damper

/dˈæmpɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
2. a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
3. a depressing restraint
   “rain put a damper on our picnic plans”

Synonyms for damper

• muffler

Words that rhyme with damper

• hamper
• stamper
• tamper
• camper
• scamper
• pamper
• gamper
• kamper
• samper