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| Main Entry: |
congested
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blocked, clogged |
| Synonyms: | chock-full, choked, closed, crammed, crowded, filled, glutted, gorged, gridlocked, jam-full, jam-packed, jammed, massed, mobbed, obstructed, occluded, overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, packed, packed like sardines, plugged, stopped, stoppered, stuffed, stuffed-up, teeming, up to the rafters |
| Antonyms: | clear, free, open, unblocked, unclogged, uncongested, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dense, cramped |
| Synonyms: | circumscribed, close-grained, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight |
| Antonyms: | loose, open, uncramped |
| Main Entry: | packed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full |
| Synonyms: | arranged, awash, brimful, brimming, bundled, chock, chock-full, compact, compressed, congested, consigned, crammed, crowded, filled, full to the gills, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, mobbed, overflowing, overloaded, packed like sardines, seething, serried, stuffed, swarming, to the roof, tumid, up to the hilt, up to the rafters, wall-to-wall, wrapped |
| Antonyms: | deserted, empty |
| Main Entry: | jammed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thronged |
| Synonyms: | busy, congested, crammed, crowded, deluged, filled, flooded, full, humming, jampacked, lively, mobbed, multitudinous, overcrowded, overflowing, packed, populous, swarming, teeming |
| Antonyms: | empty, vacant |
| Main Entry: | neck and neck |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close |
| Synonyms: | circumscribed, close-grained, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, nip and tuck, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart |
| Notes: | a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape |
| Antonyms: | let go, let up, open, unblock |
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, garrote, gasp, gibbet, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, strangulate, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring |
| Antonyms: | release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | clog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, hinder |
| Synonyms: | burden, choke, close, congest, curb, dam up, encumber, entrammel, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stop up, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel |
| Antonyms: | clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
| Synonyms: | bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stop up, stopper, stuff, turn off |
| Antonyms: | open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop |
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