standstill
Traffic jam condition
A standstill is a complete stop or state of no movement or progress.
Traffic comes to a standstill during rush hour.
Negotiations reach a standstill when neither side will budge.
The project ground to a standstill after funding was cut.
The word emphasizes motionlessness where motion is expected or desired.
Mutual blocking, no progress
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- logjamObstruction halting flow
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
blockade · obstruction · dead-end · checkmate · cul-de-sac · brick wall · roadblock · holdup
State of inactivity
- plateauFlat highland area
- doldrumsState of inactivity
- rutChannel or tedium
- slumpExtended period of decline
lull · stagnancy · dormancy · holding pattern · limbo · quiescence · hiatus · suspended animation
deadlock
Mutual blocking, no progress
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- logjamObstruction halting flow
bottleneck · blockade · obstruction · dead-end · checkmate · cul-de-sac · brick wall · roadblock · holdup · tie
stasis
State of inactivity
slump · lull · stagnancy · dormancy · holding pattern · limbo · quiescence · hiatus · suspended animation · torpor
stop
Cease all motion
suspend · halt · arrest · check · brake · stoppage · interruption · cessation · discontinuation · shutdown
motionless
Lacking all movement
- stationaryNot in motion
- staticWithout motion or change
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
fixed · rooted · anchored · unmoving · immovable · paralyzed · stuck · stalled · inert · rigid
- stagnationstagnation, stasis, deadlock, stalemate, gridlock
- futilityfutile, futility, in vain, pointlessness, vain
- traffic engineeringtraffic signal, traffic light, traffic control, traffic jam, congestion
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- impassesimpasse, deadlock, stalemate, gridlock, dead end
- inactioninaction, passivity, doing nothing, stillness, immobility