Synonyms for Choke

Top synonyms for “choke”: asphyxiate, back up, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke coil, choke off, choking coil, clog, and 25 more below.

Definitions

1. (noun)a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
2. (noun)a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
3. (verb)breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
   “She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband”
4. (verb)cause to retch or choke
5. (verb)struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
   “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged”
6. (verb)constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
7. (verb)reduce the air supply
   “choke a carburetor”
8. (verb)pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   “She died from cancer”
9. (verb)suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
   “His job suffocated him”
10. (verb)become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
    “He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village”
11. (verb)impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
    “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children”
12. (verb)become or cause to become obstructed
    “The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”

Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).