impasses

Meaning of impasses

plural noun
  1. a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.
    the current political impasse

mid 19th century: from French, from im- (expressing negation) + the stem of passer ‘to pass’.

Information about impasses

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of impasses is: impasse.
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Hyphenation of impasses

im-passes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • impasses is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

impasses synonyms

Meaning a situation, typically one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made:

deadlock

Meaning a situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible:

stalemate

Meaning a position in which a player's king is directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn and has no possible move to escape the check. The attacking player thus wins the game:

checkmate

Meaning a situation or condition in which there is no movement or activity at all:

standstill

Meaning a suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one:

halt

Meaning a cessation of movement or operation:

stop

Meaning an instance of movement, activity, or supply stopping or being stopped:

stoppage

Words that rhyme with impasses

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