwhelm (verb)
- quench (verb)
- rein (verb)
- repress (verb)
- stifle (verb)
- strangle (verb)
- stultify (verb)
- suppress (verb)
- black out
- clobber
- compose
- contain
- control
- hush up
- impede
- kill
- lick
- mare's-nest
- noun
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Smother:
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n.
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- breath .
- blow .
- Nebulosity ,
- Thunderhead ,
- Woolpack ,
- fogginess ,
- haziness ,
- mare's tail ,
- ol' buttermilk sky ,
- overcast ,
- pea soup ,
- pother ,
- sheep ,
- thunderheads .
- ground cloud ,
- london fogs ,
- smazes ,
- visibility zero zero ,
- visibility zero zeroes ,
- visibility zero zeros ,
- visibility zero-zeroes ,
- visibility zero-zeros ,
- visibility zerozero ,
- visibility zerozeroes ,
- visibility zerozeros .
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v.
• black out- crosses out ,
- delete;ed cover ,
- delete;ing cover ,
- delete;s cover ,
- goes out like a light ,
- goes out like light ,
- going out like a light ,
- going out like light ,
- made dark ,
- makes dark ,
- making dark ,
- went out like a light ,
- went out like light ,
- zonk out ,
- zonked out ,
- zonking out ,
- zonks out .
- balming ,
- be calm ,
- be calmed ,
- be calming ,
- be calms ,
- be-calm ,
- be-calmed ,
- be-calming ,
- be-calms ,
- eases up ,
- easing up ,
- holds in ,
- re collect ,
- re collected ,
- re collecting ,
- re collects ,
- re lax ,
- re solve ,
- re solves ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-collected ,
- re-collecting ,
- re-collects ,
- re-lax ,
- re-solve ,
- re-solved ,
- re-solves ,
- re-solving ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- simmered down ,
- simmering down ,
- simmers down ,
- tuned down ,
- tunes down ,
- tuning down .
- hog tie ,
- keeping lid on ,
- keeps lid on ,
- kept lid on ,
- puts half nelson on ,
- putting half nelson on ,
- re strict ,
- re-strict .
- Etherized ,
- Etherizing ,
- KOD ,
- be numb ,
- be numbed ,
- be numbing ,
- be numbs ,
- be-numb ,
- be-numbed ,
- be-numbing ,
- be-numbs ,
- de aden ,
- de adens ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de sensitize ,
- de sensitized ,
- de sensitizes ,
- de sensitizing ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de vitalize ,
- de vitalized ,
- de vitalizes ,
- de vitalizing ,
- de-aden ,
- de-adens ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-sensitize ,
- de-sensitized ,
- de-sensitizes ,
- de-sensitizing ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- de-vitalize ,
- de-vitalized ,
- de-vitalizes ,
- de-vitalizing ,
- etherizes ,
- in capacitate ,
- in capacitated ,
- in capacitates ,
- in capacitating ,
- in-capacitate ,
- in-capacitated ,
- in-capacitates ,
- in-capacitating ,
- ko'd ,
- ko'ing ,
- koing ,
- lays out ,
- put out order ,
- put sleep ,
- puts out of order ,
- puts out order ,
- puts sleep ,
- putting out of order ,
- putting out order ,
- putting sleep ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- un nerve ,
- un nerved ,
- un nerves ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerve ,
- un-nerves ,
- un-nerving .
- blew out ,
- blows out ,
- de luge ,
- de luged ,
- de luges ,
- de luging ,
- de-luge ,
- de-luged ,
- de-luges ,
- de-luging ,
- squenched ,
- squenches ,
- squenching ,
- sub merge ,
- sub merges ,
- sub merging ,
- sub-merge ,
- sub-merged ,
- sub-merges ,
- sub-merging .
- assassinate ,
- butcher ,
- chill ,
- dispatch ,
- do away with ,
- do in ,
- drown ,
- eliminate ,
- execute ,
- exterminate ,
- hang ,
- ice ,
- liquidate ,
- massacre ,
- purge ,
- remove ,
- sacrifice ,
- slaughter ,
- slay ,
- smite .
