Definitions

stop up

VERB

block

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrest bar blockade clog close close off cut off deter halt hinder hold up impede intercept prevent stall stop thwart

STRONG

barricade brake catch charge check choke congest dam dead-end fill occlude plug stonewall stopper stymie tackle

WEAK

block out close out hang up interfere with shut off shut out take out of play

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance aid allow assist begin continue encourage facilitate forward further give help let go open permit promote push release start support unstop

STRONG

free liberate unblock

WEAK

let up

VERB

clog

Synonyms

STRONGEST

choke congest fill hamper impede obstruct plug seal

STRONG

burden close curb encumber fetter glut jam leash occlude shackle stopper stuff tie trammel

WEAK

dam up entrammel

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist help promote support

STRONG

free let go loose loosen release

WEAK

clear open unblock unclog unencumber unstop

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

block shut shutter

STRONG

bang bar bolt button caulk choke clap clench clog confine congest cork dam exclude fasten fill lock occlude plug screen secure slam stopper stuff

WEAK

prevent passage put to retard flow shut off turn off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

open

STRONG

allow free let go liberate loose loosen permit release unblock unclog unfasten unlock

WEAK

unclose unplug unseal unstop

VERB

dam

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clog

STRONG

bar barricade brake check choke close confine hinder impede obstruct repress restrain restrict retard slow suppress

WEAK

hold in

Antonyms

STRONG

advance aid allow assist encourage facilitate forward free help let go liberate open permit promote push release support

WEAK

unblock unclog unloose

VERB

occlude

Synonyms

STRONG

choke clog close congest curb fill hinder impede obstruct plug seal shut stopper throttle

WEAK

close out leave out lock out

Antonyms

STRONG

advance aid assist clear encourage facilitate forward free help open promote release support unblock unplug unseal unstop

WEAK

allow permit

VERB

seal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

close enclose isolate plug secure shut stop

STRONG

cork fasten gum paste plaster quarantine segregate stopper waterproof

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin continue let go open release start unplug

WEAK

delay loosen put off refuse unseal

Example Sentences

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Greed also causes overleveraging: You keep adding to a winning position without moving your stop up to protect profits, then suddenly bad news hits, and what was your biggest winner yesterday wipes you out today.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

"I now put the food away when I go to bed, but in the morning I've found the towel I've used to stop up the gap is pulled out and chewed too."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

And so we let crickets be crickets and I stop up my ears.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2022

He made a diving stop up the middle on a ball hit by Iglesias and threw to first in time.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2021

He would hold his nose and stop up his ears when she passed by the house.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

stop up

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