Synonyms of clogging

clogging

verb

present participle of clog

1

as in blocking

to prevent passage through by filling with something

the discovery that a ton of hair was clogging the drain in the tub

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocking
• obstructing
• jamming
• filling
• congesting
• flooding
• choking
• occluding
• clotting
• stopping (up)
• plugging (up)
• damming
• gumming (up)
• packing
• stuffing
• corking
• silting
• stoppering
• inundating
• bunging
• overwhelming
• swamping
• gridlocking
• spiling
• furring
• glutting
• stoppling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opening (up)
• clearing
• freeing
• unblocking
• unplugging
• unclogging
• excavating
• emptying
• unstopping
• scooping (out)
• hollowing (out)
• lightening

2

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

a court system clogged by frivolous suits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• obstructing
• embarrassing
• inhibiting
• handicapping
• delaying
• disrupting
• stymieing
• cramping
• blocking
• interfering (with)
• short-circuiting
• encumbering
• hobbling
• restraining
• trammelling
• fettering
• constraining
• tieing up
• handcuffing
• holding back
• tying up
• shackling
• thwarting
• hog-tying
• trammeling
• curbing
• manacling
• tying
• frustrating
• checking
• tieing
• stifling
• reining
• binding
• retarding
• retaining
• cramping one's style
• braking
• giving a hard time
• balking
• choking
• strangling
• holding up
• blockading
• barricading
• arresting
• tethering
• baffling
• sabotaging
• derailing
• confining
• suffocating
• miring
• chaining
• bogging (down)
• smothering
• roadblocking
• leashing
• stumping
• haltering
• foiling
• suppressing
• repressing
• muzzling
• hedging (in)
• hemming (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• helping
• assisting
• aiding
• facilitating
• opening
• clearing
• unclogging
• freeing
• releasing
• liberating
• unstopping
• unplugging
• loosening
• promoting
• smoothing
• making way
• encouraging
• furthering
• untying
• untieing