There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto.
Source: tatoeba (19308)
Jam
/ˈd͡ʒæm/
Synonyms for "jam" (716 found)
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Closest matches (144)
Noun(16 words)
Verb(7 words)
a mass ofa world ofaboundabound withafterthoughtalbumenarch damarmyarticulateassaultbackstopbafflebafflementbamboo curtainbankbarbarragebarricadebarrierbatten
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batten downbatterbe alive withbeambearbear uponbear-trap dambearingsbeaver dambedbevybewildermentbindblancmangeblank wallblind alleyblind gutblockblock upblockadeblockageboltbonnyclabberboomboostbotherbottleneckboxbreakwaterbreastworkbrick wallbrimbristle withbuckbucklebufferbulkheadbullbulldozebulwarkbumpbump againstbunchbungbuntbureaucratic delayburst withbuttbutt againstbutterbuttoncandycasecatchcaulkcecumchargechinkchockchokechoke offchoke upchokingchoking offcircumstanceclabberclaspcleatclipclogclog upcloseclose offclose tightclose upcloudclusterclutchcluttercofferdamcohuecomfitcompactcomplicationcompotecompressconcentratecondenseconditionconfectionconfectioneryconfirmconfitureconfoundmentconfusioncongestcongestion
Strong matches (214)
Verb(18 words)
conserveconsolidateconstipateconstipationconstrainconstrictcorkcornercornstarchcostivenesscovercoveycramcrawl withcreamcreep withcrowdcrunchcrushcul-de-sac
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curddamdam updead enddebardeep-dyedefensedefinedelaydelayagedelayed reactiondelugedensendensifydetentiondifficultydigdikedilemmadiscomposuredisconcertdisconcertednessdisconcertiondisconcertmentdisturbanceditchdogdouble takedoughdovetaildraggingdrenchdrivedrown outearthworkegg whiteelbowembankmentembarrassing positionembarrassmentembedembolismembolusengraftengraveenigmaentrenchestablishestateetchfencefillfill to overflowingfill upfine how-do-you-dofine kettle of fishfixflightflockflocksfloodfootingforcefoulfoundfreightfrostinggalaxygategaumgelgelatinglairglazeglopglueglutglutengluttonizegoadgoogookgoopgorgegravity damgreat mogulgroingroundgruelgumbogunkhailhalthang uphang-uphaspheaphell to payhindrancehingehitchhivehobbleholdupholehoneyhookhordehosthot waterhow-do-you-dohurtlehustlehydraulic-fill damicingimbedimbroglioimpactimpasseimpedimentimplantimpressimprintinfarctinfarctioninfixingraininscribeinterimiron curtainjabjam-packjelljell-ojellyjettyjogjogglejoint
Noun(34 words)
Preposition(1 words)
into a corner
Related words (358)
joltjostleladelaglagginglarge amountlatchleaping weirlegionleveeloadloblollylocationlocklodgelogjamlotlotsmaharajamany
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marmalademashmassmasses ofmeringuemessmilldammitermixmoatmobmodalitymodemogulmolassesmolemorassmoratoriummortisemoundmoussemuchnessmucilagemucusmultiplymultitudemysterynailnestnizamnonplusnudgenumbersobstacleobstipateobstipationobstructobstructionoccludeoutroaroutshoutoverburdenoverchargeoverfeedoverfilloverflow withoverladeoverloadoverpoweroverstuffoverweightoverwhelmpackpadpangpanoplypappaperasserieparapetparlous straitspasspastepausepegperplexityperturbationpicklepile drivepinpinchplaceplantplightplugplug uppluralitypokeporridgeportcullispositionposturepotherpredicamentpreservepresspretty passpretty picklepretty predicamentprintproblemprodpuddingpullulatepullulate withpulppunchpureepushputtypuzzlepuzzlementquagmirequandaryquantitiesquantityquicksandquite a fewrabbetrabbleradiaterajaramram downram inrampartranarankrattlered tapered-tapeismred-taperyreprieverespiteretardanceretardationriddlerivetroadblockrobrock-fill damrootroutruckrunrun againstsatiatesaturatescarfscoresscrapescrewsealing offseatseawallseizesemifluidsemiliquidsendsetset insettlesewshakeshoalshouldershout downshoveshut offshut outshut tightshutter damsituationsizeskewersloughslow upslow-upslowdownslownesssnapsnarlsoaksolidifysoupspatespilespotspreadsquabsquashsqueezesqueeze shutsquishstampstanchstand in the waystandingstaplestarchstatestationstatusstaystay of executionstenchstereotypestewstickstick faststicky messsticky wicketstiflestitchstone wallstopstop upstoppagestopperstopplestowstraitstraitsstranglestrangulatestrangulationstressstrike rootstuffstuff upsuffocatesuperchargesupersaturatesurchargesurfeitsuspensionswampswarmswarm withsweetsweet stuffsweetmeatsweetssyruptacktake roottamptangleteemteem withthrongthrong withthrusttidy sumtie uptie-uptight spottight squeezetightropetime lagtoggletop offtransmittreacletricky spottutti fruttitutti-fruttiunassurednessunholy messupsetwadwaitwallwedgeweightweirwhipped creamwicket damworkworlds ofzipper
Noun(44 words)
Verb(21 words)
mobobstructobstructsobturateoccludeoccludedovercrowdovercrowdspackpackedpilepreserve artpreserve chemical sampleshoehornedsmack into a treesquishesstuckthrongthrongedwad
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Adjective(3 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
39 entriesECMblockbreak upbruiseconserveconservescontusecrowdcrowd togethercut offdifficultnessdifficultydisruptelectronic countermeasuresfood product
Showing 16 of 39 words.
More specific
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Collocations
9 entriescoin jamdata jamfruit jamjam sessionprinter jamsignal jamstrawberry jamtraffic jamurban gridlock
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- притесне́ние noun (difficult situation)
Danish
1 entries- knibe noun (difficult situation)
Finnish
2 entries- pinne noun (difficult situation)
- pula noun (difficult situation)
French
1 entries- pétrin noun (difficult situation)
German
2 entries- Klemme noun (difficult situation)
- Patsche noun (difficult situation)
Italian
2 entries- guaio noun (difficult situation)
- pasticcio noun (difficult situation)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- knipe ´ noun (difficult situation)
- trøbbel noun (difficult situation)
- vanskelighet noun (difficult situation)
Portuguese
1 entries- aperto noun (difficult situation)
Russian
1 entries- переплёт noun (difficult situation)
Spanish
4 entries- ajigolón noun (difficult situation)
- aprieto noun (difficult situation)
- apuro noun (difficult situation)
- brete noun (difficult situation)
Swedish
2 entries- knipa noun (difficult situation)
- trubbel noun (difficult situation)
Welsh
2 entries- picil noun (difficult situation)
- strach noun (difficult situation)
Sample sentences
47 total sentences available.
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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