9 Letter Words for Suffocate
offuscate, suffocate
8 Letter Words for Suffocate
affectus, outfaces
7 Letter Words for Suffocate
acetous, actuose, affects, castoff, catouse, coteaus, cutoffs, faucets, featous, festuca, offcast, offcuts, outcase, outface, suffect
6 Letter Words for Suffocate
acutes, affect, affuse, cafuso, coates, coffea, coseat, coteau, cuesta, cutoff, cutose, effuso, escout, estufa, facets, fascet, fauces, faucet, fouats, fouest, fouets, fucate, fucose, fusate, fustoc, offcut, offset, outsea, setoff, tuffes
5 Letter Words for Suffocate
acost, actos, actus, acute, aotus, ascot, atocs, autos, cafes, caffs, caste, cates, catso, cause, cesta, cetus, coast, coate, coats, coeff, coffs, coset, costa, coste, cotes, cuffo, cuffs, cutes, escot, estoc, faces, facet, facto, facts, fates, fatso, fause, faust, faute, feast, feats, festa, fetas, fetus, focus, fouat, fouet, foute, octas, outas, sauce, saute, scaff, scaut, sceat, scoff, scote, scout, scuff, scuft, scuta, scute, softa, souce, souct, staff, stoae, stoff, stuff, taces, tacos, tacso, tasco, teffs, toeas, toffs, tofus, tosca, touse, tufas, tuffe, tuffs
4 Letter Words for Suffocate
aces, acts, actu, acus, afft, atef, ates, atoc, aufs, aute, auto, cafe, caff, case, cast, cate, cats, cauf, caus, ceas, cest, coat, coef, coes, coff, coft, cose, cost, cote, cots, coua, coue, cues, cuff, cust, cute, cuts, east, eats, eaus, ecto, ecus, effs, efts, esau, esca, etas, etua, face, fact, fasc, fast, fate, fats, faut, feat, fest, feta, fets, feus, foes, fots, fous, fusc, fuse, fust, fute, oafs, oast, oats, ocas, octa, offs, otus, oust, outa, outs, saco, safe, saft, sate, sauf, saut, scat, scet, scot, scut, seat, seco, sect, seta, soca, soce, sofa, soft, sout, stoa, stof, stue, suet, suff, tace, taco, taos, tasu, taus, teas, teca, teff, tefs, tocs, toea, toes, toff, tofu, tosa, tose, tues, tufa, tuff, ufos, utas, utes
3 Letter Words for Suffocate
ace, act, aes, aff, aft, ase, ast, ate, auf, caf, cat, ceo, cfs, cos, cot, cst, cte, ctf, cto, cts, cue, cut, eas, eat, eau, eco, ect, ecu, eff, efs, eft, eof, eos, esc, est, esu, eta, etc, fac, fao, fas, fat, fcs, fec, fes, fet, feu, ffa, foe, fot, fou, fut, oaf, oas, oat, oca, oct, oes, off, oft, ose, otc, ouf, ous, out, sac, sao, sat, sau, scf, sct, sea, sec, set, soc, sot, sou, sta, sue, suf, tao, tas, tau, tea, tec, tef, tes, toa, toc, toe, tos, tou, tua, tue, uca, ufa, ufo, ufs, usa, use, ust, uta, utc, ute, uts
Definitions for Suffocate
[1] to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
[2] to impede the respiration of.
[3] to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air.
[4] to overcome or extinguish; suppress.
[5] to become suffocated; stifle; smother.
[6] to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.
[7] to kill or be killed by the deprivation of oxygen, as by obstruction of the air passage or inhalation of noxious gases
[8] to block the air passages or have the air passages blocked
[9] to feel or cause to feel discomfort from heat and lack of air
Words related to Suffocate
strangle, drown, asphyxiate, smother, stifle
Words nearby Suffocate
sufficient, sufficient condition, sufficient reason, suffix, sufflate, suffocate, suffocative goiter, suffolk, suffolk punch, suffr., suffragan
Origin of Suffocate
1520–30; < Latin suffōcātus (past participle of suffōcāre to choke, stifle), equivalent to suf- suf- + -fōc- (combining form of fauc-, stem of faucēs throat) + -ātus -ate1
Other words from Suffocate
suf·fo·cat·ing·ly , adverb
suf·fo·ca·tion , noun
suf·fo·ca·tive , adjective
un·suf·fo·cat·ed , adjective
un·suf·fo·ca·tive , adjective
suf′fo•ca′ tion n.
Word origin for Suffocate
C16: from Latin suffōcāre, from sub- + faucēs throat
Synonyms for Suffocate
asphyxiate, drown, smother, stifle, strangle
