Synonyms of choking (back)

choking (back)

verb

present participle of choke (back)

as in stifling

to refrain from openly showing or uttering

choked back a sarcastic reply to an insulting question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stifling
• holding back
• suppressing
• swallowing
• repressing
• containing
• controlling
• smothering
• strangling
• managing
• submerging
• pocketing
• sinking
• governing
• bottling up
• curbing
• checking
• quashing
• quelling
• bridling
• muffling
• squelching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taking out
• expressing
• releasing
• venting
• unleashing
• loosing