Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stop-up

1 sense of stop up

Sense 1
plug, stop up, secure -- (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak")
       => close, fill up -- (fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?")

Antonyms of adj stopped-up

2 senses of stopped-up

Sense 1
stopped, stopped-up (prenominal), stopped up (predicate) -- ((of a nose) blocked; "a stopped (or stopped-up) nose")

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

Sense 2
chinked, stopped-up -- (having narrow opening filled)

INDIRECT (VIA caulked) -> uncaulked -- (not caulked or sealed)
                                                                         

Similarity of adj stopped-up

2 senses of stopped-up

Sense 1
stopped, stopped-up (prenominal), stopped up (predicate) -- ((of a nose) blocked; "a stopped (or stopped-up) nose")
       => 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
chinked, stopped-up -- (having narrow opening filled)
       => caulked (vs. uncaulked) -- (having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler)

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