Synonyms of occluded

occluded

verb

past tense of occlude

as in obstructed

to prevent passage through by filling with something

a blood clot had occluded a major artery in his body

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obstructed
• blocked
• jammed
• filled
• congested
• clogged
• flooded
• stuffed
• clotted
• choked
• stopped (up)
• gummed (up)
• plugged (up)
• dammed
• packed
• stoppered
• corked
• overwhelmed
• silted
• bunged
• inundated
• furred
• gridlocked
• glutted
• stoppled
• swamped
• spiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opened (up)
• cleared
• freed
• unplugged
• excavated
• unblocked
• unclogged
• emptied
• hollowed (out)
• unstopped
• scooped (out)
• lightened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of occluded

But well told is not the same as telling, and, in the end, the overarching claims in his book are occluded rather than revealed by the surfeit of detail. — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Instead, the missing silver may have been right there, in the sun all along, simply occluded from astronomers' view by tricks of physics. — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 23 July 2026

There’s so much that has been occluded by the broad-brush depiction of the eighties as the awful age of Reagan, yuppies, shoulder pads, mullets, and synth-drums. — Literary Hub, 1 June 2026

Unlike supermassive black holes, the critics argued, LRDs appeared occluded by much denser clouds of gas, potentially mandating a more direct method for accurately measuring their mass. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 May 2026