Antonyms for gag
gæggag

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1. gagnoun

   Synonyms:
   gag order

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1. gag

   Antonyms:
   evoke, provoke, inspire, animate

   Synonyms:
   silence, stifle, burke, muzzle, hush

Matched Categories

1. • Constrict
   • Joke
   • Sicken
   • Silence
   • Suffer
   • Tie

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1. joke, gag, laugh, jest, japenoun

   a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

   "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

   Synonyms:
   prank, muzzle, caper, trick, antic, jest, laughter, joke, jocularity, laugh, put-on, jape

2. gag, muzzleverb

   restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

   Synonyms:
   jest, muzzle, joke, jape, gun muzzle, laugh

3. gag, muzzleverb

   prevent from speaking out

   "The press was gagged"

   Synonyms:
   muzzle, suffocate, heave, fret, strangle, quip, retch, choke

4. choke, gag, fretverb

   be too tight; rub or press

   "This neckband is choking the cat"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, strangle, pop off, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, rub, clog, rankle, conk, eat away, asphyxiate, eat into, erode, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, chafe, quip, go, scratch, heave, pass, choke off, fuss, die, suffocate, niggle, gall, exit, congest, scrag, grate, retch, stifle, fray

5. gag, muzzleverb

   tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

   "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"

   Synonyms:
   muzzle, suffocate, heave, fret, strangle, quip, retch, choke

6. gag, quipverb

   make jokes or quips

   "The students were gagging during dinner"

   Synonyms:
   muzzle, suffocate, heave, fret, strangle, quip, retch, choke

7. gag, choke, strangle, suffocateverb

   struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

   "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, strangle, pop off, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, halter, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, quip, hamper, go, heave, pass, choke off, cramp, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, muffle, retch, stifle

8. gag, chokeverb

   cause to retch or choke

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, strangle, pop off, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, muzzle, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, quip, go, heave, pass, choke off, die, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, retch, stifle

9. gag, heave, retchverb

   make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

   Synonyms:
   warp, heave up, muzzle, choke, cat, heft, fret, honk, barf, sick, heave, chuck, puke, cast, heft up, spue, vomit, purge, regorge, puff, buckle, billow, vomit up, gasp, upchuck, disgorge, suffocate, pant, spew, strangle, regurgitate, throw up, be sick, retch, quip, surge

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1. gagnoun

   Synonyms:
   muffler, muzzler, silencer

2. gagverb

   Synonyms:
   silence, muzzle, muffle, hush, suppress, retch

How to use gag in a sentence?

1. Michelle Matlack:

   It's part-gag, but part of it is maintaining this social activity that's become important to me.

2. Darrien Hunt:

   To me it was a gag order — 'Here's some hush money, don't ever say Darrien's name again,'.

3. Alexis McGill-Johnson:

   In the coming days, a 30-day comment period will allow the public to underline the harm the gag rule has wrought and emphasize why it must be ended as swiftly as possible.

4. The Committee to Protect Journalists:

   Authorities ought to protect, not gag journalists on the job.

5. Elie Honig:

   He’s almost daring the judge, ultimately though, as much as the threats and other rhetoric in my view are far over the line, I think that the judge is unlikely to impose a gag order, given the normal First Amendment concerns multiplied by Donald Trump’s ongoing candidacy.

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