STIFLER Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word stifler. (close relations)
Definition of STIFLER
Best Alternative Words for STIFLER
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constrictor | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils | ||||||||
controller | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who maintains and audits business accounts • a person who directs and restrains • a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine | ||||||||
damper | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace • a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations • a depressing restraint | ||||||||
inhibitor | nounn | |||||||
noun • a substance that retards or stops an activity | ||||||||
oppressor | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures | ||||||||
repressor | nounn | |||||||
noun • an agent that represses | ||||||||
restrainer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film • a person who directs and restrains | ||||||||
strangler | nounn | |||||||
noun • an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree • someone who kills by strangling | ||||||||
suppresser | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who suppresses • a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) • an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents | ||||||||
smotherer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses |