| Main Entry: | smother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extinguish; cover, hide |
Synonyms: |
asphyxiate, choke, collect, compose, conceal, control, cool, cork, douse, envelop, heap, hush up, inundate, keep back, kill, muffle, overwhelm, quash, quell, quench, rein, repress, restrain, shower, shroud, simmer down, snuff, squelch, stamp out, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, surround, throttle |
Antonyms: |
light, start, uncover |
| Main Entry: | smothered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extinguished |
Synonyms: |
consumed, drenched, drowned, put out, quenched, snuffed |
| Main Entry: | smothered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strangled |
Synonyms: |
asphyxiated, breathless, choked, suffocated |
| Main Entry: | smothered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suppressed |
Synonyms: |
bridled, checked, constrained, curbed, held back, repressed, stifled |
| Main Entry: | asphyxiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut off air |
Synonyms: |
choke, drown, smother, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suffocate |
Antonyms: |
breathe, loosen |
| Main Entry: | black out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
Synonyms: |
batten, conceal, cover up, cross out, cut off, darken, delete; cover, eclipse, eradicate, erase, extinguish, faint, go out like a light, hold back, keel over, make dark, obfuscate, pass out, quash, rub out, shade, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, suppress, swoon, zonk out |
Antonyms: |
add, pencil in, uncover |
| Main Entry: | clobber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit, beat |
Synonyms: |
belt, blast, drub, lambaste*, lick, shellac, slam, slug, smash, smear, smother, thrash, trim, wallop, whip |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, bring under control |
Synonyms: |
adjust, allay, appease, arrange, assuage, balm, becalm, check, collect, comfort, console, contain, control, cool, ease, ease up, hold in, lessen, let up, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, re-collect, reconcile, regulate, rein, relax, repress, resolve, restrain, settle, simmer down, slacken, smother, soften, solace, soothe, still, suppress, temper, tranquilize, tune down |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
Antonyms: |
agitate, anger, arouse, distress, excite, upset |
| Main Entry: | contain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back, control |
Synonyms: |
bottle up, check, collect, compose, cool*, cork, curb, harness, hog-tie, hold in, keep back, keep lid on, put half nelson on, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, simmer down, smother, stifle, stop |
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curb, hold back |
Synonyms: |
adjust, awe, bridle, check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, cool, corner, cow, limit, monopolize, quell, regulate, rein in, repress, restrain, simmer down, smother, subdue |
Antonyms: |
chance, jump in, let go, risk, rush |