924 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ stˈa͡ɪfə͡l], [ stˈa‍ɪfə‍l], [ s_t_ˈaɪ_f_əl]

Similar words for stifle:

• other relevant words (adjective)
• animal (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• black out (verb)
• choke (verb)
• constrain (verb)
• contain (verb)
• cripple (verb)
• dampen (verb)
• de-motivate (verb)
• deaden (verb)
• debrief (verb)
• drown (verb)
• extinguish (verb)
• gag (verb)
• hide (verb)
• hush up (verb)
• kill (verb)
• muffle (verb)
• muzzle (verb)
• prevent, restrain (verb)
• quell (verb)
• quench (verb)
• repress (verb)
• silence (verb)
• smother (verb)
• stagnate (verb)
• stultify (verb)
• suppress (verb)
• other synonyms
• black out
• contain
• cushion
• gag
• hush up
• kill
• other relevant words
• quieten
• silence
• stagnate
• stash

Paraphrases for stifle

Homophones for stifle

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Hyponyms for stifle

Synonyms for Stifle:

• adj.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • still,
  • quiet.

• n.

  •
  • kill off,
  • shut off,
  • stamp out,
  • squeeze out,
  • interfere with,
  • cut into.
  •
  • hold back,
  • hurt,
  • torment,
  • restraint,
  • hold-down,
  • ache.
  •
  • breath.
  • animal (noun)
  • stifle,
  • knee.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • articulatio,
  • joint,
  • articulation.

• v.

