gag synonyms

gag

v.

  1. To stop the mouth

    choke, muzzle, muffle, obstruct, stifle, smother, throttle, strangle, garrote, silence by violence, tape up, suffocate.

  2. To forbid expression to

    silence, constrain, suppress, repress, hush; see also quiet 2.

  3. To retch

    be nauseated, sicken, choke; see vomit.

Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.