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Synonyms for throttle
ˈθrɒt lthrot·tle

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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. accelerator, throttle, throttle valvenoun

    a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine

    Synonyms:
    gun, gas pedal, accelerator pedal, accelerator, throttle valve, gas, catalyst, particle accelerator, atom smasher

  2. accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gunverb

    a pedal that controls the throttle valve

    "he stepped on the gas"

    Synonyms:
    hitman, gunman, gun, petrol, gasolene, gaseous state, gas, gas pedal, ordnance, natural gas, artillery, catalyst, heavy weapon, gun for hire, hired gun, flatulency, shooter, throttle valve, accelerator pedal, gasoline, particle accelerator, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, hit man, atom smasher, flatulence, gunslinger, torpedo

  3. restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleverb

    place limits on (extent or access)

    "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

    Synonyms:
    spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, confine, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose

  4. strangle, strangulate, throttleverb

    kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

    "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

    Synonyms:
    cramp, muffle, halter, trammel, gag, confine, strangulate, restrain, hamper, repress, suffocate, smother, choke, restrict, stifle, limit, strangle, bound

  5. choke, throttleverb

    reduce the air supply

    "choke a carburetor"

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

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. choke (verb)

    obstruct one’s throat

    she choked on a tiny fish bone

    Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. throttlenoun

    Synonyms:
    windpipe, trachea, throat, weasand

  2. throttleverb

    Synonyms:
    choke, strangle, suffocate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "throttle":

    accelerator, mariposa, 'accélérateur, butterfly, assy

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. throttle

    Synonyms:
    Strangle

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How to use throttle in a sentence?

  1. Cameron Lee:

    I was kind of hesitant to leave my job, a job -- all you have to do is show up for work and it's guaranteed money. But I kind of woke up one day and I was like, I am going full throttle with this.

  2. Pantelis Michalopoulos:

    The open internet rules are here to stay, this time there is no doubt who is the winner: the open internet. The gatekeepers may not block or throttle our information.

  3. Willy Lam:

    The cult of personality around Xi is being built at full throttle, and Xi himself is responsible for this, it's getting to ridiculous levels.

  4. Robert Sumwalt:

    The only way that an operable train can accelerate would be if the engineer pushed the throttle forward.

  5. Bill Menezes:

    The hope is that full-throttle 5G, like these new airwaves will help provide, will be light years faster than the Wi-Fi you usually get at airports, so waiting for a flight or flight delays might be less painful if you can more readily stream better interactive games or 4K videos at full quality.


Translations for throttle

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  • ventil, škrtit, brzditCzech
  • Drossel, Gaspedal, würgen, drosselnGerman
  • estrangular, aceleradorSpanish
  • kaasupoljin, kuristusläppä, kaasuläppä, kaasuttaa, kaasu, kuristaaFinnish
  • étrangler, accélérateur, limiterFrench
  • tachd, mùchScottish Gaelic
  • lefékez, lassít, fékezHungarian
  • mencekikIndonesian
  • acceleratore, rallentare, soffocareItalian
  • アクセル, アクセレレーター, スロットルJapanese
  • offōcōLatin
  • wurgenDutch
  • estrangularPortuguese
  • душить, дроссель, акселератор, замедлятьRussian
  • pedala gasa, zagušiti, zadaviti, oduzeti gas, вентил, papučica gasa, ventilSerbo-Croatian
  • gaspedal, strypaSwedish

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