Synonyms for suffocation
Most common
suffocating strangling smothering extinction asphyxiation asphyxia
All synonyms
Noun
1. Suffocating
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
A child left unattended may die of suffocation.
Related words
- Word family
- suffocate
Forms
- Plural
- suffocations → suffocatings, smotherings, stranglings, asphyxiations…
Example sentences
- suffocating This room's so small and hot that I'm suffocating.
- strangling Sami started strangling Layla.
- smothering The legionnaire started smothering Yanni's mother.
- extinction Many shark species are threatened with extinction.
- asphyxiation It looks like he died from self-asphyxiation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| suffocation | steady | |
| suffocating | rising | |
| strangling | rising | |
| smothering | rising | |
| extinction | steady | |
| asphyxiation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- asphyxia
- 10 letters
- extinction3, strangling3, smothering3
- 11 letters
- suffocating4
- 12 letters
- asphyxiation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (extinction3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- suffocation
- Italiano
- soffocazione
- Español
- sofocación