Synonyms of stuck

stuck 1 of 2

adjective

as in jammed

firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge

the car was hopelessly stuck in the mud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jammed
• tight
• glued
• frozen
• embedded
• lodged
• wedged
• attached
• clamped
• set
• firm
• fast
• anchored
• secured
• cemented
• bound
• bonded
• snug
• entrenched
• fastened
• impacted
• implanted
• immovable
• unyielding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loose
• insecure
• detached
• unsecured
• unattached
• freed
• undone
• unbound
• movable
• loosened
• dislodged
• yielding
• unfastened

stuck

2 of 2

verb

past tense of stick

1

as in adhered

to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion

those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adhered
• clung
• glued
• cleaved
• bound
• hewed
• fastened
• fused
• united
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fell
• dropped
• loosened

2

as in put

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything

Synonyms & Similar Words

• put
• situated
• placed
• positioned
• located
• deposited
• laid
• disposed
• fixed
• set up
• emplaced
• set
• locked
• deposed
• parked
• planted
• slapped
• moved
• shifted
• plopped
• established
• oriented
• clapped
• rearranged
• carried
• ensconced
• wedged
• flopped
• collected
• assembled
• anchored
• plunked
• settled
• affixed
• lodged
• reordered
• plumped
• laid out
• plunked down
• ranked
• set down
• planked
• lined up
• niched
• queued
• arrayed
• berthed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• removed
• took
• relocated
• replaced
• banished
• displaced
• superseded
• dislodged
• supplanted

3

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• punctured
• picked
• jabbed
• pierced
• pecked
• impaled
• transfixed
• poked
• spitted
• speared
• skewered
• spiked
• harpooned
• punched
• ran through
• sliced
• pinked
• gored
• lanced
• transpierced
• riddled
• perforated
• cut
• pricked
• spindled
• thrust
• bayoneted
• knifed
• pronged
• gimleted
• poniarded
• pinpricked
• dirked
• piked
• quilled

4

as in plucked

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucked
• squeezed
• cheated
• hustled
• stung
• screwed
• beat
• did
• bled
• tricked
• deceived
• fiddled
• suckered
• shortchanged
• shorted
• stiffed
• victimized
• ripped off
• reamed
• swindled
• shook down
• hosed
• conned
• rooked
• defrauded
• diddled
• skinned
• fleeced
• bilked
• exploited
• flimflammed
• chiseled
• euchred
• gaffed
• betrayed
• fooled
• mulcted
• skunked
• nobbled
• wrenched
• cozened
• choused
• did in
• took for a ride
• clipped
• thimblerigged
• took to the cleaners
• gouged
• soaked
• sold a bill of goods to
• extorted
• nicked
• wrung
• milked
• overcharged
• duped
• wrested
• bitched
• gulled
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• roped (in)
• fast-talked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stuck

Adjective

Kafka—who was from Prague, just over a hundred miles from here—stuck humans into impossible situations in his novels. —Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

His new album, Sd-3, gets it nice and stuck. —Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 27 Apr. 2026

But the meagreness of the world befits its protagonists, both of whom become stuck in certain phases after failing to come to grips with their formative traumas. —Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

Those who live in climates with cold and rainy winters know that being stuck indoors can have a negative effect on moods. —Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026

If any pieces are stuck to pan or are burnt, add a splash of water and wipe out pan. —Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026

License plates, however, remain stuck in a legacy format that predates modern understanding of memory and perception. —Jay Gardiner, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

But one cub ran into trouble, getting stuck and unable to clear a neighbor’s fence. —Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026

Artworks that were planned to go on display at Art Basel Hong Kong ended up stuck at sea for more than a month en route from Abu Dhabi, according to Jerome Sozzi, general manager of Bonds Fine Art Logistics in Hong Kong, after the US sank an Iranian frigate in the waters off Sri Lanka on March 4. —Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026

Verb

With Venus in Gemini aligning with Pluto in Aquarius, honest conversations help shift situations that have been stuck. —Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026

But as OutKick’s Joe Kinsey noted, the platform would often combine WNBA and NFL games, leaving subscribers stuck watching both. —Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026

The focus is on the Strait of Hormuz, whose effective closure is keeping oil tankers stuck in the Persian Gulf instead of heading to customers worldwide. —Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026

Since the beginning of the war, nearly 800 vessels have been stuck in a holding pattern near the passage, impacting about 20,000 mariners. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026

Military technology has become more sophisticated, but the minds justifying its use are stuck in the past. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026

If the coverage cap is too low, you'll be stuck paying the difference. —Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026

Finneas was stuck in a tower—like Rapunzel! —Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026

Its first-stage booster made its 18th flight and stuck the landing without issue on the droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

Phrases Containing stuck

• stuck on