All deadlock synonyms
dead·lock
D d noun deadlock
- predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- standstill — a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop: The ball rolled to a standstill.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- dilemma — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- plight — Archaic. pledge.
- standoff — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
- draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- quandary — a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
- checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
- tie — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
- cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- corner — A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
- hole — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- pickle — a single grain or kernel, as of barley or corn.
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- impasse — a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
- stalemate — Chess. a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
- logjam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
- block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- catch-22 — If you describe a situation as a Catch-22, you mean it is an impossible situation because you cannot do one thing until you do another thing, but you cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing.
- dead heat — If a race or contest is a dead heat, two or more competitors are joint winners, or are both winning at a particular moment in the race or contest. In American English, you can say that a race or contest is in a dead heat.
- full stop — period (defs 10, 11).
verb deadlock
- measure up — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.