Synonyms of plugging (up)

plugging (up)

verb

present participle of plug (up)

as in stopping (up)

to prevent passage through by filling with something

hair plugged up the drain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopping (up)
• blocking
• obstructing
• gumming (up)
• jamming
• filling
• choking
• flooding
• occluding
• congesting
• clogging
• clotting
• damming
• packing
• stuffing
• corking
• stoppling
• overwhelming
• stoppering
• spiling
• silting
• bunging
• furring
• inundating
• gridlocking
• glutting
• swamping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opening (up)
• freeing
• clearing
• scooping (out)
• unplugging
• hollowing (out)
• unblocking
• excavating
• unclogging
• unstopping
• emptying
• lightening