What is another word for smother?
1206 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ smˈʌðə], [ smˈʌðə], [ s_m_ˈʌ_ð_ə]
Smother is a verb that means to suffocate someone or something by covering them completely. There are various synonyms for this word, which can be used depending on the context and the degree of intensity. Some of the commonly used synonyms for smother are stifle, suppress, choke, strangle, suffocate, muffle, blanket, and quench. These terms are often used interchangeably, and each has its own unique connotation. For example, stifle is usually used to describe the act of suppressing a feeling or reaction, while suffocate is used specifically to describe the process of dying from lack of oxygen. Therefore, using the right synonym can help convey the intended meaning more effectively.
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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.
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
suffocate.
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Verb, base form
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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:
n.
v.
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contact
cover.
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stative
cover, spread over.
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contact
Word of the Day
detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
