Definitions

blocked

ADJECTIVE

costive

Synonyms

WEAK

clogged obstructed plugged

ADJECTIVE

jammed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clogged swollen wedged

STRONG

barred caught fast fastened fixed frozen lodged malfunctioning obstructed sandwiched trammeled warped

WEAK

immovable out of order stiff unworkable

Antonyms

STRONG

impermanent unfixed

WEAK

clear empty loose operating vacant

ADJECTIVE

prevented

Synonyms

STRONG

interrupted stopped

WEAK

interfered with

ADJECTIVE

refused

Synonyms

STRONG

banned denied disavowed dismissed disowned forbidden forsaken prohibited rebuffed rejected repelled repudiated spurned vetoed

WEAK

turned down

Antonyms

STRONG

allowed permitted

WEAK

consented to

ADJECTIVE

restricted

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barred closed confined controlled defined deprived prescribed reduced restrained secured shortened tethered

STRONG

bound bounded bridled chained checked clogged cramped curbed decreased deterred diminished encircled fastened fettered foiled frustrated governed hampered hitched impeded inhibited manacled moderated modified narrowed obstructed prevented repressed stayed stopped suppressed surrounded tempered

WEAK

held-back reined in small

Antonyms

STRONG

free unbounded

ADJECTIVE

stopped

Synonyms

STRONGEST

interrupted

STRONG

cancelled

WEAK

cut short gridlocked

ADJECTIVE

tight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

airtight fast short uncomfortable

WEAK

blind bolted choking clumped cramping crushing cutting fastened firm fixed hermetic hermetically sealed impenetrable impermeable impervious locked nailed obstructed padlocked pinching plugged proof secure shrunken shut skintight slammed smothering snapped sound stopped up tied tied-up watertight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

loose

WEAK

open slack unsealed

Example Sentences

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With energy shipments still blocked from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, ANZ Research chief economist Sanjay Mathur points to reduced crude oil volumes for the decline in factory activity data.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Roughly 125 protesters formed a human chain and blocked entrances and exits to try to stop the transfer.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Remarkably, when researchers blocked key regulators within this network, the neurons regained the ability to grow axons again.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Overnight, U.S. forces shot down five Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz and blocked a sixth launch from an Iranian ground control site in the port city of Bandar Abbas overnight, U.S.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The view south was blocked by a headland.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

blocked

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