jammed

ADJECTIVE

stuck fast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blocked 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

thronged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

congested crowded filled flooded overcrowded overflowing packed teeming

STRONG

busy crammed deluged full humming jampacked mobbed swarming

WEAK

lively multitudinous populous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

empty uncongested uncrowded

WEAK

clear loose operating vacant

Example Sentences

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Jammed highways in the New Orleans area showed many were heeding the warnings.

From Fox News • Aug. 29, 2021

Jammed boats are towed from newly shallow waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2021

Jammed parking lots prevented them from leaving their ballots before the boxes were locked for the night.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2020

Jammed end to end with such jokes, Carmichael’s special is unrelentingly bleak — even toxic in its nihilism.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2016

Jammed up in the forward peak, where the water and wave action had taken it, was a plastic bucket.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen