Synonyms of clogs

clogs 1 of 2

noun

plural of clog

as in obstacles

something that makes movement or progress difficult

she's not one to let moral principle be a clog upon her conscience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obstacles
• hurdles
• obstructions
• barriers
• embarrassments
• impediments
• interferences
• blocks
• cramps
• hindrances
• burdens
• chains
• stops
• shackles
• encumbrances
• inhibitions
• loads
• lets
• constraints
• handicaps
• stumbling blocks
• deterrents
• manacles
• fetters
• trammels
• blockages
• hitches
• brakes
• snags
• balks
• delays
• crimps
• bars
• blockades
• stone walls
• curbs
• dangers
• stoppages
• rubs
• restraints
• holdbacks
• hazards
• disadvantages
• brick walls
• catches
• drags
• difficulties
• reins
• arrests
• stalls
• embargoes
• checks
• hobbles
• bits
• perils
• reefs
• hardships
• holdups
• drawbacks
• cumbers
• adversities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spurs
• stimuli
• catalysts
• incentives
• stimulants
• edges
• advantages
• breaks
• benefits
• aids
• help
• impetuses
• goads
• boosts
• assistances
• handmaidens
• handmaids

clogs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of clog

1

as in blocks

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

• blocks
• obstructs
• jams
• congests
• fills
• stuffs
• clots
• chokes
• floods
• occludes
• plugs (up)
• dams
• stops (up)
• gums (up)
• corks
• packs
• overwhelms
• furs
• silts
• spiles
• stopples
• stoppers
• swamps
• inundates
• gridlocks
• bungs
• gluts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opens (up)
• frees
• clears
• unblocks
• unplugs
• unclogs
• excavates
• empties
• hollows (out)
• scoops (out)
• unstops
• lightens

2

as in hampers

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

a court system clogged by frivolous suits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hampers
• impedes
• hinders
• obstructs
• embarrasses
• blocks
• handicaps
• delays
• inhibits
• short-circuits
• stymies
• interferes (with)
• cramps
• disrupts
• encumbers
• hobbles
• fetters
• shackles
• trammels
• handcuffs
• holds back
• ties up
• ties
• restrains
• constrains
• hog-ties
• curbs
• frustrates
• thwarts
• cramps one's style
• brakes
• checks
• manacles
• chains
• gives a hard time
• binds
• retards
• baffles
• reins
• stifles
• barricades
• chokes
• balks
• holds up
• roadblocks
• blockades
• strangles
• bogs (down)
• leashes
• tethers
• retains
• stumps
• arrests
• mires
• confines
• suffocates
• halters
• sabotages
• muzzles
• derails
• smothers
• foils
• hems (in)
• hedges (in)
• represses
• suppresses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• helps
• aids
• facilitates
• assists
• opens
• clears
• releases
• unclogs
• frees
• liberates
• unties
• unplugs
• loosens
• unstops
• smooths
• smoothes
• promotes
• makes way
• encourages
• furthers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clogs

Noun

What about blockages and clogs? —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025

What’s more, clogs are one of fall’s top shoe trends this year. —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

Birkenstock Buckley Narrow Suede Clog For those who already have a pair of Boston mules, consider these clogs that remind me of a sleeker version of slippers. —Nicol Natale, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025

The retailer just dropped rare markdowns on the brand’s most iconic styles, from the Arizona sandals made for late-summer escapes to the suede Boston clogs that will stylishly carry you into fall. —Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025

Verb

Along with the swamp eels, scientists in the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center have been most concerned about the spread of Cuban tree frogs, which secrete noxious chemicals that are harmful to humans, and alligatorweed, which clogs waterways that can impact infrastructure. —Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025

Instead, Carrie’s holiday is filled with a revolving door of haughty art dealers and Gen Z queerdos, one of whom clogs the toilet and expels a sea of brown that Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is forced to clean up. —Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025

Given the frustrating amount of traffic that often clogs California freeways, the program has been used as an incentive for people to buy electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell cars. —Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025