Synonyms for Bottleneck:

• adj.

  •hindering (adjective)
  • impeding,
  • restricting,
  • Detaining,
  • Tangling,
  • burdensome,
  • Complicating,
  • Damming,
  • crippling,
  • Cramping,
  • Entangling,
  • frustrating,
  • Entrapping,
  • Crimping,
  • baffling,
  • Resisting,
  • inhibiting,
  • constipating,
  • Restraining,
  • thwarting,
  • constraining,
  • Delaying,
  • Snagging,
  • Clogging,
  • Fouling,
  • Obstructing,
  • Handicapping,
  • blocking,
  • hindering,
  • Snarling,
  • congesting,
  • Encumbering,
  • choking,
  • Deterring.

• n.

  •
  • busy,
  • hold up,
  • back up,
  • filter.
  •
  • inconvenience,
  • problem,
  • embarrassment,
  • predicament.
  •artifact (noun)
  • bottleneck.
  •bottleneck (noun)
  • constriction.
  •canal (noun)
  • choke points.
  •congestion (noun)
  • over population,
  • over-development,
  • overdevelopments,
  • crowdings,
  • over development,
  • over-populations,
  • rubberneckings,
  • over developments,
  • overpopulations,
  • rubber neckings,
  • over-developments,
  • crowdednesses,
  • snarl ups,
  • over populations,
  • rubber-neckings,
  • overcrowdings,
  • over crowding,
  • pro-fusion,
  • rubber necking,
  • pro-fusions,
  • snarlup,
  • over-population,
  • ex-cesses,
  • ex cess,
  • ex cesses,
  • ex-cess,
  • pro fusion,
  • cloggings,
  • snarlups,
  • pro fusions.
  •focus (noun)
  • forum,
  • rally,
  • hub,
  • kernel,
  • lodestar,
  • soul,
  • axle,
  • epitome,
  • nucleus,
  • rendezvous,
  • lure,
  • marrow,
  • polestar,
  • focus,
  • essence,
  • crux,
  • core,
  • intersection,
  • center,
  • meat,
  • plenum,
  • gathering,
  • crossing,
  • funnel,
  • heart,
  • magnet,
  • spirit,
  • asymptote.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • frustration,
  • entrapment,
  • interruption,
  • opposition,
  • barrier,
  • disadvantage,
  • complication,
  • impasse,
  • encumbrance,
  • resistance,
  • blockage,
  • hurdle,
  • constraint,
  • restraint,
  • constipation,
  • entanglement,
  • impedance,
  • obstruction,
  • deterrent,
  • bafflement,
  • hindrance,
  • restriction,
  • stoppage,
  • damper,
  • drawback,
  • obstacle.
  •impediment (noun)
  • dis-advantages,
  • dis advantages,
  • re striction,
  • dead weights,
  • re-striction,
  • catch-22's,
  • dis-advantage,
  • re strictions,
  • catch 22,
  • catch 22's,
  • catch22,
  • re-strictions,
  • retardments,
  • dis advantage,
  • catch22's.
  •obstacle (noun)
  • hold-up.
  •rush hour (noun)
  • heavy traffics,
  • rush-hour.
  •strait (noun)
  • cross roads,
  • dis-tress,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis tress,
  • dis tresses,
  • be-wilderment,
  • cross road,
  • be wilderment,
  • be wilderments,
  • be-wilderments.
  •traffic jam (noun)
  • traffic congestion.

• v.

