What is another word for dead end?
Synonyms for dead end
dead end
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word dead end.
Princeton's WordNet
cul, cul de sac, dead endnoun
a passage with access only at one end
Synonyms:
dead-end street, cul, cul de sac, deadlock, stalemate, blind alley, standstill, impasseAntonyms:
activedeadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstilladjective
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
"reached an impasse on the negotiations"
Synonyms:
standstill, cul, dead-end street, cul de sac, stand, deadlock, stalemate, blind alley, tie-up, impasseAntonyms:
activedead-endadjective
lacking opportunities for development or advancement
"stuck in a dead-end job"
Antonyms:
active
Matched Categories
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#1778 | stand | |
#21749 | cul | |
#28830 | deadlock | |
#41226 | impasse | |
#45060 | standstill | |
#48423 | stalemate |
How to use dead end in a sentence?
She is missing a piece of brain tissue about the size of an apple at the back of her brain – almost her entire occipital lobes, which process vision, we think the ‘super-highway’ for the visual system reached a dead end. But rather than shutting down her whole visual system, she developed some ‘back roads’ that could bypass the superhighway to bring some vision – especially motion – to other parts of the brain.
It's a failed experiment, it's an evolutionary dead end, over the last 30 years, there were so many discoveries made that demonstrate birds are really descendants of dinosaurs.
Kiev's attempts to exert economic pressure on Donbas (region of east Ukraine) and disrupt its daily life only aggravates the situation. This is a dead-end track, fraught with a big catastrophe.
This approach is clearly a dead end. There are no indications that North Korea is interested in returning to the world of 'fire and fury', the concern now is the president's reaction. Will he calculate that he stands to gain more domestically with returning to threats? Does he want to distract from domestic political or legal problems? All of those things could have volatile results.
I've discovered that researching family descendants is similar to putting a mouse into a puzzle box to find the cheese. Every time you think you're on the right path, you hit a dead end.
Translations for dead end
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- نهايةArabic
- cul-de-sac, atzucacCatalan, Valencian
- slepá uličkaCzech
- blindgydeDanish
- SackgasseGerman
- αδιέξοδοGreek
- callejón sin salida, calle sin salidaSpanish
- tupikEstonian
- بن بستPersian
- umpikujaFinnish
- cul-de-sac, impasseFrench
- गतिरोधHindi
- zsákutcaHungarian
- jalan buntuIndonesian
- vicolo cieco, senza uscitaItalian
- מבוי סתוםHebrew
- 行き止まり, 袋小路, デッドエンドJapanese
- ಕೊನೆKannada
- 막 다른 골목Korean
- finem mortuorumLatin
- jalan matiMalay
- blindvei, blindvegNorwegian
- doodlopendDutch
- blindvegNorwegian Nynorsk
- blindveiNorwegian
- ślepy zaułekPolish
- fim da linha, rua sem saída, beco sem saídaPortuguese
- capat de drumRomanian
- тупикRussian
- återvändsgrändSwedish
- இறந்த முடிவுTamil
- వీధి చివరTelugu
- ทางตันThai
- çıkmaz sokakTurkish
- мертвий кінецьUkrainian
- بند گلیUrdu
- ngõ cụtVietnamese
- קיין אויסגאנגYiddish
- 死路Chinese
Get even more translations for dead end »
Translation
Find a translation for the dead end synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"dead end." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/dead+end>.
Discuss these dead end synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In