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)