313 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɡɹˈɪdlɒk], [ ɡɹˈɪdlɒk], [ ɡ_ɹ_ˈɪ_d_l_ɒ_k]

Similar words for gridlock:

• deadlock (noun)
• gridlock (noun)
• hindrance (noun)
• holdup (noun)
• impasse (noun)
• obstruction (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• pause (noun)
• rush hour (noun)
• stalemate (noun)
• standstill (noun)
• tie-up (noun)
• traffic (noun)
• traffic jam (noun)
• prohibit (verb)
• repress (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• prohibit
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "gridlock" in context?

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Synonyms for Gridlock:

• n.

  • deadlock (noun)
  • stalemate,
  • draw,
  • gridlock,
  • tie,
  • cessation,
  • corner,
  • full stop,
  • pickle,
  • catch-22,
  • dead heat,
  • predicament,
  • predicaments,
  • standstill,
  • dilemma,
  • hole,
  • posture,
  • halt,
  • checkmate,
  • plight,
  • quandary,
  • dead end,
  • standoff.
  • gridlock (noun)
  • congestion,
  • barrier,
  • impasse,
  • blockage,
  • logjam,
  • obstacle,
  • clog.
  • hindrance (noun)
  • hangup,
  • joker,
  • interruption,
  • albatross,
  • restraint,
  • deterrent,
  • jam-up,
  • hitch,
  • ball and chain,
  • monkey wrench,
  • lock,
  • impedance,
  • handicap,
  • Cumbrance,
  • trammel,
  • catch,
  • check,
  • bar,
  • drag,
  • snag,
  • hang-up,
  • stumbling block,
  • intervention,
  • impedances,
  • encumbrance,
  • excess baggage,
  • drawback,
  • baggage,
  • foot dragging,
  • limitation,
  • millstone,
  • interference,
  • restriction,
  • crimp.
  • holdup (noun)
  • trouble,
  • wait,
  • setback,
  • delay,
  • difficulty.
  • impasse (noun)
  • cul-de-sac,
  • fix,
  • morass,
  • rest.
  • obstruction (noun)
  • roadblock,
  • blocking,
  • wall,
  • hurdle,
  • hamper,
  • circumvention,
  • stop,
  • barricade,
  • booby trap.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • in action,
  • traffic jam,
  • lockout,
  • holdup,
  • pausation,
  • Downs,
  • walkout,
  • rush hour,
  • cutoff,
  • Truckage,
  • cul de sac,
  • cartage,
  • heavy traffic,
  • immobilization,
  • sit down,
  • hindrance,
  • traffic,
  • interregnum,
  • breathing spell,
  • in actions,
  • sit-downs,
  • Interregnums,
  • dead stop,
  • time out,
  • breakoff,
  • tie-up,
  • lockouts,
  • obstruction,
  • deadlock,
  • pause,
  • snarl-up,
  • rest period,
  • sit-down,
  • break-off,
  • walkouts.
  • pause (noun)
  • letup,
  • break,
  • coffee break,
  • interlude,
  • lacuna,
  • downtime,
  • hesitancy,
  • abeyance,
  • caesura,
  • layoff,
  • breathing space,
  • lapse,
  • stopover,
  • hiatus,
  • lull,
  • stay,
  • stand,
  • respite,
  • interim,
  • interval,
  • recess,
  • gap,
  • suspension,
  • comma,
  • hesitation,
  • hush,
  • happy hour,
  • stillness,
  • discontinuance.
  • rush hour (noun)
  • rush-hour,
  • heavy traffics.
  • stalemate (noun)
  • arrest.
  • standstill (noun)
  • in-action,
  • dead stops,
  • in-actions.
  • tie-up (noun)
  • sit downs,
  • sitdown,
  • sitdowns,
  • tieup.
  • traffic (noun)
  • in-flux,
  • in-fluxes,
  • in flux,
  • truckages,
  • in fluxes,
  • cartages.
  • traffic jam (noun)
  • logjams.

• v.

  • prohibit (verb)
  • hang up,
  • zing,
  • put down,
  • obstruct,
  • proscribe,
  • shut out,
  • preclude,
  • hinder,
  • Forfend,
  • debar,
  • impede,
  • box in,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • put a stopper in,
  • ban,
  • put chill on,
  • put half nelson on,
  • inhibit,
  • keep lid on,
  • lock up,
  • veto,
  • put a lock on,
  • bottle up,
  • jam up,
  • outlaw,
  • rule out,
  • throw cold water on,
  • interdict,
  • kill,
  • prevent,
  • cork,
  • nix,
  • pass on.
  • repress (verb)
  • silence,
  • control,
  • master,
  • stifle,
  • black out,
  • chasten,
  • hold back,
  • overcome,
  • subjugate,
  • collect,
  • rein,
  • subdue,
  • squelch,
  • compose,
  • suppress,
  • quell,
  • muffle,
  • bottle,
  • quash,
  • shush,
  • swallow,
  • smother.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • speed limit,
  • bottleneck,
  • snarl up,
  • bumper-to-bumper,
  • congestion charge,
  • traffic calming,
  • impediment.
  •
  • hold up.
  •
  • stoppage,
  • busy,
  • ticket,
  • jam,
  • tied up,
  • tie up,
  • snarl.
  •
  • filter.
  •
  • back up.
  •
  • rush.
  • Other relevant words:
  • simmer down,
  • Bottling,
  • keep in,
  • keep in check,
  • keeping in,
  • kept in,
  • repress,
  • keep under wraps,
  • quelch,
  • Bottled,
  • keeping in check.
  • prohibit
  • corking,
  • passes on,
  • Tabooed,
  • Tabooing,
  • locked up,
  • passing on,
  • gridlocked,
  • corked,
  • zinging,
  • locking up,
  • boxes in,
  • put lock on,
  • passed on,
  • nixing.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • foreclose,
  • forbid,
  • Hell,
  • dishearten,
  • ordeal,
  • battle,
  • dissuade,
  • dam up,
  • restrain,
  • discourage,
  • stress,
  • exchange,
  • coerce,
  • agree,
  • overpower,
  • disable,
  • accept,
  • dampen,
  • quagmire,
  • crisis,
  • get,
  • enjoin,
  • counteract,
  • constrain,
  • confine,
  • bind,
  • prohibit,
  • crush,
  • detain,
  • entanglement,
  • block,
  • nightmare,
  • compel,
  • tragedy,
  • jamming,
  • disallow,
  • continue,
  • circumscribe,
  • restrict,
  • traffic congestion,
  • exclude,
  • curb,
  • cut back,
  • trade,
  • adjournment,
  • endure,
  • dealings,
  • frustrate,
  • deter,
  • complication,
  • intermission,
  • crowd,
  • circumvent.

How to use "Gridlock" in context?

Paraphrases for Gridlock:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    lock.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    blocking, bottleneck, inertia.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    block, blockade, blockage, congestion, deadlock, impasse, logjam, paralysis, predicament, quagmire, stagnation, stalemate, standstill, dead-end, cul-de-sac, stand-off.

Hyponym for Gridlock:

• n.

  • group
    snarl-up, traffic jam.