Synonyms for dead-end
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Noun
1. Impasse — A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end
impasse, cul-de-sac, blind alley, stalemate, standstill, deadlock
Definitions
- n. 1
A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
That road comes to a dead end at the lake.
Related words
- Phrases
- dead-end street
- Other spellings
- dead end deadend
Forms
- Plural
- dead-ends → impasses, cul-de-sacs, stalemates, standstills…
Example sentences
- stalemate The investigation was pretty much at a stalemate.
- impasse Has the war in Ukraine reached an impasse?
By length
- 7 letters
- impasse2
- 8 letters
- deadlock2
- 9 letters
- stalemate2
- 10 letters
- standstill2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impasse2 = 2 syllables).