  • black out (verb)
  • making dark,
  • going out like a light,
  • delete;s cover,
  • zonk out,
  • zonks out,
  • going out like light,
  • made dark,
  • went out like light,
  • zonking out,
  • went out like a light,
  • goes out like a light,
  • delete;ing cover,
  • crosses out,
  • delete;ed cover,
  • goes out like light,
  • zonked out,
  • makes dark.
  • choke (verb)
  • over powered,
  • over power,
  • over-powering,
  • over powering,
  • over-powers,
  • over-powered,
  • over powers,
  • over-power.
  • constrain (verb)
  • dis allowed,
  • puts half nelson on,
  • with held,
  • putting half nelson on,
  • holding down,
  • concusses,
  • dis allowing,
  • dis allow,
  • with-holds,
  • in terns,
  • kept lid on,
  • in tern,
  • dis-allow,
  • with holds,
  • hog tie,
  • holds down,
  • dis-allows,
  • with holding,
  • dis-allowed,
  • with-held,
  • dis allows,
  • with hold,
  • cools off,
  • cooled off,
  • dis-allowing,
  • with-hold,
  • in-tern,
  • in-terns,
  • keeping lid on,
  • keeps lid on,
  • holds in.
  • contain (verb)
  • re strained,
  • simmered down,
  • re strict,
  • simmering down,
  • re-straining,
  • re straining,
  • re-strict,
  • simmers down,
  • re-strained,
  • re-strain,
  • re strains,
  • re strain,
  • re-strains.
  • cripple (verb)
  • de-stroy,
  • de stroying,
  • dis-limbed,
  • de-stroys,
  • un strengthened,
  • dis membered,
  • brought to standstill,
  • bringing standstill,
  • dis member,
  • dislimbs,
  • puts out of action,
  • un-strengthen,
  • in capacitated,
  • sidelining,
  • unstrengthens,
  • in capacitate,
  • dis members,
  • in capacitating,
  • brings standstill,
  • dis limbs,
  • dis armed,
  • in capacitates,
  • dis-limb,
  • in-capacitates,
  • dis-members,
  • dis-arms,
  • under mined,
  • unstrengthening,
  • un strengthens,
  • de stroyed,
  • putting out action,
  • in-capacitate,
  • de-stroyed,
  • dis arms,
  • brought standstill,
  • dis-membered,
  • un-strengthening,
  • dis arming,
  • in-capacitated,
  • un-strengthens,
  • bring standstill,
  • puts out action,
  • de-stroying,
  • dis limb,
  • dis limbed,
  • under-mining,
  • dis-member,
  • un strengthening,
  • put out action,
  • dis-arming,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • de stroy,
  • un strengthen,
  • un-strengthened,
  • dis-limbs,
  • putting out of action,
  • dis-armed,
  • under mining,
  • dislimbing,
  • under-mined,
  • dis limbing,
  • brings to standstill,
  • dis-limbing,
  • in-capacitating,
  • de stroys.
  • dampen (verb)
  • de-pressed,
  • de presses,
  • dis mays,
  • dis-courage,
  • dis-maying,
  • de-pressing,
  • dis-mayed,
  • dis-may,
  • dis may,
  • de pressed,
  • dis-mays,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis courage,
  • dis courages,
  • de pressing,
  • de-press,
  • de-presses,
  • de press,
  • dis maying,
  • dis-courages.
  • de-motivate (verb)
  • discourage,
  • deter,
  • dishearten,
  • hamper,
  • depress,
  • frustrate,
  • disincline,
  • daunt,
  • paralyze,
  • dissuade,
  • impede,
  • hinder,
  • de-motivate,
  • curb.
  • deaden (verb)
  • be-numb,
  • de-adens,
  • be numbed,
  • puts out order,
  • be numbing,
  • de vitalizes,
  • un-nerving,
  • be-numbs,
  • putting out of order,
  • de sensitize,
  • re-duce,
  • puts sleep,
  • de aden,
  • de vitalizing,
  • un nerve,
  • lays out,
  • Etherizing,
  • de-sensitizing,
  • de-aden,
  • un nerves,
  • de-sensitize,
  • KOD,
  • de-vitalized,
  • re duce,
  • de-vitalizing,
  • be numb,
  • ko'ing,
  • putting sleep,
  • un-nerves,
  • put sleep,
  • de-sensitized,
  • de-vitalizes,
  • Etherized,
  • be numbs,
  • de adens,
  • de vitalized,
  • be-numbing,
  • be-numbed,
  • putting out order,
  • de sensitizing,
  • de-sensitizes,
  • un nerved,
  • puts out of order,
  • re duces,
  • etherizes,
  • un-nerve,
  • un nerving,
  • re-duces,
  • ko'd,
  • de vitalize,
  • put out order,
  • de sensitized,
  • de-vitalize,
  • koing,
  • de sensitizes.
  • debrief (verb)
  • held one tongue,
  • de briefed,
  • de briefs,
  • holds one tongue,
  • hold one tongue,
  • held one's tongue,
  • said nothing,
  • de briefing,
  • held tongue,
