unclogging

The word “unclogging” has 3 syllables: un-clog-ging

It's pronounced as /ʌnˈklɑːɡɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for unclogging?

In the thesaurus, “unclogging” has 29 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for unclogging along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for unclogging

  • abetting
  • accelerating
  • advancing
  • aiding
  • assisting
  • clearing
  • disentangling
  • easing
  • expediting
  • facilitating
  • forwarding
  • freeing
  • furthering
  • greasing
  • hastening
  • helping
  • hurrying
  • improving
  • opening
  • promoting
  • quickening
  • rushing
  • simplifying
  • smoothing
  • speeding
  • streamlining
  • unplugging
  • unstopping
  • untangling

Antonyms for unclogging

  • aggravating
  • barricading
  • blockading
  • blocking
  • closing
  • complicating
  • constricting
  • encumbering
  • hampering
  • hindering
  • impeding
  • obstructing
  • perplexing
  • retarding
  • sophisticating
  • stopping
  • trammeling
  • trammelling
  • worsening

Meanings of unclogging

  • verb
    1. To remove a blockage from.
    2. To have a blockage removed.

Example Sentences

  • He spent the entire morning unclogging the kitchen sink with a plunger and a drain snake.
  • The maintenance team is busy unclogging the air ducts to improve ventilation.
  • By unclogging the traffic bottleneck, the city reduced commute times significantly.
  • She enjoys the satisfaction of unclogging drains and fixing plumbing issues around the house.
  • The janitor focused on unclogging the school restroom pipes before classes started.

On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to unclogging, such as: abetting, accelerating, advancing, aggravating, aiding, assisting, barricading.

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

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easing

  • abatement
  • abating
  • abbreviating
  • abetting
  • abridging
  • acceding
  • accelerating
  • accommodation
  • adjustment
  • advancing
  • aiding
  • allaying
  • alleviating
  • alleviation
  • ameliorating
  • amending
  • amends
  • assisting
  • assuagement
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  • automated
  • automatic
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  • blunting
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  • clipping
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  • constricting
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  • de-escalating
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  • docking
  • downscaling
  • downsizing
  • dropping
  • dwindling
  • ebbing
  • emending
  • enhancing
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  • evaporating
  • expediting
  • facilitating
  • falling
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  • fixing
  • flagging
  • forwarding
  • freeing
  • furthering
  • giving out
  • grant
  • greasing
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  • hurrying
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  • knocking down
  • laborsaving
  • lessening
  • letting up
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  • mechanical
  • meliorating
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  • motorized
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  • pacifying
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  • pruning
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  • reconciliation
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  • remedying
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  • restoration
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  • robotic
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  • self-acting
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  • semiautomatic
  • settlement
  • shortening
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  • speeding
  • streamlining
  • subsiding
  • tapering
  • tapering off
  • tempering
  • time-saving
  • tranquilization
  • tranquilizing
  • trimming
  • truncating
  • unbinding
  • unclogging
  • undoing
  • unfastening
  • untangling
  • untieing
  • untying
  • vanishing
  • waning
  • warming
  • weakening
  • whittling

facilitating

  • abetting
  • accelerating
  • advancing
  • aid
  • aiding
  • assisting
  • disentangling
  • ease
  • easing
  • encouraging
  • expedite
  • expediting
  • forward
  • forwarding
  • fostering
  • further
  • furthering
  • grease the wheels
  • greasing
  • hand-carry
  • hastening
  • help
  • helping
  • hurrying
  • improving
  • make easy
  • nurturing
  • open doors
  • promote
  • promoting
  • quickening
  • run interference for
  • rushing
  • simplify
  • simplifying
  • smooth
  • smoothing
  • speed
  • speed up
  • speeding
  • streamlining
  • unclogging
  • untangling
  • walk through

making way

  • aiding
  • assisting
  • clearing
  • encouraging
  • facilitating
  • freeing
  • furthering
  • helping
  • liberating
  • loosening
  • opening
  • promoting
  • releasing
  • smoothing
  • unclogging
  • unplugging
  • unstopping
  • untieing
  • untying

unblocking

unchoking


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