stifle - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for stifle , a list of similar words for stifle from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

Synonyms

• knee
• stifle

More generic

• articulatio
• articulation
• joint

Related

• hind leg

Verb

be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

Synonyms

• asphyxiate
• stifle
• suffocate

More generic

• buy the farm
• cash in one's chips
• choke
• conk
• croak
• decease
• die
• drop dead
• exit
• expire
• give-up the ghost
• go
• kick the bucket
• pass
• pass away
• perish
• pop off
• snuff it

More specific

• strangle

Related

• asphyxiate
• smother
• suffocate

Verb

suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

Synonyms

• dampen
• stifle

More generic

• bottle up
• inhibit
• suppress

Opposite / Antonyms

• stimulate

More specific

• choke
• suffocate

Verb

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Synonyms

• asphyxiate
• choke
• stifle
• suffocate

More generic

• block
• close up
• impede
• jam
• obstruct
• obturate
• occlude

Verb

suppress in order to conceal or hide

Synonyms

• muffle
• repress
• smother
• stifle
• strangle

More generic

• bottle up
• inhibit
• suppress

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