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clot

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of clot

1 a number of things considered as a unit
  • A clot of daisies occupied one corner of the flower bed.
Synonyms of clot

array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite
Words Related to clot

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration

agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety

cycle, run, series, suit
Phrases Synonymous with clot

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of clot

entity, item, single, unit
2 a small uneven mass
  • clots of dirt that were flung up by the horses' hooves
Synonyms of clot

blob, chunk, clod, clump, dollop, glob, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, lump, nub, nubble, nugget, wad
Words Related to clot

bead, drop, globule

block, body, bulk

particle, piece, portion

bit, chip, crumb, granule, morsel, nubbin, patch, scrap

clot

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of clot

1 to prevent passage through by filling with something
  • streets clotted by traffic
Synonyms of clot

block, choke, clog, congest, dam, gum (up), jam, obstruct, occlude, plug (up), stop (up), stuff
Words Related to clot

bung, cork, stopper, stopple

fill, gridlock, pack

fur, silt

flood, glut, inundate, overwhelm, swamp
Near Antonyms of clot

excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out)

empty, lighten
Antonyms of clot

clear, free, open (up), unblock, unclog, unplug, unstop
2 to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
  • Scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot.
Synonyms of clot

coagulate, congeal, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly, set
Words Related to clot

cake, concrete, firm (up), fix, freeze, harden, indurate, solidify, stiffen

condense, thicken

clump, curd, curdle, gum, lump (up)
Near Antonyms of clot

liquefy (also liquify), melt, thaw

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