Block and Open

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Block

Block verb - To prevent passage through by filling with something.
Usage example: one of the patient's arteries was so blocked with fatty deposits that blood flow had been reduced to a trickle
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Open is an antonym for block in obstruct topic.
Nearby Words: blocked, blockade, blockage, blockhead, blocking

Open

Open verb - To make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions.
Usage example: we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair
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Block is an antonym for open in topics: clear, begin.
Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener
Similar words of block

Similar words of open

Common collocations

passage block passage open passage
path block path open path
way block way open way
door block door open door
Other words: access, exit.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Shortbus He and his boyfriend, Jamie, begin an open relationship with a third man, while a fourth, named Caleb, stalks James from his apartment one block over.
    Source: Film / Shortbus
  • Timing a block correctly in Prince of Persia (2008) leaves an enemy open to attack.
    Source: Counter Attack
  • Or a broken door that requires you to get a block of C4 and a detonator to open it.
    Source: Combinatorial Explosion
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Open and Block. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/open
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Open or Block. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/open.

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Antonyms for open

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