chokes off

Main Entry:
retard [ri-tahrd, ree-tahrd ]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hinder, obstruct
Synonyms: arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt, check, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hang up, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall, take down
Antonyms: advance, help, push
Main Entry: stop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prevent, hold back
Synonyms: arrest, avoid, bar, block, bottle, break, check, choke, choke off, clog, close, congest, cut off, disrupt, fill, fix, forestall, frustrate, gag, hinder, hush, impede, intercept, interrupt, muzzle, obstruct, occlude, plug, put a stop to, rein in, repress, restrain, seal, shut down, shut off, shut out, silence, stall, staunch, stay, stem, still, stopper, suspend, throw over, turn off, ward off
Antonyms: allow, continue, encourage
Main Entry: stymie
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: frustrate, hinder
Synonyms: balk, block, choke off, confound, corner, crab, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, cut off, dead-end, defeat, foil, give the run around, hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold up, impede, mystify, nonplus, obstruct, pigeonhole, prevent, put on back burner, put on hold, puzzle, shelve, snooker, stall, stonewall, stump, throw a monkey wrench into, thwart
Antonyms: aid, assist, encourage, help
Main Entry: quieten
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: silence
Synonyms: choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie
Main Entry: shush
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: silence
Synonyms: choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie
Related Words
Main Entry: silence
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
Amyclaean, awful, conticent, deathlike, harpocratic, hushed, inaudible, mute, noiseless, obmutescent, silent, silent as the grave, soft, solemn, soundless, still, stilly, sub silentio
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Silence.
Category: 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general
Synonyms:
-nouns
silence; stillness (quiet); peace, hush, lull; muteness; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.
-verbs
be silent; hold one's tongue (not speak) [more]., render silent; silence, still, hush; stifle, muffle, stop; muzzle, put to silence (render mute) [more].
-adjectives
silent; still, stilly; noiseless, soundless; hushed; mute., soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible (faint).
-adverbs
silently; sub silentio.
-phrases
one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop; grosse Seelen dulden still [German]; le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages [French]; le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se défie de soi-meme [French]; "silence more
Antonyms: sound
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