Synonyms for jam
- noun
- verb
Most common
squeeze pickle sticky wicket muddle cup of tea jazz jam-up stampede
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pickle — A difficult situation
pickle, fix, hole, squeeze, tight spot, stick, mess, sticky wicket, spot, state, pinch, situation, hitch, muddle, kettle of fish, bind, quagmire, difficulty, dilemma, quandary, predicament, plight
2. Jelly — A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in…
3. Raspberry jam tree — the tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber
Other
jazz, cup of tea, taste, fill-up, stoppage, close-up, jam-up, stampede, reveal, jambeau, jambart
Verb
Other
play, gunk up informal, rock the house slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
She loves eating jam for breakfast in hotels.
- n. 2
A difficult situation.
- v. 1
To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.
- v. 2
To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.
Related words
- Word family
- jam-up
- Phrases
- jam doughnut traffic jam jam rammed jam auction toe jam raspberry jam tree lob jam jam joint
- Is a kind of
- frame
- Other spellings
- jamb
Example sentences
- squeeze Everyone squeeze together so I can take a picture.
- pickle Don't wave that pickle at me while you're talking!
- muddle Tom was in a real muddle over his holiday plans.
- jazz Apart from sports, I like listening to jazz music.
By length
- 3 letters
- fix1, ram1, mob1, pac1, wad1
- 4 letters
- play1, spot1, hole1, pack1, mess1, jazz1, pile1, foul1, bind1, cram1
- 5 letters
- state1, press1, block1, stick1, taste1, crowd1, crush1, pinch1, jelly2, choke1, hitch1
- 6 letters
- reveal2, plight1, pickle2, impede2, muddle2, throng1
- 7 letters
- squeeze1, dilemma3, occlude, jambeau, jambart
- 8 letters
- preserve2, conserve2, stoppage2, stampede2, obstruct2, quagmire3, quandary3, obturate
- 9 letters
- situation4
- 10 letters
- difficulty4
- 11 letters
- predicament4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jelly2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- confiture
- Italiano
- marmellata
- Deutsch
- Konfitüre
- Català
- melmelada