Synonyms of choked

choked 1 of 2

adjective

as in strangled

Related Words

• strangled
• strained
• cracked
• raucous
• strident
• dissonant
• screeching
• scraping
• unmusical
• squawking
• inharmonious
• abrasive
• grinding
• scratching
• hoarse
• jarring
• cacophonous
• cawing
• discordant
• guttural
• gravelly
• unmelodious
• raspy
• gravel
• rough
• rusty
• coarse
• throaty
• husky
• gruff
• scratchy
• growling
• croaky
• grating
• rasping
• growly
• croaking

Dissimilar Words

• liquid
• sweet
• golden
• gentle
• soothing
• mellow
• soft
• tender
• mellifluous
• smooth
• silken
• velvety
• gliding
• mellifluent
• satiny
• musical
• melodic
• melodious
• lyrical
• lyric
• euphonious

choked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of choke

1

as in throttled

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

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangled
• throttled
• suffocated
• garroted
• asphyxiated
• smothered
• stifled
• scragged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• revived
• resuscitated

2

as in vomited

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe

the recommended procedure for helping someone who is choking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomited
• suffocated
• gagged
• heaved
• stifled
• smothered
• threw up
• retched
• asphyxiated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathed
• inspired
• expired
• respired

3

as in drowned

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

thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangled
• drowned
• smothered
• stifled
• suffocated
• destroyed
• throttled
• asphyxiated
• garroted
• dispatched
• felled
• slew
• croaked
• did in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathed
• inspired
• expired
• inhaled
• exhaled
• revived
• resuscitated

4

as in blocked

to prevent passage through by filling with something

overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocked
• obstructed
• jammed
• filled
• stuffed
• flooded
• congested
• clogged
• occluded
• stopped (up)
• clotted
• dammed
• plugged (up)
• packed
• gummed (up)
• overwhelmed
• silted
• corked
• stoppered
• bunged
• inundated
• gridlocked
• glutted
• swamped
• spiled
• stoppled
• furred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opened (up)
• cleared
• freed
• unplugged
• excavated
• emptied
• scooped (out)
• unblocked
• unclogged
• hollowed (out)
• unstopped
• lightened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of choked

Adjective

Baghaei said the future of the choked Strait of Hormuz will depend on the countries of Oman and Iran, as both nations have a plan to manage passage through the waterway. — Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 30 May 2026

San Franciscans who think Muni buses are always packed, or prone to crawl along choked streets, may find their views validated in a new slide presentation released by the Municipal Transportation Agency. — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026

Verb

Downwind of the disaster, Toronto, the largest city in the country, has been choked by wildfire smoke, turning the sky orange and plunging air quality levels to the worst in the world. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026

That student entered the circle, looped his arm around the boy’s neck and choked him. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026

In one case reviewed by The Marshall Project, an incarcerated man reported being pepper-sprayed, choked, beaten with a baton and repeatedly called racial slurs by Kentucky officers who were later convicted. — Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026

Pimblett choked Saint Denis unconscious in less than a minute, ending the fight in the first round. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026

In 2020, when massive fires choked the region for weeks, 43 of the Bay Area’s 46 particulate-matter Spare the Air alert days were affected by wildfire smoke. — Seth Borenstein, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

The aisles were so choked that blooms and branches brushed against us, the air heady with the scent of lilies, roses, eucalyptus, and sweet decay. — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

The lines are growing at Russian gas stations — and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country. — Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Investigators reportedly found an empty bottle of vodka in the bathroom, where Bithorn, 36, allegedly was while her child choked to death, the outlet reported. — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026