Jam

//ˈd͡ʒæm//

Synonyms for "jam" (632 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (127)

conserve crush fix jelly obstruct preserve ram throng a mass of a world of abound abound with afterthought albumen arch dam army articulate assault backstop baffle

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Noun(8 words)

fix hole kettle of fish pickle ass in a sling bind bucket of syrup calvary

Verb(4 words)

ram block chock up close up

Strong matches (189)

condense condition confection confectionery confirm confiture confoundment confusion congest congestion consolidate constipate constipation constrain constrict cork corner cornstarch costiveness cover

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covey cram crawl with cream creep with crowd crunch cul-de-sac curd dam dam up dead end debar deep-dye defense define delay delayage delayed reaction deluge densen densify detention dig dike dilemma discomposure disconcert disconcertedness disconcertion disconcertment disturbance ditch dog double take dough dovetail dragging drench drive drown out earthwork egg white elbow embankment embarrassing position embarrassment embed embolism embolus engraft engrave enigma entrench establish estate etch fence fill fill to overflowing fill up fine how-do-you-do fine kettle of fish flight flock flocks flood footing force foul found freight frosting galaxy gate gaum gel gelatin glair glaze glop glue glut gluten gluttonize goad goo gook goop gorge gravity dam great mogul groin ground gruel gumbo gunk hail halt hang up hang-up hasp heap hell to pay hindrance hinge hitch hive hobble holdup hole honey hook horde host hot water how-do-you-do hurtle hustle hydraulic-fill dam icing imbed imbroglio impact impasse impediment implant impress imprint infarct infarction infix ingrain inscribe interim iron curtain jab jam-pack jamming jas jell jell-o jetty jog joggle joint jolt jostle lade

Noun(13 words)

conserve cross cross to bear crush difficult situation difficulty dilemma dire straits doghouse electronic jamming jam-up jamming jelly

Verb(7 words)

cram crush forwork gunk up impede jampack jazz

Related words (316)

lag lagging large amount latch leaping weir legion levee load loblolly location lock lodge logjam lot lots maharaja many marmalade mash mass

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masses of meringue mess milldam miter mix moat mob modality mode mogul molasses mole morass moratorium mortise mound mousse muchness mucilage mucus multiply multitude mystery nail nest nizam nonplus nudge numbers obstacle obstipate obstipation obstruction occlude outroar outshout overburden overcharge overfeed overfill overflow with overlade overload overpower overstuff overweight overwhelm pack pad pang panoply pap paperasserie parapet parlous straits pass paste pause peg perplexity perturbation pickle pile drive pin pinch place plant plight plug plug up plurality poke porridge portcullis position posture pother predicament press pretty pass pretty pickle pretty predicament print problem prod pudding pullulate pullulate with pulp punch puree push putty puzzle puzzlement quagmire quandary quantities quantity quicksand quite a few rabbet rabble radiate raja ram down ram in rampart rana rank rattle red tape red-tapeism red-tapery reprieve respite retardance retardation riddle rivet roadblock rob rock-fill dam root rout ruck run run against satiate saturate scarf scores scrape screw sealing off seat seawall seize semifluid semiliquid send set set in settle sew shake shoal shoulder shout down shove shut off shut out shut tight shutter dam situation size skewer slough slow up slow-up slowdown slowness snap snarl soak solidify soup spate spile spot spread squab squash squeeze squeeze shut squish stamp stanch stand in the way standing staple starch state station status stay stay of execution stench stereotype stew stick stick fast sticky mess sticky wicket stifle stitch stone wall stop stop up stoppage stopper stopple stow strait straits strangle strangulate strangulation stress strike root stuff stuff up suffocate supercharge supersaturate surcharge surfeit suspension swamp swarm swarm with sweet sweet stuff sweetmeat sweets syrup tack take root tamp tangle teem teem with throng with thrust tidy sum tie up tie-up tight spot tight squeeze tightrope time lag toggle top off traffic jam transmit treacle tricky spot tutti frutti tutti-frutti unassuredness unholy mess upset wad wait wall wedge weight weir whipped cream wicket dam work worlds of zipper

Noun(21 words)

mess muddle ordeal pinch plight predicament preserve press quagmire quandary raspberry jam tree situation sophie's choice spot spot of bother stampede sticky situation sticky wicket stinking acacia tight spot

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trouble

Verb(11 words)

mob obstruct obturate occlude pack pile play play music rock the house throng wad

