'dead end' definitions:
Definition of 'dead end'
From: WordNet
noun
A passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de sac, dead end]
noun
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill]
Synonyms of 'dead end'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bar,
- barrier,
- blank,
- blank wall,
- blind,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- blind-alley,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- bottleneck,
- box,
- cecal,
- cecum,
- choked,
- choked off,
- choking,
- choking off,
- clog,
- closed,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- constricted,
- contracted,
- corner,
- costiveness,
- cul-de-sac,
- dead,
- dead-end street,
- deadlock,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- extremity,
- gorge,
- halt,
- hole,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- jam,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- pocket,
- sealing off,
- shut,
- squeezed shut,
- stalemate,
- stand,
- standstill,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strangulated,
- strangulation,
- unopen,
- unopened,
- unvented,
- unventilated