What are some opposite words for choke?
Antonyms for choke
tʃoʊkchoke
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
choke
To obstruct is literally to build up against; the road is obstructed by fallen trees; the passage of liquid through a tube is obstructed by solid deposits. We may hinder one's advance by following and clinging to him; we obstruct his course by standing in his way or putting a barrier across his path. Anything that makes one's progress slower, whether from within or from without, impedes; an obstruction is always from without. To arrest is to cause to stop suddenly; obstructing the way may have the effect of arresting progress. Compare HINDER; IMPEDIMENT.
Antonyms:
accelerate, advance, aid, clear, facilitate, forward, free, further, open, pave the way for, promoteSynonyms:
arrest, bar, barricade, check, clog, embarrass, hinder, impede, interrupt, obstruct, oppose, retard, stay, stop
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choke, choke coil, choking coilnoun
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
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choke coil, choking coilchokeverb
a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
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choke coil, choking coilchokeverb
breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
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go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, die, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scragchoke, gag, fretverb
be too tight; rub or press
"This neckband is choking the cat"
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drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, foul, throttle, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, rub, clog, rankle, conk, eat away, asphyxiate, eat into, erode, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, chafe, quip, go, scratch, heave, pass, choke off, fuss, die, suffocate, niggle, gall, exit, congest, scrag, grate, retch, stifle, fraychoke, scragverb
wring the neck of
"The man choked his opponent"
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garrote, drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, foul, throttle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, go, pass, choke off, garotte, die, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, garrotte, stiflechoke, strangleverb
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
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drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, foul, throttle, repress, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, hamper, go, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, stiflegag, choke, strangle, suffocateverb
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
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drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, foul, throttle, repress, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, quip, hamper, go, heave, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, retch, stiflechokeverb
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
"The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
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go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, die, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scragchokeverb
check or slow down the action or effect of
"She choked her anger"
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go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, die, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scragclog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foulverb
become or cause to become obstructed
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
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contaminate, drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, clot, foul, throttle, support, cash in one's chips, fret, befoul, kick the bucket, expire, choke off, back, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, defile, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, maculate, back down, go, choke down, constipate, pass, exit, back off, die, pollute, suffocate, overload, congest, scrag, stifle, choke backsuffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, chokeverb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
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drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, foul, throttle, repress, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, dampen, go, pass, choke off, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, stiflesuffocate, chokeverb
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
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go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, smother, die, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scragsuffocate, chokeverb
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
"His job suffocated him"
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go, perish, asphyxiate, drop dead, conk, croak, clog up, decease, gag, pass away, cash in one's chips, fret, congest, kick the bucket, throttle, give-up the ghost, clog, exit, choke off, pop off, buy the farm, pass, suffocate, smother, die, foul, stifle, expire, snuff it, back up, strangle, scragdie, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff itverb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
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fall, function, come about, perish, murmur, give way, elapse, hold out, pass out, run, go past, lead, top, give out, put across, go by, devolve, conk out, operate, cronk, travel, occur, last, die, scrag, fade, go away, excrete, reach, go, move, spend, rifle, slide by, asphyxiate, foul, breathe out, turn over, run low, die out, plump, legislate, happen, egest, fret, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, get out, drop dead, overstep, endure, give, draw, make it, congest, blend in, run short, pop off, get going, locomote, back up, choke off, expire, make pass, suffocate, grumble, slip away, authorize, live, return, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, go out, fail, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, lapse, belong, mutter, clog, pass off, give-up the ghost, go bad, become flat, survive, blow over, get, take place, gag, snuff it, overhaul, throttle, become, go through, evanesce, live on, communicate, hand, croak, clog up, run out, swoon, fit, go across, sound, overtake, transcend, glide by, gnarl, exhale, extend, start, depart, decease, faint, stifle, pall, pass, proceed, break down, clear, exit, conk, stall, travel by, buy the farm, hold up, pass along, break, go along, surpass, guide, pass by, leave, strangle, work, pass onchoke, throttleverb
reduce the air supply
"choke a carburetor"
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drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, asphyxiate, give-up the ghost, foul, throttle, die, fret, restrict, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, trammel, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, kick the bucket, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, go, pass, choke off, confine, restrain, bound, suffocate, exit, congest, limit, scrag, cash in one's chips, stiflegag, chokeverb
cause to retch or choke
Synonyms:
drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, foul, throttle, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, quip, go, heave, pass, choke off, die, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, retch, stifle
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
choke
Synonyms:
Energy block, see there.
How to use choke in a sentence?
Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.
Mitt is a choke artist.
Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. Because, in other words, the powerful don't play; they mean to keep that power, and those who are the powerless (you and me) better shape up --mimic/ape/suck --in the very image of the powerful, or the powerful will destroy you --you and our children.
Trucking is the pipeline through which the economy flows, and when you choke down on that pipeline, then you’re going to cause problems. The pipeline was already full. We already had more loads than we had trucks… It’s taken an already difficult situation and made it terribly worse.
The only thing I really follow is listening to the presidential stuff, which I could just choke on.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#42 | free | |
#283 | open | |
#724 | further | |
#907 | clear | |
#1403 | forward | |
#1652 | aid | |
#1837 | advance | |
#1892 | discuss | |
#2406 | promote | |
#4615 | demonstrate | |
#5622 | facilitate | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#13324 | accelerate | |
#20130 | disseminate | |
#21204 | choke | |
#26576 | moot | |
#86789 | ventilate | |
#122179 | bruit |
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