Meanings
comparative more blocked · superlative most blocked
- Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
Call a plumber to unclog the blocked drain.
1 more example
This road is blocked, so we must find another route.
Synonyms: choked, clogged, forwrought, impedite
- Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
The argument was over a blocked car in a driveway.
- Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.
All of this user's accounts are now blocked.
- crosswordingWith black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
In practice, setters of most normal blocked grids in daily or Sunday newspapers in both Britain and the US do not have to concern themselves with grid construction.
2012 September 7, Chambers, The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition, Hachette UK, →ISBN2 more examples
Listener endgames have included […] shading every instance of the letters N - Z in the completed grid to reveal a' normal' blocked crossword hidden in the one just solved
2013 November 7, Alan Connor, Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword, Penguin UK, →ISBNAmerican crosswords tend to be straightforward, while English ones delight their contestants by being cryptic and, unless 'quick' crosswords, are often set in a 15 × 15 blocked grid.
2024 October 10, Richard Coles, Charles Spencer, Cat Jarman, The Rabbit Hole Book: Discover the brilliant book from the creators of the unforgettable hit podcast The Rabbit Hole Detectives, Random House, →ISBNAntonyms: barred
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of block
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveObstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
adjectiveDrunk.
adjectiveWith black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveclosed to traffic
adjectivecompletely obstructed or closed off
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish tukossa, suljettu
- tukossaobstructed, of movement
- suljettuobstructed, of movement
- ruuhkautunutobstructed, of movement
- tukossaobstructed, of flow
- tukkeutunutobstructed, of flow
German gesperrt
- gesperrtobstructed, of movement
Māori purutiti, puru
- purutitiobstructed, of flow
- puruobstructed, of flow
Norwegian Bokmål tilstoppet
- tilstoppetobstructed, of flow
Persian کیپ
- کیپ (kip)obstructed, of flow
Spanish cerrado, obstruido
- cerradoobstructed, of movement
- obstruidoobstructed, of movement
- cortadoobstructed, of movement
- bloqueadoobstructed, of movement
- trabadoobstructed, of movement
- estancadoobstructed, of flow
- obstruidoobstructed, of flow
- tapadoobstructed, of flow
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blocked
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Cite this entry
blocked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blocked
“blocked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blocked. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blocked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blocked.
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