What is another word for throttle?

Pronunciation: [θɹˈɒtə͡l] (IPA)

Throttle is a word that is commonly associated with vehicles and engines and refers to the device that controls the amount of fuel or air that is supplied to an engine. However, there are other words that can be used in place of throttle, such as accelerator, gas pedal, speed control, and power lever. These synonyms can be used interchangeably depending on the context and the type of vehicle or machinery being referred to. In everyday language, throttle can also refer to restricting or limiting someone or something, and in this case, other synonyms may include restrict, control, suppress, or curb.

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What are the hypernyms for Throttle?

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What are the hyponyms for Throttle?

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What are the holonyms for Throttle?

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  • holonyms for throttle (as nouns)

What are the opposite words for throttle?

Throttle is a verb that refers to controlling or limiting the speed or power of something. The antonyms for throttle are Unleash, Compound, Facilitate. Unleash means to release or set free without restraint. Compound means to intensify or increase the effect of something. Facilitate means to make something easier or simpler to do. Using the appropriate antonyms, one can convey the opposite meaning of the word throttle. For instance, when referring to a car, one can say "unleash the engine's power" instead of "throttle the car." Similarly, instead of throttling someone's creativity, one can facilitate it by removing obstacles in their path.

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Usage examples for Throttle

The engineer, who glanced out once from his dust-swept cab, held them bound and subject in the hollow of the grimy hand he clenched upon the throttle.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
But when he opens the mental throttle and allows them to flow forth, they give pleasure to all and continue as a pleasant and fragrant memory.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
"Truly," he replied, "a miracle has been wrought, by a power which no canvas yet possessed, in that I have resisted the desire to throttle you.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr

Famous quotes with Throttle

  • Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where you put in the gas, where you put in the oil, where you turn the throttle.
    Maxwell D. Taylor
  • Reason has discovered the struggle for existence and the law that I must throttle all those who hinder the satisfaction of my desires. That is the deduction reason makes. But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
    Leo Tolstoy
  • It was no further from the compromises of 1850 to the repeal of the Missouri bill in 1854, than it was from the annexation of Texas in 1845 to the compromises. Slavery had no reason to fear that it could not take one more step, and one more, every few years. If freedom will bear a pinch, it argued, it will bear a blow. If a blow, a kick. If a kick, we'll throw it and throttle it. The burglar who has quietly mounted one stair does not see why he may not mount the next. There is a risk; that is all. The master of the house sleeps quietly on. The burglar mounts another stair. Still the sleeper sleeps. Another. There is no motion yet. He mounts another. No reason for alarm. Hist! the last stair creeks ; the master awakes — springs to his feet — grasps his weapon — aims — fires. Do you think he will sleep again ? I don't believe he will.
    George William Curtis
  • The power which a man's imagination has over his body to heal it or make it sick is a force which none of us is born without. The first man had it, the last one will possess it. If left to himself, a man is most likely to use only the mischievous half of the force—the half which invents imaginary ailments for him and cultivates them; and if he is one of these—very wise people, he is quite likely to scoff at the beneficent half of the force and deny its existence. And so, to heal or help that man, two imaginations are required: his own and some outsider's. The outsider, B, must imagine that his incantations are the healing-power that is curing A, and A must imagine that this is so. I think it is not so, at all; but no matter, the cure is effected, and that is the main thing. The outsider's work is unquestionably valuable; so valuable that it may fairly be likened to the essential work performed by the engineer when he handles the throttle and turns on the steam; the actual power is lodged exclusively in the engine, but if the engine were left alone it would never start of itself. Whether the engineer be named Jim, or Bob, or Tom, it is all one—his services are necessary, and he is entitled to such wage as he can get you to pay. Whether he be named Christian Scientist, or Mental Scientist, or Mind Curist, or King's-Evil Expert, or Hypnotist, it is all one; he is merely the Engineer; he simply turns on the same old steam and the engine does the whole work.
    Mark Twain
  • If you look at the bottom of a Zodiac, it's not just flat. It's got a hint of a keel on it for maneuverability. Not a proper hull though. Hull design is an advanced science. In the days of sail it was as important to national security as aerodynamics are today. A hull was a necessary evil: all that ship down under the water gave you lots of drag, but without it the rest of the ship wouldn't float. Then we invented outboard motors and all that science was made irrelevant by raw power. You could turn a bathtub into a high performance speedboat by bolting a big enough motor on it. When the throttle is high, the impact of the water against the bottom of the hull lifts it right up out of the water. It skims like a skipping rock and who gives a fuck about hydrodynamics. When you throttle it down, the vessel sinks into the water again and wallows like a hog.
    Neal Stephenson

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