Synonyms of the word

suffocative

• adj. Tending or able to choke or stifle.

breathless

• adj. Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
• adj. That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
• adj. Not breathing; apparently dead.
• adj. Having no wind; still, calm or airless.

dyspneal

• adj. Alternative form of dyspnoeal.

dyspneic

• adj. Afflicted with dyspnea; possessing unhealthy breathing.

dyspnoeal

• adj. Pertaining to, or of the nature of dyspnoea; in connexion with dyspnoea.

dyspnoeic

• adj. Alternative spelling of dyspneic.

smothering

• v. present participle of smother.
• n. The act by which someone or something is smothered.

suffocating

• v. present participle of suffocate.
• n. suffocation.