Synonyms of occlude

occlude

verb

ə-ˈklüd 

as in to obstruct

to prevent passage through by filling with something

a blood clot had occluded a major artery in his body

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obstruct
• block
• fill
• congest
• stop (up)
• choke
• jam
• clog
• clot
• gum (up)
• dam
• plug (up)
• flood
• stuff
• pack
• overwhelm
• cork
• stopper
• silt
• bung
• fur
• inundate
• gridlock
• stopple
• spile
• swamp
• glut

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• open (up)
• clear
• free
• unplug
• excavate
• hollow (out)
• unblock
• unclog
• unstop
• lighten
• scoop (out)
• empty

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of occlude

As with everything, such a stunt and the Epstein files disappear, occluded by the crise du jour. — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 2026

For example, if a ball rolled behind some occluding object and temporarily disappeared from view, the model generated an error when the ball didn’t reappear from behind the object in future frames. — Anil Ananthaswamy, Wired News, 7 Dec. 2025

In the immediate aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, one of the most vexing things occluding the facts of what happened was a general illiteracy regarding the online culture that had engulfed the alleged killer — its memes and codes and ideologies. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025

However, this approach isn’t ideal in agricultural settings, when branches are likely to occlude the visual sensors. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2025