1. (noun) clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
a confused multitude of things
Synonyms: hole, jam, fuddle, jumbal, clutter, mare's nest, muddle, mess, patchwork, hodgepodge, smother, pickle, fix, jumble, kettle of fish, welter
2. (verb) smother
a stifling cloud of smoke
Synonyms: fuddle, jumble, clutter, mare's nest, welter, muddle
3. (verb) smother, surround
envelop completely
Synonyms: fence, muffle, surround, palisade, stifle, asphyxiate, skirt, circumvent, wall, repress, border, put out, fence in, besiege, suffocate, smother, ring, strangle, beleaguer, hem in, environ
4. (verb) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Synonyms: choke, stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate, put out, strangle, repress, smother, surround, muffle, gag
5. (verb) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
conceal or hide
Synonyms: keep down, cramp, muffle, surround, quash, halter, suppress, asphyxiate, subjugate, gag, mute, strangulate, throttle, reduce, hamper, repress, put out, damp, suffocate, dull, smother, choke, stifle, dampen, tone down, strangle, subdue
6. (verb) smother
form an impenetrable cover over
Synonyms: stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate, put out, strangle, repress, surround, muffle
7. (verb) smother, put out
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Synonyms: discommode, muffle, surround, anesthetise, asphyxiate, anaesthetize, issue, inconvenience, anesthetize, hold out, retire, exsert, put under, repress, release, stretch out, put out, bother, extend, incommode, disoblige, suffocate, smother, publish, stifle, trouble, douse, bring out, stretch forth, strangle, anaesthetise
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Synonyms for smother 
