Synonyms for smothering
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb smother
Sense 1:
smother, surroundcover
Sense 2:
smother, asphyxiate, suffocatekill
Sense 3:
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, represssuppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sense 4:
smothercover, spread over
Sense 5:
smother, put outsnuff out, extinguish
Similarity of adj smothering
1 sense of smothering
Sense 1:
smothering, suffocating, suffocativebreathless (vs. breathing), dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
