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chokehold has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
complete power over a person or situation
“corporations have a stranglehold on the media”
a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind
“he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for chokehold come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.