  • sate on,
  • putting lid on,
  • dummying up,
  • holds tongue,
  • de-briefed,
  • softpedal,
  • sits on,
  • holding one tongue,
  • sat on,
  • de brief,
  • de-briefing,
  • dummies up,
  • holds ones tongue,
  • held ones tongue,
  • hold ones tongue,
  • says nothing,
  • putting the lid on,
  • holds one's tongue,
  • holding ones tongue,
  • puts the lid on,
  • de-briefs,
  • holding tongue,
  • puts lid on,
  • de-brief,
  • holding one's tongue.
  • drown (verb)
  • over come,
  • over flowed,
  • over whelms,
  • de-luges,
  • over flow,
  • de-luged,
  • over-flows,
  • over whelming,
  • over-flown,
  • over-whelmed,
  • over-whelms,
  • over-whelming,
  • over-flowed,
  • knocking over,
  • over coming,
  • over comes,
  • over-coming,
  • over flown,
  • over-whelm,
  • over-flowing,
  • in-undated,
  • over flows,
  • de-luge,
  • in undated,
  • over flowing,
  • over-flow,
  • knocks over,
  • de luging,
  • de-luging,
  • over-comes,
  • de luge,
  • over whelmed,
  • de luges,
  • over whelm,
  • de luged.
  • extinguish (verb)
  • blew out,
  • blows out,
  • blots out.
  • gag (verb)
  • taped up,
  • keeping the lid on,
  • tonguetied,
  • tongue tied,
  • tongueties,
  • tapes up,
  • tongue-tying,
  • tongue ties,
  • taping up,
  • tongue-ties,
  • tongue tying,
  • corks up,
  • keeps the lid on,
  • kept the lid on,
  • tonguetie,
  • tonguetying.
  • hide (verb)
  • dis-guising,
  • not give awaying,
  • dis-guise,
  • re serve,
  • dis-guised,
  • lied low,
  • went underground,
  • goes into hiding,
  • re serving,
  • going into hiding,
  • stowing away,
  • re served,
  • goes underground,
  • lies low,
  • takes cover,
  • putting out of the way,
  • dis guise,
  • put out of way,
  • not give awayed,
  • tucking away,
  • not give aways,
  • dis guised,
  • put out way,
  • re-serves,
  • puts out of way,
  • dis guising,
  • puts out the way,
  • re-served,
  • went into hiding,
  • putting out the way,
  • not telling,
  • puts out of the way,
  • going underground,
  • dis-guises,
  • going in to hiding,
  • kept from,
  • goes in to hiding,
  • go in to hiding,
  • re-serve,
  • keeps from,
  • not tells,
  • took cover,
  • putting out way,
  • re-serving,
  • dis guises,
  • went in to hiding,
  • tucks away,
  • stows away,
  • stowed away,
  • keeps secret,
  • putting out of way,
  • keeping from,
  • put out the way,
  • puts out way,
  • keeping secret.
  • hush up (verb)
  • keeping dark,
  • kept dark,
  • keeps dark.
  • kill (verb)
  • counter-act,
  • counter act,
  • de feats,
  • re fused,
  • re-fuse,
  • re fuse,
  • re-canting,
  • counter-acted,
  • re-fused,
  • de feat,
  • counter acted,
  • re fuses,
  • de-feats,
  • re fusing,
  • re canting,
  • counter acts,
  • counter-acts,
  • re canted,
  • nixed,
  • counter-acting,
  • de-feat,
  • re-canted,
  • counter acting.
  • muffle (verb)
  • de creasing,
  • sub due,
  • de crease,
  • de-creases,
  • sits down on,
  • de-crease,
  • sat down on,
  • sub-due,
  • de-creased,
  • sub-dues,
  • de-creasing,
  • de creased,
  • de creases,
  • sub dues,
  • sate down on,
  • sitting down on.
  • muzzle (verb)
  • clamped down on,
  • pre-vented,
  • cracks down on,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre venting,
  • clamping down on,
  • pre-vent,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre vent,
  • dries up,
  • clamps down on,
  • cracked down on,
  • pre vents.
  • prevent, restrain (verb)
  • clam up,
  • trammel,
  • crack down,
  • check,
  • torpedo,
  • spike,
  • constipate,
  • clamp down,
  • shut up,
  • stop,
  • strangle,
  • hold it down,
  • cork,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • choke back.
  • quell (verb)
  • sub jugate.
  • quench (verb)
  • dis mantled,
  • dis mantle,
  • dis-mantles,
  • dis mantles,
  • dis-mantling,
  • dis-mantled,
  • dis mantling,
  • dis-mantle.
  • repress (verb)
  • keeping under wraps,
  • jammed up,
  • re pressing,
  • throws cold water on,
  • jamming up,
  • kept check,
  • kept under wraps,
  • re presses,
  • gridlocking,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • keeps check,
  • jams up,
  • quelched,
  • re press,