- be rate ,
- be rated ,
- be rates ,
- be rating ,
- be-rate ,
- be-rated ,
- be-rates ,
- be-rating ,
- lash in to ,
- lashed in to ,
- lashed into ,
- lashes in to ,
- lashes into ,
- lashing in to ,
- lashing into ,
- reading riot act ,
- reading the riot act ,
- reads riot act ,
- reads the riot act ,
- rip in to ,
- ripped in to ,
- ripped into ,
- ripping in to ,
- ripping into ,
- rips in to ,
- rips into ,
- up braid ,
- up braided ,
- up braids ,
- up-braid ,
- up-braided ,
- up-braiding ,
- up-braids .
- be sting ,
- be-sting ,
- ex celled ,
- ex celling ,
- ex-celled ,
- ex-celling ,
- out did ,
- out does ,
- out doing ,
- out done ,
- out strip ,
- out strips ,
- out-did ,
- out-does ,
- out-doing ,
- out-done ,
- out-strip ,
- out-stripped ,
- out-stripping ,
- out-strips ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- sur mount ,
- sur mounted ,
- sur mounting ,
- sur mounts ,
- sur pass ,
- sur passed ,
- sur passes ,
- sur-mount ,
- sur-mounted ,
- sur-mounting ,
- sur-mounts ,
- sur-pass ,
- sur-passed ,
- sur-passes ,
- sur-passing .
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- puts the lid on ,
- putting lid on ,
- putting the lid on ,
- sat down on ,
- sate down on ,
- sits down on ,
- sitting down on ,
- softpedal .
- be headed ,
- be heading ,
- be heads ,
- be-headed ,
- be-heading ,
- be-heads ,
- de capitate ,
- de-capitate ,
- dusted off ,
- dusting off ,
- dusts off ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- takes a life ,
- takes for a ride ,
- takes for ride ,
- takes life ,
- taking a life ,
- taking for a ride ,
- taking life ,
- took a life ,
- took for a ride ,
- took for ride ,
- took life .
- beating down ,
- beats down ,
- despotized ,
- despotizes ,
- despotizing ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- keeping down ,
- keeps down ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- over load ,
- over loaded ,
- over loading ,
- over loads ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-load ,
- over-loaded ,
- over-loading ,
- over-loads ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- put up on ,
- puts screws to ,
- puts squeeze on ,
- puts the squeeze on ,
- puts up on ,
- puts upon ,
- putting screws to ,
- putting squeeze on ,
- putting the squeeze on ,
- putting up on ,
- putting upon ,
- sub jugate ,
- tyrranized ,
- tyrranizes ,
- tyrranizing ,
- weigh heavy up on ,
- weighed heavy up on ,
- weighed heavy upon ,
- weighing heavy up on ,
- weighing heavy upon ,
- weighs heavy up on ,
- weighs heavy upon .
- in undated ,
- in-undated ,
- over flow ,
- over flowed ,
- over flowing ,
- over flown ,
- over flows ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-flow ,
- over-flowed ,
- over-flowing ,
- over-flown ,
- over-flows ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms .
- dis mantle ,
- dis mantled ,
- dis mantles ,
- dis mantling ,
- dis-mantle ,
- dis-mantled ,
- dis-mantles ,
- dis-mantling .
- gridlocking ,
- jammed up ,
- jamming up ,
- jams up ,
- keep check ,
- keeping check ,
- keeping under wraps ,
- keeps check ,
- keeps in ,
- keeps in check ,
- keeps under wraps ,
- kept check ,
- kept in check ,
- kept under wraps ,
- quelched ,
- quelches ,
- quelching ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re-press ,
- re-pressed ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- threw cold water on ,
- throwing cold water on ,
- throws cold water on .
- bring screeching halt ,
- bringing screeching halt ,
- bringing to screeching halt ,
- brings screeching halt ,
- brings to screeching halt ,
- brought screeching halt ,
- brought to screeching halt ,
- choked back ,
- chokes back ,
- choking back ,
- clamped down ,
- clamps down ,
- clams up ,
- cracked down ,
- cracking down ,
- cracks down ,
- dries up ,
- held it down ,
- holding down ,
- holding it down ,
- holds down ,
- holds it down .
