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

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

One young woman described her friend coming home in tears because a hookup partner had unexpectedly choked her. — Jennifer Givhan, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Keeping your registers from getting choked with dust also allows air to flow freely into your home. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026

Riyadh has rerouted millions of barrels per day through a pipeline from its eastern region to its Red Sea port of Yanbu as Iran has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz this year. — Spencer Kimball,deena Zaidi, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

There was no escaping the black pollution that choked the neighborhood then, and no reprieve now, even five weeks after the fire was extinguished. — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Missile salvos and militia attacks have choked key shipping lanes, damaged Saudi oil facilities and driven up global prices even as fragile diplomacy struggles to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and avert escalation. — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Entire chunks of the continent were choked by smoke, causing unhealthy air quality. — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 29 July 2026

In addition to the chickens, Frank flushed his shoes down one of the toilets, Dennis and Dee kept blowing fuses with the scheme’s need for a power-sucking vacuum sealer, and the basement was choked with carbon monoxide. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026

The Mets entered this season overhauling a roster that choked away the best record in the league last summer, which turned in a league-high $329 million payroll. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026