GRIDLOCKS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of gridlock

as in halts

a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in with the White House controlled by one party and Congress by the other, the nation experienced four years of legislative gridlock

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verb

present tense third-person singular of gridlock

as in fills

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Recent Examples of gridlocks

Noun

Nairobi's street acrobats first began appearing in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they have since become normalized at traffic stops in and around the city, with acrobats taking advantage of gridlocks to perform in exchange for cash tips. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

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Noun

That was March 2020, when the CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler tried to coordinate production halts over Covid-19 fears, only to be warned by their lawyers that doing so could violate antitrust rules.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
The automatic stay halts proceedings but doesn't compel creditors to undo pre-petition filings without operative effect.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Definition of halts

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The reforms center on breaking veto-heavy decision deadlocks, bringing poorer economies into global supply chains, cracking down on unfair state subsidies and rewriting outdated 20th-century trade rules.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Such victories accustomed many Americans to imagining that their skilled leaders could break seemingly intractable political deadlocks in decisive ways.

— Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of deadlocks

Noun

Space Coast options to process satellites is limited, and has already faced logjams that can delay missions.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
At OpenAI, employees have a magic word to eliminate logjams and cut through the red tape that develops as the company gets larger.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of logjams

Verb

It’s been around forever, packs a punch, and helped us defeat the Nazis in World War II.

— John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
More than 74,000 people attend the eight-day festival each year, which packs SCAD’s historic theaters and studio spaces with competition titles, features, documentaries, shorts, animation, panels and workshops.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

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