| smother | (noun) a stifling cloud of smoke | - |
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| (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, welter |
| (verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: asphyxiate, suffocate |
| (verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide | Synonyms: muffle, repress, stifle, strangle |
| (verb) envelop completely | Synonyms: surround |
| (verb) deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion | Synonyms: put out |
| (verb) form an impenetrable cover over | - |
| smothered | (adjective) completely covered | - |
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| (adjective) held in check with difficulty | Synonyms: stifled, strangled, suppressed |
| smotherer | (noun) a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses | Synonyms: stifler |
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| smothering | (adjective) causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat | Synonyms: choking, suffocating, suffocative |
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