What is another word for bottleneck?
413 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ bˈɒtə͡lnˌɛk], [ bˈɒtəlnˌɛk], [ b_ˈɒ_t_əl_n_ˌɛ_k]Table of Contents
Similar words for bottleneck:- hindering (adjective)
- artifact (noun)
- bottleneck (noun)
- canal (noun)
- congestion (noun)
- focus (noun)
- hindrance (noun)
- impediment (noun)
- obstacle (noun)
- rush hour (noun)
- strait (noun)
- traffic jam (noun)
- check (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- other synonyms
- hinder
- other relevant words
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.
•artifact (noun) •bottleneck (noun) •canal (noun) •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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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:
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- rush.
- 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.
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
neck.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
bottle, obstacle, strangulation, stranglehold, impediment, congestion, suffocation, blockage, problem, obstruction.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Bottleneck:
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n.
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obstacle
assistance, opening, aid, help.
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obstacle
Hyponym for Bottleneck:
n.
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shape
narrowing.
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shape
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