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

24 entries

ECM break up bruise conserve conserves contuse crowd crowd together cut off difficultness difficulty disrupt electronic countermeasures force hinder

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Synonyms

7 entries

conserve crush fix jamming obstruct ram throng

Related terms

3 entries

Ram-jam jelly marmalade

at location

2 entries

jar refrigerator

dbpedia genre

2 entries

new wave music punk rock

derived

68 entries

Murrumbidgee jam antijam finger jam fist jam foot jam game jam hand jam ice jam in a jam jam auction jam band jam doughnut jam drop jam jar jam joint

Showing 16 of 68 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

champ pajamas

form of

1 entries

jamb

has context

13 entries

baseball basketball biblical canadian climbing legal mining music nautical popular roller derby slang uk

is a

7 entries

band boiled food composite edible substance condiment conserve popular spread for toast spread

manner of

5 entries

bruise interrupt malfunction push stuff

receives action

1 entries

kept in jar

related to

41 entries

batter block blockage brainstorm bread bread jelly cause chicken out child collaborate confuse congestion cram dunk financial frock

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similar

3 entries

cram jelly preserve

Translations

322 translations across 91 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

jam noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
konfyt noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Albanian

2 entries

bllokim noun (blockage, congestion)
reçel noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Arabic

4 entries

مربى noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
مُرَبًّى noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
مُرَبَّى noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
شَوَّشَ verb (to block or confuse a broadcast signal)

Armenian

2 entries

մուրաբա noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
ջեմ noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

cem noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
mürəbbə noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
povidlo noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
riçal noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Belarusian

4 entries

варэ́нне noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
джэм noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
мармела́д noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
паві́дла noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Bengali

1 entries

জ্যাম noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Bulgarian

4 entries

джем noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
забивка noun (forceful dunk in basketball)
задръстване noun (blockage, congestion)
импровиза́ция noun (impromptu informal performance)

Burmese

1 entries

ယို noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Catalan

4 entries

embós noun (blockage, congestion)
embús noun (blockage, congestion)
esmaixada noun (forceful dunk in basketball)
melmelada noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Cebuano

1 entries

pansak verb (to force something into a space)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

占 noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
果占 noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

果醬 /果酱 noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Cornish

1 entries

kyfeyth noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Czech

3 entries

džem noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
marmeláda noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
zácpa noun (blockage, congestion)

Danish

3 entries

knibe noun (difficult situation)
marmelade noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
syltetøj noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Dari

1 entries

مُرَبَّا noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Dutch

3 entries

confituur noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
jam noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
opstopping noun (blockage, congestion)

Esperanto

2 entries

fruktaĵo noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
ĵami verb (to block or confuse a broadcast signal)

Estonian

1 entries

moos noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Faroese

1 entries

frukt súlta noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Finnish

4 entries

donkkaus noun (forceful dunk in basketball)
hillo noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
jamit noun (impromptu informal performance)
pinne noun (difficult situation)

French

4 entries

bœuf noun (impromptu informal performance)
confiture noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
embouteillage noun (blockage, congestion)
jam noun (impromptu informal performance)

Galician

4 entries

apillar verb (to get something stuck in a confined space)
atoar verb (to cause congestion or blockage)
atravancar verb (to cause congestion or blockage)
embrollar verb (to block or confuse a broadcast signal)

Georgian

4 entries

გაჭედვა noun (blockage, congestion)
მურაბა noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
ჯემი noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
ახშობს verb (to block or confuse a broadcast signal)

German

4 entries

Klemme noun (difficult situation)
Konfitüre noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
Marmelade noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
Patsche noun (difficult situation)

Greek

2 entries

μαρμελάδα noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
μποτιλιάρισμα noun (blockage, congestion)

Hebrew

2 entries

פְּקָק noun (blockage, congestion)
רִיבָה noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Hindi

2 entries

जाम noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
मुरब्बा noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Hungarian

4 entries

dzsem noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
gyümölcsíz noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
lekvár noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
íz noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Icelandic

1 entries

sulta noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Ido

1 entries

konfitajo noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Indonesian

1 entries

selai noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Ingrian

1 entries

varenja noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

ریچار noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
مُرَبَّا noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Irish

2 entries

subh noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
plúch verb (to block or confuse a broadcast signal)

