Synonyms for stifle

Noun

1. stifle, knee, joint, articulation, articulatio

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

Verb

1. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

usage: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

2. stifle, dampen, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

usage: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

3. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up

usage: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

4. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass

usage: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"