Synonyms of bottlenecks

bottlenecks 1 of 2

noun

plural of bottleneck

as in jams

a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement

a bottleneck inevitably forms at the start of a construction zone when the highway narrows from three to two lanes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jams
• congestions
• snarls
• logjams
• tailbacks
• delays
• backups
• traffic
• jam-ups
• tangles
• slowdowns
• locks
• tie-ups
• gridlocks
• stoppages
• crawls

bottlenecks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bottleneck

as in snags

Related Words

• snags
• blocks
• hinders
• clogs
• stems
• impedes
• obstructs
• dams
• blockades
• baffles
• stalls
• holds back
• arrests
• halts
• stops
• checks
• balks
• detains
• brings up
• cuts off
• stays
• stills
• holds
• ends
• holds up
• catches
• pulls up
• draws up
• terminates
• fetches up
• concludes
• suspends
• turns back
• squashes
• reins (in)
• stunts
• chokes off
• suppresses
• calls
• represses
• discontinues
• stanches
• squelches

Dissimilar Words

• continues
• persists
• keeps (on)
• advances
• carries on
• progresses
• runs on
• moves
• fares
• follows through (with)
• proceeds
• keeps up
• marches
• goes along
• spurs
• drives
• pushes
• impels
• propels
• wends
• stirs
• actuates
• budges
• goads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bottlenecks

Noun

Qantas The purpose of Project Sunrise is to establish new non-stop antipodean air routes from Sydney to London and New York as a way to avoid traditional long-range bottlenecks and, ironically, speed up the trip. — New Atlas, 10 Nov. 2026

Expanding into new product categories traditionally creates supply chain bottlenecks through the complexity of factory coordination and the resulting friction. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

Investors will focus again on the bottlenecks, on the areas that really will determine the longer term capex infrastructure build out that the AI trade will engender. — CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

Roosting behavior can become especially noticeable during migration, when vultures gather at geographic bottlenecks. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 9 Nov. 2026

Factories can create digital twins of individual machines, production lines, or entire facilities to monitor equipment health, identify bottlenecks, and optimize production schedules. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

As for obstacles, experts nodded to persistent bottlenecks in shelter beds reserved for domestic violence survivors and legal support options, financial limitations, especially as pandemic-era federal funding dries up, and widespread access to guns. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Intel plunged 30% Friday after issuing weaker guidance for the fourth quarter, citing weakness in the PC market and manufacturing bottlenecks. — Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

That provides an opportunity to investigate capacity, redistribute workloads or remove bottlenecks before the service standard is missed. — Allison Mais, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026