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Synonyms of jam in English

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verb

1‘he jammed a finger in each ear’

SYNONYMS

stuff, shove, force, ram, thrust, wedge, press, push, stick, squeeze, compress, confine, cram, pack, sandwich, insert

2‘several hundred friends and celebrities jammed into the shop’

SYNONYMS

crowd, pack, pile, press, squeeze, cram

throng, occupy, fill, overfill, overcrowd

obstruct, block, clog, congest

North American mob

3‘the rudder had jammed’

SYNONYMS

stick, become stuck, catch, seize, seize up, become immobilized, become unable to move, become fixed, become wedged, become lodged, become trapped

4‘even dust could jam the mechanism’

SYNONYMS

immobilize, paralyse, disable, cripple

deactivate, put out of action, make inoperative

stop, halt, bring to a halt, bring to a standstill

ANTONYMS

free

noun

1‘a traffic jam’

SYNONYMS

tailback, line, stream, hold-up, obstruction, congestion, bottleneck, stoppage

North American gridlock

British informal snarl-up

2‘I'd tell you if we ever got into a real jam’

SYNONYMS

predicament, plight, tricky situation, ticklish situation, awkward situation, spot of trouble, bit of bother, difficulty, problem, puzzle, quandary, dilemma, muddle, mess, quagmire, mire, imbroglio, mare's nest, dire straits

with nowhere to turn

West Indian comess

informal pickle, stew, sticky situation, fix, hole, scrape, bind, spot, tight spot, corner, tight corner, fine kettle of fish, how-do-you-do, hot water, deep water

British informal spot of bother