What is a synonym for "barrier"?

Common synonyms include: barricade, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, abatis.

Barrier

//ˈbæɹi.ɚ// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
A structure that bars passage.
"The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train."
2
a structure or object that impedes free movement wordnet
3
An obstacle or impediment.
"Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students."
4
any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective wordnet
5
A boundary or limit.
"Few marathon runners break the three-hour time barrier."

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6
anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access wordnet
7
A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
8
A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
9
The lists in a tournament. historical
10
A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries. historical, in-plural