Synonyms for stifle
ˈstaɪ fəl

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. stifle, knee(verb)

   joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

   Synonyms:
   articulatio genus, knee, knee joint, human knee, genu

   Antonyms:
   stimulate, excite

2. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress(verb)

   conceal or hide

   "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

   Synonyms:
   keep down, cramp, muffle, surround, quash, halter, suppress, asphyxiate, subjugate, gag, mute, strangulate, throttle, reduce, hamper, repress, put out, damp, suffocate, dull, smother, choke, dampen, tone down, strangle, subdue

   Antonyms:
   stimulate, excite

3. stifle, dampen(verb)

   smother or suppress

   "Stifle your curiosity"

   Synonyms:
   asphyxiate, muffle, mute, moisten, dull, weaken, repress, break, soften, tone down, suffocate, wash, smother, choke, deaden, damp, dampen, strangle

   Antonyms:
   stimulate, excite

4. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke(verb)

   impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

   "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, 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

   Antonyms:
   stimulate, excite

5. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate(verb)

   be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

   "The child suffocated under the pillow"

   Synonyms:
   suffocate, asphyxiate, gag, muffle, strangle, repress, smother, choke, dampen

   Antonyms:
   stimulate, excite

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. stifle(verb)

   To repress, keep in or hold back.

   The army stifled the rebellion.

   Synonyms:
   restrain, throttle, hinder, suppress

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. stifle

   Synonyms:
   cool, extinguish, put out, smother, subdue

   Antonyms:
   blaze, brand, burn, cauterize, char, consume, cremate, flame, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, scorch, set fire to, set on fire, singe

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. stifle

   Synonyms:
   choke, suffocate, smother, throttle, quench, repress, suppress, extinguish, burke

   Antonyms:
   ventilate, discuss, promulgate, propound

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. choke (verb)

   obstruct one’s throat

   she choked on a tiny fish bone

   Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019  

2. choke back (verb)

   fail to control one’s emotions

   they choked back tears (feelings; anger; disappointment, etc.)

   Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. stifle(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   smother, choke, suffocate

2. stifle(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   suppress, repress, check, deaden, stop, destroy, extinguish, quench

3. stifle(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   still, hush, silence, muffle, muzzle, gag

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   suffocate, smother, strangle, suppress, nip, choke, repress, quell, oppress, muffle

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How to use stifle in a sentence?

1. The Breakfast:

   I almost had to stifle a chuckle, because here we are after all these years, still so passionate. We’re the best of friends and we’re still so passionate enough to go at it just for a piece of music. That’s how much this still means to us.

2. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu:

   We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine.

3. Patrick Gathara:

   This is a government that is looking to stifle dissent, they're saying that Kenyans need to accept a limitation on their civil rights in order to have an effective fight against terrorism. But they haven't defined how our rights are impeding the war on terror.

4. Anuj Somany:

   Fools misguide themselves via a stupid thinking that by intentionally ignoring the insightful voice of the wise they can stifle his progress.

5. Anne Louise Germaine de Staël:

   The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

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