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Block

🔄 Synonyms of "Block"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
impedeverb	(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
deflectverb	(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
obstructverb	To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
closurenoun	An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
stymieverb	To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
stuffnoun	(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
stopverb	(intransitive) To cease moving.
freezenoun	(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
kiboshnoun	(slang) Chiefly in put on the kibosh or put the kibosh on: something which checks or restrains.
interferencenoun	The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
stymynoun	Alternative spelling of stymie. [To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.]
occlusionnoun	The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
blank outverb	To temporarily lose memory.
blockadenoun	The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
immobilizeverb	To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
draw a blankverb	(idiomatic) To be unable to recall a required piece of information.
lugnoun	The act of hauling or dragging.
occludeverb	(transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
pulleynoun	(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
mental blocknoun	(psychology) Inability to continue a train of thought.
blockingnoun	The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
barricadenoun	A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
stoppagenoun	A pause or halt of some activity.

↔️ Antonyms of "Block"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
freenoun	(social) Unconstrained.
recallverb	(transitive, intransitive) To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.
releasenoun	(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
thinkverb	(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
retrieveverb	(transitive) To regain or get back something.
rememberverb	To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
disengageverb	(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.
unblockverb	(transitive) To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
loosen upverb	(colloquial) To relax; to act less seriously.
call backverb	To telephone someone again at a more convenient time.
remindverb	(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
call upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
unfreezeverb	(transitive) To defrost something.
unstuffverb	(transitive) To remove the stuffing from.
recollectverb	To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Block"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
stuffnoun	(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
pulleynoun	(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
barricadenoun	A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
engine blocknoun	The metal casting that contains the piston cylinders of an engine.
lugnoun	The act of hauling or dragging.
freezenoun	A period of intensely cold weather.
blockadenoun	The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
parrynoun	A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
choke upverb	(intransitive) To (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
stymynoun	Alternative spelling of stymie. [(golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).]
occlusionnoun	The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
occludeverb	(transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
city blocknoun	The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
blockagenoun	(uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
block upverb	(transitive) To completely block or obstruct.
block offverb	(transitive) To obstruct.
obstructverb	To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
interferencenoun	The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.