stalemate

Nouns

  • (n) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
    • reached an impasse on the negotiations
    deadlock, impasse, standstill, dead end,
  • (n) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check

Verbs

  • (v) subject to a stalemate

Synonyms

deadlock impasse standstill dead end

Words of close approximity

stalemated