Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb occlude

1 sense of occlude

Sense 1
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")
       => impede, hinder -- (be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project")

Antonyms of adj occluded

2 senses of occluded

Sense 1
occluded -- (closed off; "an occluded artery")

INDIRECT (VIA obstructed) -> unobstructed -- (free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance; "an unobstructed view")

Sense 2
occluded, sorbed -- ((of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance; "the sorbed oil mass"; "large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium")

INDIRECT (VIA combined) -> uncombined -- (not joined or united into one)

Similarity of adj occluded

2 senses of occluded

Sense 1
occluded -- (closed off; "an occluded artery")
       => obstructed (vs. unobstructed) -- (shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice")

Sense 2
occluded, sorbed -- ((of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance; "the sorbed oil mass"; "large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium")
       => combined (vs. uncombined) -- (made or joined or united into one)

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