'Impasse' definitions:
Definition of 'impasse'
(from WordNet)
noun
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill]
noun
Definition of 'Impasse'
From: GCIDE
- Impasse \Im`passe"\ ([a^]N`p[aum]s"; E. [i^]m*p[.a]s"), n. [F.] An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.
- The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above. --Arnold White. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'impasse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bar,
- barrier,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- bottleneck,
- box,
- cecum,
- choking,
- choking off,
- clog,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- corner,
- costiveness,
- cul-de-sac,
- dead end,
- dead-end street,
- deadlock,
- dilemma,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- extremity,
- fix,
- gorge,
- halt,
- hole,
- impediment,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- jam,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- pickle,
- plight,
- pocket,
- scrape,
- sealing off,
- stalemate,
- stand,
- stand-off,
- standstill,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strangulation