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jam

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jam

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

thousands of cars trying to leave the stadium's parking lot at the same time are sure to create a jam

Synonyms of jam

backup, bottleneck, jam-up, logjam, snarl, tailback [British], tie-up

Words Related to jam

tangle

gridlock, lock

congestion, traffic

crawl, delay, slowdown, stoppage

2 a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

the heavy rain puts us in a real jam: all of the preparations are for a garden wedding

Synonyms of jam

bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot [chiefly West], mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp

Words Related to jam

difficulty, node

hot water, soup

pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble

deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill

clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait

Phrases Synonymous with jam

kettle of fish

jam

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of jam

1 to fit (people or things) into a tight space

jammed his clothes into the already bulging hamper

Synonyms of jam

cram, crowd, crush, ram, sandwich, shoehorn, squeeze, stuff, wedge

Words Related to jam

fill, heap, jam-pack, load, pack

2 to prevent passage through by filling with something

firefighters found the nightclub's doorways jammed with trapped patrons

Synonyms of jam

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

Words Related to jam

bung, cork, spile, stopper, stopple

fill, gridlock, pack

fur, silt

flood, glut, inundate, overwhelm, swamp

Near Antonyms of jam

excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out)

empty, lighten

Antonyms of jam

clear, free, open (up), unblock, unclog, unplug, unstop

3 to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

the inn will jam a guest's picnic basket with an array of tempting foods

Synonyms of jam

brim, charge, cram, fill, heap, jam-pack, load, pack, stuff

Words Related to jam

drench, flood, glut, swamp

bloat, bulk

crowd, crush, mat, press, ram, shove, squash, squeeze

refill, refresh, reload, repack, replenish

overcharge, overfill, overflow, saturate

honeycomb, penetrate

Near Antonyms of jam

lighten

deplete, drain, eliminate, exhaust

bleed, draw (off)

clean, flush, purge, scour, sweep

Antonyms of jam

clear, empty, evacuate, vacate, void

4 to force one's way

several more people jammed into the bus even though there was hardly room to stand

Synonyms of jam

bore, bull, bulldoze, crash, elbow, jostle, muscle, press, push, shoulder, squeeze

Words Related to jam

ram, shove, thrust

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