BLOCKS Synonyms: 243 Similar and Opposite Words

blocks 1 of 2

noun

plural of block

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit bought a block of stocks

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as in obstacles

something that makes movement or progress difficult constant bickering that is only a block to the completion of the project

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as in heads

slang the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth threatened to knock the block off the jerk next door if he didn't can the noise

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as in factions

a group of people acting together within a larger group a more conservative block within the political party

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as in coalitions

an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection a block of oil-producing nations

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verb

present tense third-person singular of block

as in fills

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 obstructs

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 intercepts

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 blocks

Noun

Kusturica finished with six rebounds, three assists, two blocks, one steal and no turnovers in 23 minutes. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026 The Yemeni cafe two blocks from home made the best ice cream sundae. — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026 Kusturica finished with 29 points, six rebounds, three assists, two blocks and one steal. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026 That Citgo is just three blocks away from where Browner was killed. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026 The 14,000-square-foot Dutch Colonial was built in 1928 and has a limestone façade that matches the State Capitol building two blocks away. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2026 Junior outside Sophia Guynn finished with 17 kills with seven aces and six digs, junior middle Madeleine Redmond added 11 kills and three blocks and senior libero Hadleigh-Rose Haggerty flew all over the court and finished with 22 digs. — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 Raymond Lopez, alderman of Chicago’s 15th Ward, told the station that the other driver appeared to be annoyed about something that happened several blocks back. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026 The fixtures were made from the very boxes that the costumes came in, simple merchandise boxes wrapped in black plastic, and the checkout counter was made of two-by-fours and cement blocks. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Verb

According to the team at the Francis Crick Institute, adult fruit flies have a hydrophobic lipid coating made of long hydrocarbon molecules that blocks water loss. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026 The idea is that, although their paralysis blocks the neural signals from reaching their muscles, those signals are still generated in the brain. — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026 Amazon had proposed a 600-acre campus on land Trenton hoped to annex; the ban effectively blocks that plan, according to local news. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026 The teams seek sites close to the center of the band of totality, where the moon blocks the sun for longest. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026 Mido, the jerk who blocks your progress in Kokiri Forest, has been subtly rewritten from bully to overbearing but well-intentioned boss. — James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026 Researchers remove the majority of a star’s glare from JWST images using a mask inside the telescope called a coronagraph that blocks most of the star’s light. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026 The order blocks the government from removing additional trees and compels advance notice before the government irreversibly alters more of the course. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026 The supersite itself saw waits swell beyond two hours, with lines by late afternoon starting 2½ blocks away. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blocks

Noun

Two other large, bright open star clusters in this region that look great in 10x50 binoculars are the glittering stars of NGC 752 in Andromeda and M34, a bright, hazy patch in Perseus.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Talks for arrangements that would see Moonshot rent access to clusters of 8,000 or more Blackwell GPUs hosted in the region have taken place, one source said.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of clusters

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The robot dogs use two LiDAR sensors and four fisheye cameras to spot obstacles and navigate their surroundings.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
What to avoid Certain types of debt can create obstacles down the road.

— Jayna Rohslau,Jasmin Suknanan,Senitra Horbrook, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of obstacles

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My doctors were department heads at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins.

— Mariska Breland, STAT, 4 Nov. 2026
The tax adds 1% to 3% to the state income tax of single filers who earn more than $360,000, joint filers who make more than $721,000 and heads of household who earn more than $490,000.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of heads

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Once senior officers had set off on a longboat to seek help in what is now Jakarta, Cornelisz divided the remaining survivors into factions, playing them off against each.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 30 Oct. 2026
No Israeli political party has ever won an outright majority in the Knesset, forcing parliamentary factions to build sometimes unwieldy political alliances.

— Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of factions

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Both candidates have support from prominent Democratic figures, but their coalitions differ.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Segalovitz says the purpose of his partnership with Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas was to show that Jews and Arabs can build political coalitions across racial and religious divides.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of coalitions

Verb

No queue fills up, nothing gets escalated, and the discrepancy waits until someone reconciles, if anyone does.

— Ran Grushkowsky, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Stanichi fills the role left vacant after Josh Simon left Netflix as head of consumer products in August 2025 to join Funko as CEO.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of fills

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Sponsored by District 3 Commissioner Nicole Massiah, the measure defines camping as using public space for private living accommodations in a manner that obstructs public access or blocks entryways and exits to public property for extended periods.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026

Definition of obstructs

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Defensive player of the week Junior defensive back Jaden Wright makes six tackles, intercepts a pass, recovers a fumble and also returns a punt 55 yards for a touchdown during Warren’s 49-0 North Suburban Conference win over Waukegan.

— Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
DeLand’s Gardner Nordman intercepts a Max Chapman pass and Bulldogs have the ball at their own 27 yard line.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026