impasses

The word “impasses” has 3 syllables: im-pass-es

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpæsɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for impasses?

In the thesaurus, “impasses” has 47 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for impasses along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for impasses

Meanings of impasses

  • noun
    1. A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac.
    2. A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.

Example Sentences

  • The negotiations hit several impasses before they finally reached an agreement.
  • The team encountered multiple impasses during their planning sessions.
  • There were numerous impasses along the way that delayed the project's completion.
  • The discussion ended in several impasses, leaving everyone frustrated.
  • The company faced several impasses when trying to expand into new markets.

On this page you'll find 47 synonyms or another words to impasses, such as: Mexican standoffs, binds, bottlenecks, boxes, catch-22s, clutches, corners.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abeyances

  • cold storages
  • comas
  • deep freezes
  • doldrums
  • dormancies
  • downtimes
  • hibernations
  • holding patterns
  • hypnoses
  • impasses
  • inactions
  • inertias
  • latencies
  • layoffs
  • moratoria
  • moratoriums
  • quiescences
  • recesses
  • recessions
  • remissions
  • reposes
  • rests
  • sleeps
  • slumbers
  • standstills
  • suspended animations
  • suspenses
  • suspensions
  • torpors

balls of wax

  • affairs
  • businesses
  • care
  • concerns
  • considerations
  • corners
  • crises
  • crossroads
  • crunches
  • deadlocks
  • emergencies
  • exigencies
  • fixes
  • flash points
  • halts
  • heads
  • holes
  • hot waters
  • impasses
  • issues
  • jams
  • junctures
  • lookouts
  • matters
  • pickles
  • pinches
  • predicaments
  • problems
  • responsibilities
  • scrapes
  • spots
  • stalemates
  • standstills
  • straits
  • things
  • troubles
  • worries
  • zero hours

dead ends

  • Mexican standoffs
  • abates
  • alleys
  • alleyways
  • arterials
  • arteries
  • avenues
  • backstreets
  • binds
  • bites the dust
  • bottlenecks
  • boulevards
  • branches
  • breaks down
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • bystreets
  • byways
  • carriageways
  • causeways
  • ceases
  • circles
  • closes
  • concludes
  • corners
  • corridors
  • crossroads
  • cul-de-sacs
  • culs-de-sac
  • cuts out
  • deadlocks
  • determines
  • dies
  • difficulties
  • dilemmas
  • discontinues
  • drags
  • drives
  • elapses
  • ends
  • expires
  • expressways
  • finishes
  • fixes
  • freeways
  • gives over
  • goes
  • gridlocks
  • halts
  • high roads
  • highways
  • holes
  • impasses
  • jams
  • knocks off
  • lanes
  • laneways
  • lapses
  • leaves off
  • lets up
  • logjams
  • mews
  • morasses
  • passes
  • pauses
  • pickles
  • pike
  • pikes
  • pinches
  • places
  • plights
  • predicaments
  • problems
  • quagmires
  • quandaries
  • quits
  • roads
  • roadways
  • routes
  • rows
  • secondary roads
  • shunpikes
  • side roads
  • side streets
  • spots
  • stalemates
  • stalls
  • standoffs
  • standstills
  • stays
  • stops
  • suspends
  • terminates
  • thoroughfares
  • thruways
  • traces
  • tracks
  • trails
  • turnpikes
  • ways
  • winds down
  • winds up

dead heats

  • deadlocks
  • draws
  • horse races
  • impasses
  • photo finishes
  • seesaws
  • stalemates
  • standoffs
  • ties
  • toss-ups

deadlocks


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