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

The western island of South Sumatra also battled fires, with more than 1,700 hot spots detected on Sunday, causing a choked haze cloud and reducing visibility to only 10 meters (33 feet) in some areas, the ministry said. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

However, that deal fell apart after the US unleashed a fresh wave of attacks on Iran in mid-July, following Iranian strikes on vessels in the choked Strait of Hormuz. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 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

The woman denied the allegations, and Ross hit her in the chest several times, the report says, and choked her, restricting her breathing by twisting the collar of her hoodie. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Some were also choked — images jurors were shown by both the defense and the prosecution. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

The conflict in the Middle East has choked oil flows from the region, constraining global supply. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

The Challenge Getting that information somewhere it could actually be used once meant either a lot of manual keying or OCR that choked the moment a document had a complex layout. — Don Murray, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Wartime attacks on cargo vessels in the Black Sea have choked that supply route. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

In just one month we were hit with heat wave after heat wave, saw our air choked with wildfire smoke, and watched our streets become lakes after flash floods. — Illapa Sairitupac, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

Motorcades, road closures and security details for visiting leaders have choked midtown Manhattan. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

A little before 4 am, cloying herbal smoke choked me from my sleep. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026