GRIDLOCKS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of gridlock

as in halts

a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in with the White House controlled by one party and Congress by the other, the nation experienced four years of legislative gridlock

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verb

present tense third-person singular of gridlock

as in fills

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Noun

The automatic stay halts proceedings but doesn't compel creditors to undo pre-petition filings without operative effect.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Since prolonged production halts can cause permanent damage to oil wells, shutting them down is typically a last resort.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 June 2026

Definition of halts

Verb

Linkin Park fills three spaces on the Official Albums roster and four on the rock and metal albums list.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
This blazer, for example, is the kind of foundation piece that fills a gap in any closet, adding structure to jeans and dresses and pulling any look together.

— Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of fills

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Across 10 trials, the system achieved a 90 percent autonomous success rate with four robots and 70 percent with eight, while recovering from navigation errors and formation deadlocks without human assistance.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Having killed Downey, Amos cuts one of his deadlocks and puts it in Axel’s little red book.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025

Definition of deadlocks

Noun

Tracy said those will be issues the Red Sox will have to sort out, but noted that these sorts of logjams often have a way of working themselves out.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 28 June 2026
After clearing logjams in the White House and House of Representatives, the legislation drew broad support in an election year where both parties are increasingly aware that voters have said they're fed up with the high cost of living.

— Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 24 June 2026

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Engineered for students who take their gaming as seriously as their studies, this 25-inch Samsung Odyssey monitor packs an ultrafast 240-hertz refresh rate and 1ms GtG response time for blur-free action.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Nature takes tiny building blocks called atoms and molecules and packs them together to fill up space.

— Robin Macaluso, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

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