wedging
The word “wedging” has 2 syllables: wedg-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈwɛdʒɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for wedging?
In the thesaurus, “wedging” has 14 synonyms.
Here are synonyms for wedging along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for wedging
- cramming
- crowding
- crushing
- filling
- heaping
- jam-packing
- jamming
- loading
- packing
- ramming
- sandwiching
- shoehorning
- squeezing
- stuffing
Meanings of wedging
- verb
- To support or secure using a wedge.
- To force into a narrow gap.
- To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- To cleave with a wedge.
- To force or drive with a wedge.
- To shape into a wedge.
- noun
- The process of supporting or securing something with a wedge.
- A method of joining timbers.
Example Sentences
- He’s wedging the door open so it doesn’t slam shut.
- She kept wedging small stones under the wheel to keep it steady.
- They were wedging boards into place to build the frame.
- By wedging cardboard under the table, they stopped it from wobbling.
- He’s wedging his backpack into the already full locker.
On this page you'll find 14 synonyms or another words to wedging, such as: cramming, crowding, crushing, filling, heaping, jam-packing, jamming.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
jamming
- ad hoc
- ad lib
- ad-lib
- at first glance
- automatic
- autoschediastic
- bloating
- blocking
- boring
- brimming
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- by ear
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- expedient
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- heaping
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- immediate
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- informal
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- jostling
- loading
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- muscling
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- off the cuff
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- packing
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- ramming
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- sandwiching
- saturating
- shoehorning
- shouldering
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- snap
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- spontaneous
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- squashing
- squeezing
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- stuffing
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- thrusting
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- unplanned
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- wedging
- winging it
edging in
larding
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- miring
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- working in
ramming
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- shaking a leg
- shaving
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- shooting
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- skipping
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- speeding
- sprinting
- squeezing
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- stepping
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- stepping out
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- stuffing
- sweeping
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- touching
- traveling
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- trotting
- wedging
- whirling
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- zooming
fastening
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- affection
- affixing
- aiming
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- attaching
- attachment
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- bending
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- bond
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- catching
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- clamping
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- concentrating
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- constraint
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- curb
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- hampering
- handcuff
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- joining
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- shackle
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- stuffing
- sympathy
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- tackling
- tie
- tie-up
- tieing
- toggling
- training
- trammel
- tying
- union
- uniting
- wedging
- yoke
- yoking