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gridlocked

ADJECTIVE

congested

Synonyms

STRONGEST

choked crowded glutted jammed overcrowded teeming

STRONG

closed crammed filled gorged massed mobbed obstructed occluded overfilled overflowing packed plugged stopped stoppered stuffed

WEAK

chock-full jam-full jam-packed packed like sardines stuffed-up up to the rafters

Antonyms

STRONGEST

empty

WEAK

clear free open unblocked unclogged uncongested uncrowded

ADJECTIVE

static

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fixed immobile immovable passive stagnant stationary

STRONG

constant format stabile stable still

WEAK

at a standstill deadlocked inactive inert latent rigid stalled standing still sticky stopped stuck unchanging unfluctuating unmoving unvarying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

mobile movable moving unfixed unsteady

STRONG

inconstant unstable

WEAK

active changeable continuous variable

ADJECTIVE

stopped

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blocked interrupted

STRONG

cancelled

WEAK

cut short

Example Sentences

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Years of congestion in the gridlocked metropolis have given rise to a booming sector of motorcycle taxi drivers, weaving through car traffic.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Summer at Yellowstone National Park usually means gridlocked traffic and booked-up lodges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

We see the actress and comedian stuck in gridlocked traffic, but with a wave of the fairy's wand, a delivery truck is converted into a Christmas party.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Pacific Coast Highway had yet to become gridlocked with people fleeing the fast-moving flames.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

“When it’s time to bail, there are nontraditional routes that most people don’t know. They won’t be gridlocked like the freeways.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

gridlocked

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