  • kept in check,
  • quelching,
  • quelches,
  • keeping check,
  • re-pressing,
  • keep check,
  • re-press,
  • threw cold water on,
  • keeps in,
  • re pressed,
  • re-pressed,
  • re-presses,
  • keeps under wraps,
  • keeps in check.
  • silence (verb)
  • piped down,
  • hush-hushed,
  • striking dumb,
  • decreasing the volume,
  • over awe,
  • hushed one's mouth,
  • hush hush,
  • hushhushed,
  • keeping it down,
  • keeps it down,
  • hush hushing,
  • hush ones mouth,
  • clams up,
  • hushes one mouth,
  • hushing mouth,
  • hush-hushes,
  • over-awed,
  • hushhush,
  • quiets down,
  • pipes down,
  • over awed,
  • hushed ones mouth,
  • kept it down,
  • decreased volume,
  • hushhushes,
  • hush-hushing,
  • cooled it,
  • quieting down,
  • over-awing,
  • hushing one mouth,
  • hushed one mouth,
  • hush hushes,
  • hush mouth,
  • piping down,
  • hushes mouth,
  • hushes one's mouth,
  • hushing ones mouth,
  • decreases the volume,
  • hushes ones mouth,
  • chokes off,
  • cooling it,
  • keeps down,
  • strook dumb,
  • over awing,
  • hush hushed,
  • hushed mouth,
  • keeping down,
  • over-awes,
  • hushing one's mouth,
  • strikes dumb,
  • decreases volume,
  • decreasing volume,
  • cools it,
  • over-awe,
  • hushhushing,
  • decreased the volume,
  • hush one mouth,
  • over awes.
  • smother (verb)
  • sur-rounded,
  • sur-rounding,
  • sur rounding,
  • sur rounded.
  • stagnate (verb)
  • de cay,
  • lied fallow,
  • went to seed,
  • went seed,
  • not moves,
  • stood still,
  • de-clines,
  • going to seed,
  • de-cays,
  • goes seed,
  • lay fallow,
  • de-cay,
  • lying fallow,
  • lies fallow,
  • stands still,
  • going seed,
  • de clines,
  • de cline,
  • go seed,
  • de-cline,
  • de cays.
  • stultify (verb)
  • ridiculoused,
  • ridiculousing,
  • ridiculouses.
  • suppress (verb)
  • beats down,
  • brings naught,
  • over throwing,
  • over throw,
  • putting kibosh on,
  • over throws,
  • puts an end to,
  • putting end to,
  • brings to naught,
  • over-throwing,
  • beating down,
  • puts kibosh on,
  • bring naught,
  • bringing naught,
  • over-thrown,
  • over-throws,
  • over thrown,
  • bringing to naught,
  • brought naught,
  • puts end to,
  • brought to naught,
  • over-throw.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pinch,
  • trouble,
  • suffer,
  • thump,
  • act up,
  • pound,
  • restrain,
  • rack,
  • play up.
  •
  • chafe,
  • tingle,
  • sting,
  • strike,
  • bother,
  • scorch,
  • squash,
  • skin,
  • prickle.
  •
  • censor,
  • pain,
  • throb,
  • itch,
  • ban.
  •
  • burn.
  •
  • smart,
  • sit.
  • black out
  • go out like a light,
  • covered up,
  • Quashed,
  • cross out,
  • make dark,
  • covering up,
  • covers up,
  • delete; cover,
  • holds back,
  • crossed out,
  • cover up,
  • rub out,
  • obfuscate,
  • quash,
  • Squashing,
  • go out like light,
  • crossing out.
  • contain
  • simmer down,
  • Harnessing,
  • keeping back,
  • kept back,
  • keeps back,
  • keep back.
  • cushion
  • Pillowing,
  • Pillowed.
  • gag
  • Shying,
  • keep the lid on,
  • corking up,
  • tongue-tie,
  • cork up,
  • shies,
  • corked up,
  • tape up,
  • tongue tie.
  • hush up
  • keep dark.
  • kill
  • Negatived,
  • nixing,
  • killing,
  • kill,
  • Killed,
  • Scotched,
  • scotches,
  • Scotching,
  • Negativing.
  • Other relevant words:
  • hem in,
  • Burkes,
  • throttle,
  • blotting out,
  • put end to,
  • suffocate,
  • hold in,
  • muzzle,
  • concussing,
  • knocks down,
  • go into hiding,
  • shotgun,
  • Chloroformed,
  • strangulating,
  • DAMPS,
  • Damped,
  • extinguish,
  • blowing out,
  • not told,
  • Burking,
  • gibbets,
  • drying up,
  • garrotes,
  • OUTS,
  • hush,
  • put lid on,
  • interning,
  • gridlock,
  • keep secret,
  • lock up,
  • shotgunning,
  • gibbet,
  • hole up,
  • stagnate,
  • knocked over,
  • dulls,
  • sit on,
  • suppress,
  • tuck away,
  • Bottled,
  • stoppered,
  • squelch,
  • garrote,
  • hogtie,
  • crack down on,
  • anesthetizes,
  • dry up,
  • gridlocked,
  • sideline,
  • gag,
  • knocked down,
  • jam up,
  • withhold,
  • strangulate,
  • iced,
  • go underground,
