All stalemate synonyms

noun stalemate

• 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.
• blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
• nonfeasance — the omission of some act that ought to have been performed. Compare malfeasance, misfeasance (def 2).
• impasse — a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
• logjam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• 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).
• lead balloon — a total failure
• implosion — the act of imploding; a bursting inward (opposed to explosion).
• nonsuccess — Absence of success; failure.
• dead-end — terminating in a dead end: a dead-end street.
• gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
• insolvency — the condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy.
• nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.