Synonyms of wedged

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adjective

ˈwejd 

as in stuck

firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge

the pebble in the heel of his shoe was pretty well wedged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stuck
• jammed
• tight
• glued
• frozen
• lodged
• embedded
• clamped
• cemented
• anchored
• set
• attached
• firm
• snug
• secured
• bonded
• fast
• bound
• fastened
• entrenched
• implanted
• impacted
• immovable
• unyielding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loose
• insecure
• detached
• unsecured
• movable
• undone
• unattached
• freed
• unbound
• loosened
• dislodged
• yielding
• unfastened

wedged

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verb

past tense of wedge

as in crammed

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crammed
• stuffed
• squeezed
• jammed
• sandwiched
• loaded
• rammed
• crowded
• packed
• shoehorned
• crushed
• filled
• heaped
• jam-packed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wedged

Verb

Spencer told me about trucks getting stuck on narrow roads after their drivers followed faulty directions; in June, a woman wedged her car onto light-rail tracks in Seattle. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2026

According to the affidavit, the blade was wedged between two doors that were propped up alongside several pieces of junk. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

Here’s a fish-out-of-water rom-com wedged into, um, a spy thriller about aliens in New Mexico. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

These systems include supplier, switch, aggregator, channel manager and the caches wedged between, because every layer upstream charges for live calls and every layer takes a margin. — Abhinav Sinha, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

There are even more flip-flop heels to explore including a Calvin Klein wedged style that’s 49 percent off and a memory-foam pair with slender straps. — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026

Risk factors include placing an infant near something that could cover their nose or mouth, like a blanket or toys, or a location where their nose could get wedged, like a couch. — Gavin Escott, USA Today, 16 July 2026

After being rear-ended by another vehicle, a car left the roadway, struck a gas pump and became wedged between another vehicle and the pump, the release said. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026

Wrapped in red, white and blue, and with fine-grain sand wedged between his wriggling toes, Edward didn’t want the night to end. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026