- garrote garrotte ,
- garrote garrotted ,
- garrote garrottes ,
- garrote garrotting ,
- garrote-garrotte ,
- garrote-garrotted ,
- garrote-garrottes ,
- garrote-garrotting ,
- garrotegarrotte ,
- garrotegarrotted ,
- garrotegarrottes ,
- garrotegarrotting .
- bring naught ,
- bringing naught ,
- bringing to naught ,
- brings naught ,
- brings to naught ,
- brought naught ,
- brought to naught ,
- cracked down on ,
- cracks down on ,
- keeping secret ,
- keeps secret ,
- puts an end to ,
- puts end to ,
- puts kibosh on ,
- putting end to ,
- putting kibosh on ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
Other synonyms:
- adore ,
- burke ,
- care for ,
- drape ,
- encase ,
- encroach ,
- fall for ,
- idolise ,
- idolize ,
- insulate ,
- parcel up ,
- smear ,
- sprinkle ,
- wrap .
- line .
- Reapply ,
- coat ,
- fold ,
- hush ,
- mantle ,
- recover ,
- slather ,
- smooth ,
- snuff out ,
- superimpose ,
- surmount ,
- wipe .
- tackle .
- application ,
- sit .
- top .
- cover .
Other relevant words:
- Bottled ,
- Bottling ,
- Chloroformed ,
- Chloroforming ,
- Cudgeled ,
- Cudgeling ,
- Cudgelled ,
- Cudgelling ,
- DAMPS ,
- Damped ,
- Damping ,
- Despotize ,
- Dulling ,
- Gassed ,
- OUTS ,
- Saddling ,
- Strangulated ,
- Suppressing ,
- Torpedoes ,
- anesthetize ,
- anesthetized ,
- anesthetizes ,
- anesthetizing ,
- asphyxiate ,
- beat down ,
- black out ,
- blistered ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- blow out ,
- blowing out ,
- bludgeoned ,
- bludgeoning ,
- bring to naught ,
- bring to screeching halt ,
- choke back ,
- clam up ,
- clammed up ,
- clamming up ,
- clamp down ,
- clamping down ,
- clobber ,
- compose ,
- constipate ,
- constipates ,
- constipating ,
- contain ,
- control ,
- crack down ,
- crack down on ,
- cracking down on ,
- deaden ,
- douse ,
- dried up ,
- dry up ,
- drying up ,
- dulls ,
- dust off ,
- etherize ,
- exhaust ,
- extinguish ,
- garotte ,
- garotted ,
- garottes ,
- garotting ,
- gassing ,
- gridlock ,
- gridlocked ,
- held down ,
- hold down ,
- hold it down ,
- hush up ,
- jam up ,
- keep down ,
- keep in ,
- keep in check ,
- keep secret ,
- keep under wraps ,
- keeping in ,
- keeping in check ,
- kept down ,
- kept in ,
- kept secret ,
- knock down ,
- knocked down ,
- knocking down ,
- knocks down ,
- kos ,
- lambaste ,
- lash into ,
- lick ,
- muffle ,
- murdered ,
- oppress ,
- outed ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- overwhelm ,
- overwhelms ,
- pick on ,
- put an end to ,
- put end to ,
- put kibosh on ,
- put lid on ,
- put out ,
- put out of order ,
- put screws to ,
- put squeeze on ,
- put the lid on ,
- put the squeeze on ,
- put to sleep ,
- put upon ,
- puts to sleep ,
- putting to sleep ,
- quelch ,
- quench ,
- quieten ,
- quietened ,
- rake over coals ,
- read riot act ,
- read the riot act ,
- rein ,
- repress ,
- rip into ,
- saddled ,
- sit down on ,
- slosh ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- snuff ,
- squelch ,
- squench ,
- stifle ,
- strangle ,
- strangulate ,
- strangulates ,
- strangulating ,
- stultify ,
- suffocate ,
- suppress ,
- take a life ,
- take for a ride ,
- take for ride ,
- take life ,
- taking for ride ,
- taking out ,
- throttle ,
- throw cold water on ,
- tire ,
- took out ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- trim ,
- tyrranize ,
- weigh heavy upon .
