All bottleneck synonyms

noun bottleneck

• traffic jam — jam1 (def 16).
• barrier — A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
• blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
• congestion — If there is congestion in a place, the place is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
• snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
• impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
• hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
• clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
• obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
• jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.