Italian

4 entries

confettura noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
guaio noun (difficult situation)
improvvisazione noun (impromptu informal performance)
ingorgo noun (blockage, congestion)

Japanese

1 entries

ジャム noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Kaitag

1 entries

мереппа noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Kazakh

2 entries

джем noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
тосап noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Khmer

2 entries

ដំណាប់ noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
តំណាប់ noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Korean

1 entries

잼 noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

варенье noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
джем noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Lao

1 entries

ກວນ noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Latgalian

2 entries

vuoreklis noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
īsasprīdīņs noun (blockage, congestion)

Latin

1 entries

condītus noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Latvian

3 entries

brīvā improvizācija noun (impromptu informal performance)
džemsesija noun (impromptu informal performance)
ievārījums noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Lithuanian

3 entries

spūstis noun (blockage, congestion)
susigrūdimas noun (blockage, congestion)
uogienė noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

konfitira noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
marmelada noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Gebeess noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Macedonian

2 entries

слатко noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
џем noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Malay

3 entries

jelai noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
jem noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
selai noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Mongolian

4 entries

варень noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
жимсний чанамал noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
жимсний ээдэн noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
саатал noun (blockage, congestion)

Māori

4 entries

haukuru noun (forceful dunk in basketball)
hāma noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
kūkā noun (blockage, congestion)
purunga noun (blockage, congestion)

Norman

1 entries

g'lée noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

mirabe noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
rîçal noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Northern Sami

1 entries

meastu noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

knipe ´ noun (difficult situation)
syltetøy noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
trengsel noun (blockage, congestion)
trøbbel noun (difficult situation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

syltety noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
syltetøy noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Occitan

2 entries

confitura noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
encombrament noun (blockage, congestion)

Pashto

1 entries

مربا noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Persian

1 entries

پارازیت فرستادن verb (to block or confuse a broadcast signal)

Polish

4 entries

dżem noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
korek noun (blockage, congestion)
zator noun (blockage, congestion)
wciskać verb (to force something into a space)

Portuguese

4 entries

aperto noun (difficult situation)
compota noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
congestionamento noun (blockage, congestion)
geleia noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Romanian

4 entries

gem noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
marmeladă noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
bruia verb (to block or confuse a broadcast signal)
da verb (music: to improvise as a group)

Russian

4 entries

варе́нье noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
да́вка noun (blockage, congestion)
джем noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
джем-се́йшен noun (impromptu informal performance)

Saanich

1 entries

ĆÁM noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

silidh noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

džȅm noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
pèkmez noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
slàtkō noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
пѐкмез noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Shuswap

2 entries

teqpqín noun (blockage, congestion)
tiq̓ústen noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ජෑම් noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Slovak

1 entries

džem noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Slovene

1 entries

marmelada noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Spanish

4 entries

ajigolón noun (difficult situation)
aprieto noun (difficult situation)
apuro noun (difficult situation)
atasco noun (blockage, congestion)

Swahili

2 entries

jemu noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
msongamano noun (blockage, congestion)

Swedish

4 entries

jam noun (impromptu informal performance)
knipa noun (difficult situation)
marmelad noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
propp noun (blockage, congestion)

Tagalog

1 entries

diyam noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Tajik

2 entries

джем noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
мураббо noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Thai

1 entries

แยม noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Turkish

2 entries

murabba noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
reçel noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Turkmen

3 entries

bal noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
mürepbe noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
powidlo noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Ukrainian

4 entries

варе́ння noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
джем noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
зато́р noun (blockage, congestion)
мармела́д noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

konfitira noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
marmelada noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Urdu

2 entries

جام noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
مُرَبَّا noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Uyghur

3 entries

مۇراببا noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
ۋارىنا noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
ۋارىنە noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Uzbek

1 entries

murabbo noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Vietnamese

1 entries

mứt noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Volapük

1 entries

konfit noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Welsh

4 entries

cyffaith noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
jam noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
picil noun (difficult situation)
strach noun (difficult situation)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּאָווידלע noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Yup'ik

1 entries

siliyaq noun (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

Sample sentences

47 total sentences available.

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There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto.

Source: tatoeba (19308)

Please hide the blueberry jam where Takako can't see it.

Source: tatoeba (19335)

A rush-hour traffic jam delayed my arrival by two hours.

Source: tatoeba (29742)

Had they left a little earlier, they would have avoided the traffic jam.

Source: tatoeba (31253)

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