Synonyms of choke

choke

verb

ˈchōk 

1

as in to strangle

to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe

let go of my throat—you're choking me!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangle
• throttle
• suffocate
• garotte
• asphyxiate
• garrote
• smother
• stifle
• scrag

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restore
• revive
• resuscitate

2

as in to vomit

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe

the recommended procedure for helping someone who is choking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomit
• suffocate
• gag
• heave
• stifle
• throw up
• retch
• smother
• asphyxiate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathe
• inspire
• expire
• respire

3

as in to suffocate

to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air

thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangle
• suffocate
• smother
• stifle
• drown
• destroy
• throttle
• asphyxiate
• slay
• garotte
• fell
• garrote
• dispatch
• croak
• do in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathe
• inspire
• expire
• inhale
• exhale
• revive
• resuscitate

4

as in to block

to prevent passage through by filling with something

overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• block
• obstruct
• jam
• fill
• clog
• occlude
• stop (up)
• congest
• plug (up)
• gum (up)
• dam
• stuff
• flood
• clot
• pack
• overwhelm
• cork
• stopper
• bung
• gridlock
• fur
• stopple
• spile
• silt
• swamp
• inundate
• glut

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• open (up)
• free
• clear
• unplug
• hollow (out)
• unblock
• unclog
• excavate
• unstop
• scoop (out)
• empty
• lighten

Examples of choke in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After a pair of recent shootings rattled visitors' sense of security and three years of construction projects choked major thoroughfares with orange cones and chain link fences, Broad Ripple is ready to welcome back customers. —Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2024

In May, Pool was arrested in New York for choking and punching a woman. —Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024

Elizabeth Banks wants to spread the gospel of the Heimlich maneuver after a scary choking incident on set. —Lauren Huff, EW.com, 30 July 2024

Billy Lee Coram, the inmate in the back of the patrol car, is wearing a hospital gown and choking himself with a seatbelt wrapped his neck as the car is moving in the roughly 12-minute video. —CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024

Phrases Containing choke

• choke (back)