Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "smother" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

smother crop smother mate smother-fly smotherable smotheration smothercate smothery

Distinct From

breathing

Entails

cover

Context

australian rules football soccer

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bottle up cover disorder disorderliness extinguish fume inhibit kill smoke snuff out spread over suppress

Type Of (IsA)

smoke

Manner Of

bottle up cover kill snuff out

Related Terms

smotheriness

Related Terms

air breathe burn close combustion concealment cookery cooking cookware covering covering face covering fire daub deaden decline dish do away with extinguish face feeble fire killing killing method method murder obstruct perish pillows reduce respiration slow smear smolder smoldering smotheration smotheriness smothery stifle such suffocate suffocating suffocation suppress suppression use vigor with pillows

Similar Terms

asphyxiate stifle suffocate

Synonym Network

clutter

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.