throttle - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine

Synonyms

• accelerator
• throttle
• throttle valve

More generic

• valve

Related

• fuel system

Noun

a pedal that controls the throttle valve

Synonyms

• accelerator
• accelerator pedal
• gas
• gas pedal
• gun
• throttle

More generic

• foot lever
• foot pedal
• pedal
• treadle

Related

• aeroplane
• airplane
• auto
• automobile
• car
• machine
• motorcar
• plane

Verb

reduce the air supply

Synonyms

• choke
• throttle

More generic

• enrich

Verb

place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Synonyms

• bound
• confine
• limit
• restrict
• throttle
• trammel

More specific

• clamp down
• constrain
• crack down
• cramp
• cumber
• delimit
• delimitate
• demarcate
• draw a line
• draw the line
• encumber
• gate
• halter
• hamper
• mark off
• mark out
• reduce
• restrain
• scant
• skimp
• stiffen
• strangle
• tie
• tighten
• tighten up

Verb

kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

Synonyms

• strangle
• strangulate
• throttle

More generic

• kill

More specific

• garotte
• garrote
• garrotte
• scrag

Related

• compact
• compress
• constrict
• contract
• press
• squeeze

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