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smother has 14 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 7 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.
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
“Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow”
form an impenetrable cover over
“the butter cream smothered the cake”
a confused multitude of things
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for smother come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.