Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun logjam

2 senses of logjam

Sense 1
logjam -- (any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam")
       => arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage -- (the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat")

Sense 2
logjam -- (an immovable mass of logs blocking a river)
       => mass -- (an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people))