Need another word that means the same as “impasse”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “impasse” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Impasse” are: dead end, deadlock, stalemate, standstill, blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, checkmate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “impasse” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| blind alley | Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity. |
| checkmate | Said by a player to announce that the opponent s king is in the position of checkmate. If the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road they will have achieved checkmate. |
| cul de sac | A passage with access only at one end. |
| dead end | A time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense. |
| dead-end street | A situation offering opportunities. |
| deadlock | A situation in a game or match where the scores are level. An attempt to break the deadlock. |
| stalemate | A situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible. The war had again reached stalemate. |
| standstill | A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. The traffic came to a standstill. |
| abeyance | A state of temporary disuse or suspension. Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries. |
| cease | Cease is a noun only in the phrase without cease end. The hostilities ceased and normal life was resumed. |
| cessation | A stopping. A cessation of animal testing of cosmetics. |
| deadlock | Secure a door with a deadlock. Ashton broke the deadlock with a penalty after 15 minutes. |
| desist | Stop doing something; cease or abstain. Each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage. |
| difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one’s ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome. Finished the test only with great difficulty. |
| discontinue | Prevent completion. He discontinued his visits. |
| discontinuity | A break in or lack of continuity. There is no significant discontinuity between modern and primitive societies. |
| halt | Come to a halt stop moving. Company halt. |
| halting | Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain. She speaks halting English with a heavy accent. |
| hardship | Severe suffering or privation. The many hardships of frontier life. |
| hiatus | An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. There was a brief hiatus in the war with France. |
| immovable | Immovable property. All immovable objects have graffiti sprayed on them. |
| layover | A brief stay in the course of a journey. There was only a forty eight minute layover. |
| pause | A mark over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount. The speaker paused. |
| permanently | For a long time without essential change. He is permanently disabled. |
| predicament | A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation. Finds himself in a most awkward predicament. |
| puzzled | Filled with bewilderment. Puzzled that she left without saying goodbye. |
| quandary | A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation. A legal quandary. |
| quit | Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. He quit as manager of the struggling Third Division team. |
| resign | Part with a possession or right. He lost his Queen and resigned in 45 moves. |
| stalemate | Subject to a stalemate. The war had again reached stalemate. |
| stanch | Stop the flow of a liquid. |
| standstill | An interruption of normal activity. The traffic came to a standstill. |
| stasis | A period or state of inactivity or equilibrium. Long periods of stasis. |
| stop | Used in telegrams to indicate a full stop. He stopped work for tea. |
| temporarily | For a limited period of time; not permanently. A temporarily vacant department store. |
| trouble | Take the trouble to do something concern oneself. He wanted to die and end his troubles. |
| unaccustomed | Not habituated to; unfamiliar with. Many varieties of unaccustomed foods. |
| walkout | The act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest. There was a walkout by the Black members as the chairman rose to speak. |
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