Synonyms of chokes

chokes

verb

present tense third-person singular of choke

1

as in strangles

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

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangles
• throttles
• suffocates
• garottes
• garrotes
• asphyxiates
• smothers
• stifles
• scrags

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restores
• revives
• resuscitates

2

as in vomits

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe

the recommended procedure for helping someone who is choking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomits
• suffocates
• gags
• heaves
• smothers
• stifles
• retches
• throws up
• asphyxiates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathes
• expires
• inspires
• respires

3

as in smothers

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

thick, black smoke choked the trapped firefighters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangles
• smothers
• suffocates
• drowns
• stifles
• destroys
• throttles
• slays
• asphyxiates
• garrotes
• garottes
• dispatches
• croaks
• fells
• does in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathes
• expires
• inspires
• inhales
• exhales
• revives
• resuscitates

4

as in blocks

to prevent passage through by filling with something

overgrown bushes choked the narrow alleyway between the buildings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocks
• obstructs
• jams
• fills
• congests
• occludes
• stuffs
• clogs
• floods
• stops (up)
• plugs (up)
• clots
• packs
• gums (up)
• overwhelms
• dams
• corks
• stopples
• silts
• furs
• inundates
• bungs
• swamps
• spiles
• gridlocks
• gluts
• stoppers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• frees
• clears
• opens (up)
• unplugs
• unblocks
• unclogs
• excavates
• empties
• scoops (out)
• unstops
• lightens
• hollows (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chokes

On the ground, there’s a war of grappling, chokes, and limb breaks, and Oliveira is one of the best to ever fight it. —Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025

Broken baggage chokes landfills and decomposes at a glacial pace. —Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024

Again, Dylan absolutely chokes. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024

There’s a moment in the second film that really chokes me up. —Jenelle Riley, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024

Unbridled perfection injects its rigidity into your bloodstream and chokes the flow of spontaneous and flexible ideas. —Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024