Synonyms for jam

Synonyms for (noun) jam

Synonyms: jam, jamming, electronic jamming

Definition: deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

Similar words: ECM, electronic countermeasures

Definition: electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum


Synonyms: jam

Definition: preserve of crushed fruit

Similar words: preserve, preserves, conserve, conserves

Definition: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar


Synonyms: jam, press, crush

Definition: a dense crowd of people

Similar words: crowd

Definition: a large number of things or people considered together

Usage: a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers


Synonyms: pickle, hole, muddle, mess, jam, kettle of fish, fix

Definition: informal terms for a difficult situation

Usage: he got into a terrible fix; he made a muddle of his marriage

Similar words: difficulty

Definition: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

Usage: grappling with financial difficulties


Synonyms for (verb) jam

Synonyms: block, jam

Definition: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

Usage: Jam the Voice of America; block the signals emitted by this station

Similar words: interrupt, break up, disrupt, cut off

Definition: make a break in

Usage: We interrupt the program for the following messages


Synonyms: jam, close up, block, impede, obstruct, obturate, occlude

Definition: block passage through

Usage: obstruct the path

Similar words: hinder, impede

Definition: be a hindrance or obstacle to

Usage: She is impeding the progress of our project


Synonyms: crush, jam

Definition: crush or bruise

Usage: jam a toe

Similar words: bruise, contuse

Definition: injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

Usage: I bruised my knee


Synonyms: chock up, ram, cram, jam, jampack, wad

Definition: crowd or pack to capacity

Usage: the theater was jampacked

Similar words: stuff

Definition: cram into a cavity

Usage: The child stuffed candy into his pockets


Synonyms: jam

Definition: get stuck and immobilized

Usage: the mechanism jammed

Similar words: malfunction, misfunction

Definition: fail to function or function improperly

Usage: the coffee maker malfunctioned


Synonyms: jam

Definition: push down forcibly

Usage: The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor

Similar words: push, force

Definition: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"


Synonyms: pack, mob, jam, pile, throng

Definition: press tightly together or cram

Usage: The crowd packed the auditorium

Similar words: crowd, crowd together

Definition: to gather together in large numbers

Usage: men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah


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