| Main Entry: | occlude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, prevent |
Synonyms: |
choke, clog, close, close out, congest, curb, fill, hinder, impede, leave out, lock out, obstruct, plug, seal, shut, stop up, stopper, throttle |
Antonyms: |
allow, help, permit |
| 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: | exclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, forbid |
Synonyms: |
ban, bar, bate, blackball, blacklist, block, bounce, boycott, close out, count out, debar, disallow, drive out, eject, eliminate, embargo, estop, evict, except, force out, get rid of, ignore, interdict, keep out, leave out, lock out, obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, oust, pass over, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, put out, refuse, refuse admittance, reject, remove, repudiate, rule out, set aside, shut out, shut the door on, sideline, suspend, throw out, veto, ward off |
Antonyms: |
accept, add, admit, allow, include, incorporate, take on, welcome |
| Main Entry: | imprison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine; put in jail |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, bastille, bottle up, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, fence in, hold, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, keep captive, keep in custody, limit, lock in, lock up, nab, occlude, pen, put away, put behind bars, rail in, remand, restrain, send to prison, send up, shut in, stockade, take prisoner, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | obstruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrict |
Synonyms: |
arrest, bar, barricade, block, check, choke, clog, close, congest, crab, curb, cut off, drag one's feet, fill, foul up, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, hamstring, hang up, hide, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, mask, monkey with, obscure, occlude, plug, restrain, retard, sandbag, shield, shut off, slow down, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stymie*, terminate, throttle, thwart, trammel, weigh down |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, assist, boost, clear, help, promote, support |
| Main Entry: | plug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop up |
Synonyms: |
block, bung, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, cover, drive in, fill, obstruct, occlude, pack, ram, seal, secure, stop, stopper, stopple, stuff |
Antonyms: |
uncork, unplug, unstopper |
| Main Entry: | stop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, hold back |
Synonyms: |
arrest, avoid, bar, block, bottle, break, check, choke, choke off, clog, close, congest, cut off, disrupt, fill, fix, forestall, frustrate, gag, hinder, hush, impede, intercept, interrupt, muzzle, obstruct, occlude, plug, put a stop to, rein in, repress, restrain, seal, shut down, shut off, shut out, silence, stall, staunch, stay, stem, still, stopper, suspend, throw over, turn off, ward off |
Antonyms: |
allow, continue, encourage |