- Quashed ,
- Squashing ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- cross out ,
- crossed out ,
- crossing out ,
- delete; cover ,
- go out like a light ,
- go out like light ,
- holds back ,
- make dark ,
- obfuscate ,
- quash ,
- rub out ,
- squash .
- Re-collect ,
- Slackened ,
- balmed ,
- ease up ,
- eased up ,
- held in ,
- hold in ,
- holding in ,
- pacifies ,
- placate ,
- quell ,
- relaxes ,
- simmer down ,
- slackens ,
- soothe ,
- tune down .
- Harnessing ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- hogtie ,
- keep back ,
- keep lid on ,
- keeping back ,
- keeps back ,
- kept back ,
- put half nelson on .
- Garroted ,
- Garroting ,
- Killed ,
- Negatived ,
- Negativing ,
- OFFS ,
- Scotched ,
- Scotching ,
- garrote ,
- garrotes ,
- immolate ,
- kill ,
- killing ,
- lynching ,
- murder ,
- nixing ,
- offed ,
- offing ,
- put to death ,
- putting to death ,
- scotches .
- Cohibit ,
- Dumfounder ,
- Embox ,
- Exsert ,
- Smotheringly ,
- Tromp ,
- abate ,
- absorb ,
- allay ,
- alleviate ,
- anaesthetise ,
- anaesthetize ,
- anesthetise ,
- annihilate ,
- aperture ,
- asphyxiated ,
- assuage ,
- attemper ,
- bake ,
- bank the fire ,
- batter ,
- be around ,
- be asphyxiated ,
- be choked ,
- be cloud ,
- be in heat ,
- be killed ,
- be stifled ,
- be strangled ,
- be suffocated ,
- beat ,
- befog ,
- beleaguer ,
- beset ,
- besiege ,
- best ,
- bland ,
- blank out ,
- blaze ,
- block ,
- bloom ,
- blue ,
- blunder ,
- blunt ,
- boil ,
- border ,
- bored ,
- boring ,
- bother ,
- bottle up ,
- box ,
- bring down ,
- bring out ,
- broil ,
- burn ,
- bury ,
- case ,
- cavity ,
- censor ,
- chasten ,
- check ,
- choke ,
- choke down ,
- choke off ,
- chokingly ,
- circle ,
- circumvent ,
- clamp down on ,
- cloak ,
- close ,
- cloud ,
- clutter ,
- combust ,
- comprise ,
- concave ,
- conceal ,
- confine ,
- conquer ,
- constrain ,
- cook ,
- cool ,
- cork ,
- cork up ,
- crack ,
- crate ,
- cream ,
- crowd ,
- crush ,
- curb ,
- curry ,
- curtain ,
- cushion ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- darken ,
- de-emphasize ,
- deafen ,
- declare ,
- defeat ,
- dejected ,
- demolish ,
- den ,
- deny ,
- depressed ,
- destroy ,
- devastate ,
- diminish ,
- disarray ,
- discommode ,
- discourage ,
- disguise ,
- disoblige ,
- disorder ,
- disorderliness ,
- dissuade ,
- downplay ,
- dreary ,
- drub ,
- dull ,
- eclipse ,
- emasculate ,
- embrace ,
- empty ,
- encapsulate ,
- encircle ,
- enfold ,
- enlarge ,
- ensconce ,
- enshroud ,
- envelop ,
- environ ,
- enwrap ,
- eradicate ,
- expand ,
- extend ,
- extenuate ,
- false ,
- famish ,
- fence ,
- fence in ,
- fix ,
- flame ,
- flame up ,
- flare ,
- flat ,
- flatten ,
- flicker ,
- flush ,
- fog ,
- frustrate ,
- fry ,
- fuddle ,
- gag ,
- gap ,
- garrotte ,
- gasp ,
- glow ,
- gulp ,
- gulp back ,
- halter ,
- haze ,
- heap ,
- heavy ,
- hem in ,
- hide ,
- hodgepodge ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hold fast ,
- hold out ,
- hole ,
- hollow ,
- hugger mugger ,
- hush-hush ,
- ignore ,
- in low spirits ,
- incandesce ,
- incommode ,
- inconvenience ,
- inhibit ,
- insipid ,
- inundate ,
- invest ,
- issue ,
- jam ,
- jumble ,
- jump on ,
- keep ,
- keep close ,
- keep from ,
- keep to oneself ,
- keep under ,
- keep within bounds ,
- kettle of fish ,
- lambast ,
- lap ,
- lay ,
- lay waste ,
- lenify ,
- lessen ,
- lid ,
