Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who, or that which, stifles; one who represses or limits.

    a stifler of innovation

    a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses

  2. A camouflet.

Origin

From stifle + -er.

From stifle + -er.

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Forms

plural: stiflers
Singularstifler
Pluralstiflers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses:smotherer

Word family

1 related words
Relatedstifle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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