BLOCKING Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in impeding

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verb

present participle of block

as in filling

to close up so that no empty spaces remain block up the opening in the wall where a window once was

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as in obstructing

to prevent passage through by filling with something one of the patient's arteries was so blocked with fatty deposits that blood flow had been reduced to a trickle

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as in intercepting

to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course a thug suddenly stepped out of a doorway and blocked his escape down the alley

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Recent Examples of blocking

Adjective

The winner was the player who avoided being blocked the longest — a blocking game, a category of strategy game where the objective centers on restricting your opponent’s movement. —

Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026

Verb

The 6-foot-2, 207-pounder has the short-area quickness, yards-after-the catch ability and run-blocking toughness that coach Kyle Shanahan craves. —

Matt Barrows, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 To wrap up Day 2, the Dolphins took a pair of wide receivers and an in-line blocking tight end with their three picks in the third round. —

David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026 The Jags also have Hunter Long and Quintin Morris on the roster as blocking tight ends, and Boerkircher gives them another body at a position that the Los Angeles Rams placed an emphasis on last season. —

Mark Long, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026 More sanctions on Russia The EU has also been trying since February to push through a new raft of sanctions against Russia to undermine its war effort, but Hungary and Slovakia were also blocking those measures over the oil feud. —

Karel Janicek, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 His pass-blocking grade of 87 last season according to Pro Football Focus ranked sixth among tackles with at least 300 pass-blocking snaps. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 In Platte Woods, a preliminary storm report indicated that cable lines and at least one tree were blocking a roadway near North Saint Clair Park. —

Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026 Human Rights Watch said authorities have taken sweeping steps to curb religious practice, including tearing down churches and crosses, blocking gatherings at unregistered churches and seizing religious materials not approved by the state. —

Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Nunley had already issued an emergency order blocking the deal for three weeks. —

CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026

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It’s expected that the Chargers will shift Slaughter to left guard, filling one of their most pressing needs on the second day of the three-day draft.

— Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.

— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026