- lighten ,
- listless ,
- low ,
- make mincemeat of ,
- mangle ,
- mare's-nest ,
- mask ,
- maybe ,
- mess ,
- mitigate ,
- moderate ,
- modulate ,
- moisten ,
- mollify ,
- monotonous ,
- muddle ,
- muffled ,
- muss ,
- musty ,
- mute ,
- muted ,
- mutilate ,
- muzzle ,
- neutralize ,
- nullify ,
- obliterate ,
- obtund ,
- obviate ,
- oppressive ,
- out ,
- overcome ,
- overpower ,
- overrun ,
- overthrow ,
- pacify ,
- pack ,
- package ,
- palisade ,
- palliate ,
- pant ,
- parch ,
- paste ,
- patchwork ,
- perchance ,
- perhaps ,
- pickle ,
- pigeonhole ,
- play down ,
- polish off ,
- possibly ,
- potentially ,
- probably ,
- prohibit ,
- propitiate ,
- publish ,
- put ,
- put under ,
- radiate heat ,
- ravage ,
- reduce ,
- reduce the temperature ,
- refrain from ,
- reserve ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- retire ,
- ride roughshod over ,
- ring ,
- roast ,
- round ,
- rout ,
- ruin ,
- sad ,
- scald ,
- scorch ,
- screen ,
- seethe ,
- shade ,
- shatter ,
- sheathe ,
- shelve ,
- shower ,
- shroud ,
- shush ,
- shut down ,
- shut off ,
- silence ,
- simmer ,
- sink ,
- sit upon ,
- skirt ,
- skunk ,
- slack ,
- slacken ,
- smash ,
- smoke ,
- smolder ,
- smothered ,
- smoulder ,
- sober ,
- soften ,
- spark ,
- stanch ,
- starve ,
- steam ,
- stew ,
- stiflingly ,
- still ,
- stop ,
- stretch forth ,
- stretch out ,
- strike dumb ,
- stuffy ,
- subdue ,
- subjugate ,
- sublimate ,
- suffocatingly ,
- suffocation ,
- surround ,
- swaddle ,
- swallow ,
- swathe ,
- sweat ,
- swelter ,
- table ,
- tame ,
- tasteless ,
- tedious ,
- temper ,
- thrash ,
- tightly ,
- tired ,
- toast ,
- tone down ,
- topple ,
- trample ,
- trample out ,
- trample underfoot ,
- trouble ,
- turn off ,
- underplay ,
- vanquish ,
- veil ,
- weaken ,
- wearisome ,
- welter ,
- whip ,
- whisper ,
- whup ,
- win over ,
- wipe out ,
- withhold ,
- worst ,
- wrap up .
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How to use "Smother" in context?
Most people use the term "smother" as a verb to mean to cover someone or something with a large amount of something soft or cushy. The verb comes from the noun smother, which is defined as a act of smothering or smotheringness. This occurs when a substance, such as gas, smoke, air, or vapor, is introduced into a confined space where it can react with the surrounding air or matter to create a hazardous or fatal atmosphere.
Paraphrases for Smother:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
suffocate.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Other Related
Homophones for Smother:
- signature, smoother, sentry, smatter, Simhath Torah, squanderer, sinter, sander, sinatra, sonneteer, Simhat Torah, saunterer, some other, shunter, sender, symmetry, semi-dry, sounder, saunter, second-year, sanitary, squander, senator, sonometer, sundry, squinter, sunder, signatory, snow eater, sociometry, snow tire, secondary, somateria, sumatra, seconder, scimitar, smotherer, sequenator, snow thrower.
Hyponym for Smother:
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v.
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contact
cover.
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stative
cover, spread over.
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contact
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- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.