Synonyms for gag
gæggag

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1. gagnoun

   Synonyms:
   gag order

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1. gag

   Synonyms:
   silence, stifle, burke, muzzle, hush

   Antonyms:
   evoke, provoke, inspire, animate

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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

Matched Categories

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

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1. gagverb

   Synonyms:
   silence, stifle, muzzle, muffle

2. gagverb

   Synonyms:
   keck, retch

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1. gagnoun

   Synonyms:
   muffler, muzzler, silencer

2. gagverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "gag":

   muzzle, joke, reflex

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1. Adrianna Rice:

   I felt like a gag order had been placed on me after I had already experienced a trauma.

2. Bob Ferguson:

   Todays ruling ensures that clinics across the nation can remain open and continue to provide quality, unbiased healthcare to women, trumps gag rulewould have jeopardized healthcare access to women across the country. Title X clinics, such as Planned Parenthood, provide essential services now they can keep serving women while we continue to fight to keep the federal government out of the exam room.

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. Allen Welch:

   They tell me it will take another day or two to get through. That's absolutely all I know. I have a gag order in place for anything from the grand jury.

5. The Committee to Protect Journalists:

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