" smothering "

1: as in suffocating, stifling;

•  Synonyms : 

•  close,

•  heavy,

•  oppressive,

•  stifling,

•  stuffy,

•  suffocating,

•  semitropical,

•  subhumid,

•  subtropical,

•  tropic,

•  tropical,

•  clammy,

•  dank,

•  moist,

•  steamy,

•  summerlike,

•  summery,

•  sweltering,

•  torrid,

•  awash,

•  bathed,

•  doused,

•  drenched,

•  dripping,

•  saturated,

•  soaked,

•  soaking,

•  sodden,

•  soggy,

•  sopping,

•  soppy,

•  soused,

•  washed,

•  watered,

•  waterlogged,

•  watery,

•  wet,

•  damp,

•  humid,

•  muggy,

•  sticky,

•  sultry

•  Antonyms : 

•  dry,

•  bracing,

•  cool,

•  crisp,

•  fresh,

•  invigorating,

•  refreshing,

•  arid,

•  baked,

•  burned,

•  dehydrated,

•  desert,

•  droughty,

•  dusty,

•  parched,

•  scorched,

•  seared,

•  semiarid,

•  sere,

•  sunbaked,

•  thirsty,

•  waterless

1: to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air;

  * e.g., " ... children should never play inside discarded appliances because they could become trapped and smother "

•  Synonyms : 

•  choking,

•  stifling,

•  strangling,

•  suffocating

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to refrain from openly showing or uttering;

  * e.g., " ... he quickly smothered his inappropriate laughter at the funeral ceremony "

•  Synonyms : 

•  choking (back),

•  holding back,

•  pocketing,

•  repressing,

•  sinking,

•  stifling,

•  strangling,

•  submerging,

•  suppressing,

•  swallowing

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to defeat by a large margin;

  * e.g., " ... the soccer team smothered their first few opponents in the championships, but lost narrowly in the final round "

•  Synonyms : 

•  annihilating,

•  blowing away,

•  bombing,

•  burying,

•  clobbering,

•  creaming,

•  drubbing,

•  dusting,

•  flattening,

•  pasting,

•  routing,

•  shellacking,

•  skinning,

•  skunking,

•  smoking,

•  snowing under,

•  thrashing,

•  trimming,

•  tromping,

•  trouncing,

•  walloping,

•  waxing,

•  whipping,

•  whomping,

•  whopping,

•  whupping

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air;

  * e.g., " ... children should never play inside discarded appliances because they could become trapped and smother "

•  Synonyms : 

•  choke,

•  stifle,

•  strangle,

•  suffocate

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to refrain from openly showing or uttering;

  * e.g., " ... he quickly smothered his inappropriate laughter at the funeral ceremony "

•  Synonyms : 

•  choke (back),

•  hold back,

•  pocket,

•  repress,

•  sink,

•  stifle,

•  strangle,

•  submerge,

•  suppress,

•  swallow

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to defeat by a large margin;

  * e.g., " ... the soccer team smothered their first few opponents in the championships, but lost narrowly in the final round "

•  Synonyms : 

•  annihilate,

•  blow away,

•  bomb,

•  bury,

•  clobber,

•  cream,

•  drub,

•  dust,

•  flatten,

•  paste,

•  rout,

•  shellac,

•  skin,

•  skunk,

•  smoke,

•  snow under,

•  thrash,

•  trim,

•  tromp,

•  trounce,

•  wallop,

•  wax,

•  whip,

•  whomp,

•  whop,

•  whup

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)