  •check (verb)
  • counter act,
  • re pulse,
  • dis-courages,
  • played for time,
  • counter-acts,
  • re buffing,
  • pre-vent,
  • nip in bud,
  • slackens pace,
  • counter acted,
  • holds in,
  • re pulsing,
  • holds down,
  • re presses,
  • re-duces,
  • with-holds,
  • pre vent,
  • reining in,
  • de-laying,
  • counter-acting,
  • re pressed,
  • with hold,
  • pre-vented,
  • de lays,
  • with-held,
  • dis courages,
  • slows down,
  • slowing down,
  • de lay,
  • re duces,
  • re buffs,
  • re-presses,
  • re pressing,
  • nip the bud,
  • with holding,
  • re-pressing,
  • re-buff,
  • counter-acted,
  • re press,
  • de laying,
  • pre vents,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re-press,
  • de-lay,
  • with-hold,
  • re-pulses,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re buff,
  • with holds,
  • slackened pace,
  • re duce,
  • re-pulse,
  • re buffed,
  • dis-courage,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre venting,
  • re pulses,
  • re-buffs,
  • with held,
  • re-buffing,
  • counter acting,
  • re-buffed,
  • pre-venting,
  • counter-act,
  • re pulsed,
  • counter acts,
  • nip bud,
  • re-duce,
  • Bitting,
  • slackening pace,
  • de-lays,
  • dis courage.
  •hinder (verb)
  • dam,
  • handicap,
  • impede,
  • restrict,
  • drag,
  • foul,
  • constipate,
  • cramp,
  • hamper,
  • baffle,
  • burden,
  • cripple,
  • jam,
  • delay,
  • brake,
  • entangle,
  • detain,
  • inhibit,
  • curb,
  • complicate,
  • thwart,
  • entrap,
  • hamstring,
  • frustrate,
  • constrain,
  • bung,
  • catch,
  • congest,
  • plug,
  • stay,
  • choke,
  • mire,
  • stop,
  • fetter,
  • deter,
  • restrain,
  • encumber,
  • bar,
  • clog,
  • counter,
  • crimp,
  • impair,
  • tangle,
  • snarl,
  • oppose,
  • paralyze,
  • snag,
  • interrupt,
  • resist.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • speed limit,
  • traffic calming,
  • bumper-to-bumper,
  • congestion charge.
  •
  • ticket,
  • traffic,
  • tied up.
  •
  • rush.
  •hinder
  • hinders,
  • boxes in,
  • snafued,
  • box in,
  • get in the way,
  • hogtie.
  •Other relevant words:
  • contrary,
  • infarct,
  • agree,
  • intervene,
  • defile,
  • compaction,
  • violate,
  • deadlock,
  • tangent,
  • radius,
  • pass,
  • concourse,
  • occlude,
  • wasp waist,
  • concurrence,
  • compression,
  • knitting,
  • Puckering,
  • astringency,
  • joker,
  • circumscription,
  • reduction,
  • shortening,
  • discourage,
  • oppress,
  • throat,
  • decrease,
  • hourglass,
  • glitch,
  • cumbersome,
  • curtain,
  • kibosh,
  • Wrinkling,
  • sealing off,
  • blind gut,
  • isthmus,
  • hang-up,
  • conflux,
  • Pursing,
  • curtailment,
  • objection,
  • intrude,
  • awkward,
  • canal,
  • gorge,
  • constricting,
  • obstructive,
  • meddlesome,
  • forbid,
  • hazard,
  • converging,
  • systole,
  • unaccommodating,
  • prevent,
  • channel,
  • disappoint,
  • infarction,
  • strangulation,
  • interfere,
  • beset,
  • concentration,
  • difficulty,
  • cordon,
  • approach,
  • counteract,
  • meeting,
  • blind alley,
  • narrowing,
  • Compactedness,
  • prohibitive,
  • neck,
  • preclude,
  • determent,
  • spoke,
  • abbreviation,
  • spokes,
  • obstipation,
  • embolism,
  • choking off,
  • congress,
  • condensation,
  • rub,
  • Narrows,
  • cul de sac,
  • confine,
  • confluence,
  • Astriction,
  • tie up,
  • jam-up,
  • blank wall,
  • Oppilative,
  • Compressure,
  • chokepoint,
  • stricture,
  • stumbling block,
  • contracture,
  • forestall,
  • troublesome,
  • convergence,
  • consolidation,
  • contraction,
  • solidification,
  • tightness,
  • uncooperative,
  • cervix,
  • diminuendo,
  • Costiveness,
  • collision course,
  • foreclose,
  • embolus,
  • Striction,
  • coarctation,
  • limitation,
  • tailback,
  • cecum,
  • dead end,
  • confuse,
  • focalization,
  • prohibit,
  • inconvenient,
  • hitch.

Paraphrases for Bottleneck:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    neck.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hindrance, hurdle, barrier, constriction, roadblock, constraint, deadlock, pitfall, gridlock, crunch, setback.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    bottle, obstacle, strangulation, stranglehold, impediment, congestion, suffocation, blockage, problem, obstruction.

Antonyms for Bottleneck:

• n.

  • obstacle
    assistance, opening, aid, help.

Hyponym for Bottleneck:

• n.

  • artifact
    part, portion.
  • shape
    narrowing.

• v.

  • change
    contract, narrow.
  • social
    embarrass, stymie, block, hinder, blockade, stymy, obstruct.