Need another word that means the same as “throttle”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “throttle” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Throttle” are: strangle, strangulate, bound, confine, limit, restrict, trammel, choke, garrotte, asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, stifle, suppress, inhibit, control, restrain, check, contain, put a lid on, put the lid on, accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle valve
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “throttle” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| accelerator | An apparatus for accelerating charged particles to high velocities a particle accelerator. The country has been the main accelerator of global growth for a decade. |
| accelerator pedal | A lever that is operated with the foot. |
| gas | Gas or vapour used as a poisonous agent in warfare. Gas was one of the most dreaded weapons of the war. |
| gas pedal | A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines. |
| gun | A gunman. A grease gun. |
| throttle valve | A pedal that controls the throttle valve. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “throttle” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| asphyxiate | Be asphyxiated die from lack of oxygen. They slowly asphyxiated. |
| bound | Of an object rebound from a surface. The horse bounded across the meadow. |
| check | Write out a check on a bank account. The handwriting checks with the signature on the check. |
| choke | Cause to retch or choke. The man choked his opponent. |
| confine | Deprive of freedom take into confinement. He was confined to bed for four days with a bad dose of flu. |
| contain | Be capable of holding or containing. Since F contains the factor Q it disappears from both sides of the equation. |
| control | Control others or oneself or influence skillfully usually to one s advantage. Do you control these data. |
| garrotte | Kill (someone) by strangulation, especially with a length of wire or cord. He had been garrotted with piano wire. |
| inhibit | Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process. Inhibit the action of the enzyme. |
| limit | Set or serve as a limit to. Class sizes are limited to a maximum of 10. |
| put a lid on | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
| put the lid on | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
| restrain | To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement. Leg cuffs are used for restraining and transporting violent criminals. |
| restrict | Place under restrictions limit access to. I shall restrict myself to a single example. |
| smother | Form an impenetrable cover over. The butter cream smothered the cake. |
| stifle | Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes. |
| strangle | Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. They allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative. |
| strangulate | Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air. He tried to strangulate his opponent. |
| suffocate | Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe. He said he d suffocate if he remained in this house for another hour. |
| suppress | Lessen to the point of stopping. The rising was savagely suppressed. |
| trammel | Place limits on (extent or amount or access. We have no wish to be trammelled by convention. |
| airway | A recognized route followed by aircraft. He kept the man s airway clear and blood circulating. |
| bound | Bound by an oath. Bullets bounded off the veranda. |
| button | Any artifact that resembles a button. Button the dress. |
| cased | Covered or protected with or as if with a case. Knights cased in steel. |
| chance | Be the case by chance. We ran into each other by pure chance. |
| chin | Hit or punch someone on the chin. He looked about ready to chin someone. |
| choke | A knob which controls the choke in a carburettor. A full choke gun. |
| clog | Impede with a clog or as if with a clog. Horses were clogged until they were tamed. |
| clutter | Unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen. The room was in a clutter of smelly untidiness. |
| death | The personification of death. Even in death she was beautiful. |
| drown | Deliberately kill a person or animal by drowning. The noise drowned out her speech. |
| execute | Carry out an instruction or program. Execute the decision of the people. |
| garrote | An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation. |
| ligature | Bind or connect with a ligature. There was no sign of the ligature which strangled her. |
| muffle | Wrap or cover for warmth. A muffle furnace. |
| neck | The length of a horse s head and neck as a measure of its lead in a race. We started necking on the sofa. |
| obstruct | Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight. They had to alter the course of the stream and obstruct the natural flow of the water. |
| open | Of a victor having won an open competition. The dispute erupted into open war. |
| pharynx | The membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the oesophagus. |
| smother | Envelop completely. The butter cream smothered the cake. |
| stifle | Restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion. Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes. |
| strangle | Suppress (an impulse, action, or sound. She strangled a sob. |
| strung | That is on a string. |
| suffocate | Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake. She was suffocated by fumes from the boiler. |
| suffocation | The state or process of dying from being deprived of air or unable to breathe. We had to face heat and suffocation inside the coach. |
| tied | Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection. Agricultural workers living in tied accommodation. |
| trammel | A hook in a fireplace for a kettle. We will forge our own future free from the trammels of materialism. |
| valve | Each of the halves of the hinged shell of a bivalve mollusc or brachiopod or of the parts of the compound shell of a barnacle. A valve shuts off the flow from the boiler when the water is hot enough. |
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