  • smother,
  • Gibbeting,
  • sit down on,
  • held in,
  • Garroted,
  • knock down,
  • sidelined,
  • snuff,
  • engulf,
  • Curtaining,
  • repress,
  • Dislimb,
  • keeping in check,
  • Unstrengthened,
  • put half nelson on,
  • corking,
  • burked,
  • Stoppering,
  • keep in,
  • lying low,
  • Damping,
  • asphyxiate,
  • kept in,
  • knock over,
  • choke,
  • whelms,
  • corked,
  • shrouding,
  • Dulling,
  • black out,
  • blow out,
  • drown,
  • hold down,
  • anesthetized,
  • shotgunned,
  • occlude,
  • concussed,
  • locked up,
  • hold tongue,
  • dampen,
  • knocking down,
  • queering,
  • lay low,
  • exhaust,
  • hush up,
  • hold one's tongue,
  • gassing,
  • whelm,
  • lame,
  • silence,
  • tucked away,
  • anesthetizing,
  • locking up,
  • bring to naught,
  • lie low,
  • inhibits,
  • kept secret,
  • curtained,
  • Garroting,
  • queers,
  • keep in check,
  • Suppressing,
  • concuss,
  • quelch,
  • stow away,
  • bring to standstill,
  • cooling off,
  • Lames,
  • keep lid on,
  • holding in,
  • Palsies,
  • sitting on,
  • Whelmed,
  • stunting,
  • Gassed,
  • keep under wraps,
  • Chloroforming,
  • hide,
  • taking cover,
  • cripple,
  • soft pedal,
  • stultify,
  • not give away,
  • etherize,
  • saying nothing,
  • Bottling,
  • puts to sleep,
  • held down,
  • ensconce,
  • put out of action,
  • quell,
  • Strangulated,
  • constrain,
  • keeping in,
  • put kibosh on,
  • tire,
  • dislimbed,
  • cushion,
  • put to sleep,
  • interned,
  • put out of order,
  • muffle,
  • kos,
  • Noosing,
  • blotted out,
  • dried up,
  • anesthetize,
  • deaden,
  • say nothing,
  • not tell,
  • palsy,
  • put out of the way,
  • beat down,
  • take cover,
  • quench,
  • put the lid on,
  • withholds,
  • strangulates,
  • keep from,
  • Lamed,
  • pressurized,
  • Palsying,
  • putting to sleep,
  • queered,
  • necessitate,
  • pressurizes,
  • Gibbeted,
  • clamp down on,
  • put an end to,
  • Laming,
  • outed,
  • Shotguns,
  • pressurize,
  • pressurizing,
  • Noosed,
  • cracking down on,
  • blot out,
  • contain,
  • unstrengthen,
  • Whelming,
  • dummy up,
  • burke,
  • cool off,
  • throw cold water on,
  • dummied up,
  • Shrouded.
  • quieten
  • quietened,
  • quieten.
  • silence
  • overawe,
  • keep down,
  • cool it,
  • pipe down,
  • shush,
  • overawes,
  • choked off,
  • dumbs,
  • closes up,
  • debrief,
  • closed up,
  • dumbed,
  • struck dumb,
  • kept down,
  • Clammed,
  • quieted down,
  • clamming up,
  • decrease volume,
  • closing up,
  • hush one's mouth,
  • choke off,
  • Overawing,
  • quiet down,
  • clammed up,
  • Clamming,
  • strike dumb,
  • overawed,
  • keep it down,
  • close up,
  • dumbing,
  • choking off,
  • decrease the volume.
  • stagnate
  • hibernate,
  • not moved,
  • Vegetated,
  • not moving,
  • goes to seed,
  • stand still,
  • not move,
  • standing still,
  • go to seed,
  • constipates,
  • Idled,
  • constipating,
  • lie fallow.
  • stash
  • Occulting,
  • occults,
  • Occulted,
  • stash.

Paraphrases for Stifle:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    suppress.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    block, constrain, contain, counteract, criminalize, cripple, crush, curb, curtail, dampen, derail, deter, discourage, disrupt, douse, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, impair, impede, inhibit, jeopardize, obstruct, oppress, penalize, prevent, punish, quell, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, silence, squeeze, stall, stem, stop, strangle, stunt, stymie, thwart, undermine, kill.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    choke, muffle, nip, smother, suffocate.

Homophones for Stifle:

• shadblow, setubal, shadow play, satiable, stable, seed weevil, stiffly, stipule, sheath pile, sight bill, south pole, St. Paul, suitably, stabile, stopple, styphelia, stubbly, sheet pile, stubble, sextuple, staphylea, suitable, stoppable, steeple, stipple, stuffily, suicide pill, see double, suggestible, stapelia, staple, shadfly, she-devil.

Holonyms for Stifle:

• n.

  • animal
    hind leg.

Hyponym for Stifle:

• n.

  • animal
    articulatio, joint, articulation.