smotherer
One who suffocates
A smotherer is someone or something that smothers—covering or suffocating, or suppressing and extinguishing.
The word most often describes a person who overwhelms others with excessive attention or affection: Her mother was a smotherer who couldn't let her children breathe.
A smotherer of flames puts out fires; a smotherer of dissent suppresses opposition.
One who suffocates
- stranglerOne who kills by constriction
- chokerClose-fitting neck jewelry
- throttlerOne who strangles
- constrictorSnake killing by compression
garrote · stifler · airless · breathless · gasping · suffocation
One who subdues
- silencerSound-dampening gun attachment
- censorOne who suppresses content
- repressorAgent blocking transcription
- inhibitorAgent that slows reactions
squelcher · dampener · muzzler · restrainer · queller · concealer · subduer · crusher
Device for dousing flames
- blanketSoft bed covering
- dampenerThing that reduces force
- snufferDevice to smother candlelight
- quencherSomething that satisfies thirst
douser · firebreak · retardant · suppression
Overly attached, often toxically
- needyWanting in essentials
- codependentUnhealthily reliant on another
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
hovering · suffocating · controlling · jealous · demanding · obsessive · dependent · grasping
Rotary-wing aircraft
- coddlerOne who overprotects
- hoveringSuspended without support
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- dotingExcessively affectionate toward
paternalistic · solicitous · nurturing · vigilant · protective · restrictive · babying · pampering
asphyxiator
One who suffocates
constrictor · garrote · stifler · airless · breathless · gasping · suffocation
stifler
One who subdues
- silencerSound-dampening gun attachment
- censorOne who suppresses content
- repressorAgent blocking transcription
inhibitor · squelcher · dampener · muzzler · restrainer · queller · concealer · subduer · crusher · extinguisher
extinguisher
Device for dousing flames
quencher · douser · firebreak · retardant · suppression
possessive
Overly attached, often toxically
- needyWanting in essentials
- codependentUnhealthily reliant on another
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
overbearing · hovering · suffocating · controlling · jealous · demanding · obsessive · dependent · grasping · monopolizing
helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft
doting · paternalistic · solicitous · nurturing · vigilant · protective · restrictive · babying · pampering · cosseting
smothererlifesaver
Emergency rescue person
rescuer · life preserver · savior · resuscitator · life-giver
smothererliberator
One who frees others
emancipator · encourager · enabler · nurturer · cultivator
- smothered pork chopsBraised cutlets in thick gravy
- Smothers BrothersSibling musical comedy team
smother, smothered, smothering, smothers, smotherers, unsmothered