| Main Entry: | stopper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plug |
Synonyms: |
bung, cork, fill, lid, stopple, wad |
| Concept: | Stopper. |
| Category: | 3. Superficial form |
Synonyms: |
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stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet., cover; valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve., janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.
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| Main Entry: | amazement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of surprise |
Synonyms: |
admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, confoundment, confusion, marvel, one for the books, perplexity, shock, something else, stopper, stunner, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment |
Antonyms: |
calmness, composure, cool, coolness, indifference, preparation |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct |
Synonyms: |
arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart |
| Notes: | a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape |
Antonyms: |
let go, let up, open, unblock |
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
Synonyms: |
asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, garrote, gasp, gibbet, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, strangulate, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring |
Antonyms: |
release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | clog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, hinder |
Synonyms: |
burden, choke, close, congest, curb, dam up, encumber, entrammel, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stop up, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel |
Antonyms: |
clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct, seal |
Synonyms: |
bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, prevent passage, put to, retard flow, screen, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stop up, stopper, stuff, turn off |
Antonyms: |
open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal, unstop |
| Main Entry: | closure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plug, seal |
Synonyms: |
blockade, bolt, bung, cap, cork, fastener, latch, lid, obstruction, occludent, occlusion, padlock, stop, stopper, stopple, tampon, tap |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrapping, cover-up |
Synonyms: |
awning, bark, binding, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, put-on, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen, spread, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, window-dressing, wrapper, wraps |
| Main Entry: | fill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to put in and occupy the whole of |
Synonyms: |
block, blow up, brim over, bulge out, charge, choke, clog, close, congest, cram, crowd, distend, fulfill, furnish, glut, gorge, heap, impregnate, inflate, jam-pack, lade, load, meet, overflow, overspread, pack, pack like sardines, permeate, pervade, plug, puff up, pump up, ram, ram in, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shoal, stock, stopper, store, stretch, stuff, supply, swell, take up, top, top off |
Antonyms: |
deplete, drain, empty, exhaust, spend, take, use, void |