All logjam synonyms

noun logjam

• holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
• cooling-off period — A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.
• 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.
• retardment — the act of retarding or state of being retarded.
• deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
• standstill — a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop: The ball rolled to a standstill.
• 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.
• traffic jam — jam1 (def 16).
• buildup — praise or favorable publicity, esp. when systematic and intended to make something popular, well-known, etc.
• snarl — to become tangled; get into a tangle.
• tailback — the offensive back who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage, as in a single wingback or double wingback formation.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
• deferment — Deferment means arranging for something to happen at a later date.
• interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.