Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb choke_back
1 sense of choke back
Sense 1
choke off, choke down, choke back -- (suppress; "He choked down his rage")
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb -- (to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")