Synonyms of stuck

stuck 1 of 2

adjective

as in jammed

firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge

the car was hopelessly stuck in the mud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jammed
• tight
• glued
• frozen
• embedded
• lodged
• wedged
• attached
• clamped
• set
• firm
• fast
• anchored
• secured
• cemented
• bound
• bonded
• snug
• entrenched
• fastened
• impacted
• implanted
• immovable
• unyielding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loose
• insecure
• detached
• unsecured
• unattached
• freed
• undone
• unbound
• movable
• loosened
• dislodged
• yielding
• unfastened

stuck

2 of 2

verb

past tense of stick

1

as in adhered

to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion

those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adhered
• clung
• glued
• cleaved
• bound
• hewed
• fastened
• fused
• united
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fell
• dropped
• loosened

2

as in put

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything

Synonyms & Similar Words

• put
• situated
• placed
• positioned
• located
• deposited
• laid
• disposed
• fixed
• set up
• emplaced
• set
• locked
• deposed
• parked
• planted
• slapped
• moved
• shifted
• plopped
• established
• oriented
• clapped
• rearranged
• carried
• ensconced
• wedged
• flopped
• collected
• assembled
• anchored
• plunked
• settled
• affixed
• lodged
• reordered
• plumped
• laid out
• plunked down
• ranked
• set down
• planked
• lined up
• niched
• queued
• arrayed
• berthed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• removed
• took
• relocated
• replaced
• banished
• displaced
• superseded
• dislodged
• supplanted

3

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• punctured
• picked
• jabbed
• pierced
• pecked
• impaled
• transfixed
• poked
• spitted
• speared
• skewered
• spiked
• harpooned
• punched
• ran through
• sliced
• pinked
• gored
• lanced
• transpierced
• riddled
• perforated
• cut
• pricked
• spindled
• thrust
• bayoneted
• knifed
• pronged
• gimleted
• poniarded
• pinpricked
• dirked
• piked
• quilled

4

as in plucked

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucked
• squeezed
• cheated
• hustled
• stung
• screwed
• beat
• did
• bled
• tricked
• deceived
• fiddled
• suckered
• shortchanged
• shorted
• stiffed
• victimized
• ripped off
• reamed
• swindled
• shook down
• hosed
• conned
• rooked
• defrauded
• diddled
• skinned
• fleeced
• bilked
• exploited
• flimflammed
• chiseled
• euchred
• gaffed
• betrayed
• fooled
• mulcted
• skunked
• nobbled
• wrenched
• cozened
• choused
• did in
• took for a ride
• clipped
• thimblerigged
• took to the cleaners
• gouged
• soaked
• sold a bill of goods to
• extorted
• nicked
• wrung
• milked
• overcharged
• duped
• wrested
• bitched
• gulled
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• roped (in)
• fast-talked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stuck

Adjective

The size of the boat, the distance from the tow boat's berth and how bad the boat is stuck will all factor into the final invoice. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Start by understanding where your money is going For people who feel stuck, Nepa says the first step is surprisingly simple. — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

In my experience, genuine partial yields are the difference between couples who argue about — and solve — problems and couples who get stuck arguing about each other. — Mark Travers, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026

But matching your undertone is a great starting point, Martin says, if you’re stuck on deciding which color to use. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026

At the center of her strategy is the relative youth of Nintendo’s Switch 2, which undeniably puts the company ahead of gaming console competitors (Xbox and PlayStation) that are still stuck at the end of their older-model life cycles. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

And speaking of being just long enough, her bangs are just long enough to get stuck in her eyelashes. — Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Oct. 2026

Don’t get stuck trying to fit everything into detailed categories. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

The computer was stuck and unable to initiate a power return. — Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Verb

As such, the greatest obstacle to genuine transformation is getting stuck in the planning cycle. — Jeff Degraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Walking into a room to do some task or other, they’ll get stuck obsessively staring at the door hinges. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026

The press secretary typically stuck in the job for years or entire terms, rather than days or weeks. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Chatten’s narrators are stuck in a perpetual apartness—desperate for safety and connection, but repeatedly failing to find it. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

The three Miami police officers who shot three civilians, killing a Baptist Health social worker stuck in traffic outside a Wynwood nightclub last year, won’t face criminal charges, according to a Miami-Dade State Attorney report obtained on Friday. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

That essential bargain stuck for 60 years, helping secure both the United States and Europe and preventing nuclear proliferation. — Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

Rather than getting stuck or trying to figure out a way to navigate around an obstacle, the robot can simply leap over it and continue on its merry way. — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Kyiv's retaliatory attacks mean Russian exports are now also stuck, further squeezing global supply. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing stuck

• stuck on