All choking synonyms
chok·ing
C c noun choking
- asphyxiation — Asphyxiation is a lack of oxygen in blood, which causes suffocation.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- stenosis — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- constriction — Constrictions are rules or factors which limit what you can do and prevent you from doing what you want to do.
- overtight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
- meddlesome — given to meddling; interfering; intrusive.
- interposition — the act or fact of interposing or the condition of being interposed.
- stricture — a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
- asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
adjective choking
- asthmatic — People who suffer from asthma are sometimes referred to as asthmatics.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- tight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
- skintight — fitting almost as tightly as skin: skintight trousers.
- watertight — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- hermetically sealed — airtight
- acrid — An acrid smell or taste is strong and sharp, and usually unpleasant.
- breathless — If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
- proofer — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
- stertorous — characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.