Impediment

/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/

Synonyms for "impediment" (207 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Noun(15 words)

hindrance obstruction obstacle balk balks barrera barrier barriers baulk blockage blockages bogging breakwater bullbrier check

arrest arrestation arrestment bar barrierblank wallblind alleyblind gutblock blockade blockage blocking bottleneck burden burthen cargo cecum charge check choking

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choking offclog cloggingclosing upclosure

Adjective(1 words)

brick walls

Verb(1 words)

buts

Strong matches (62)

congestion constipation constriction costiveness cramp crimp crosscul-de-saccumbrance curbdead enddeadweight delay detainment detention difficulty disadvantage drawback embargo embarrassment

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embolism embolus encumbrance fixationfoot draggingfoot-dragging freight gorge hamper hampering handicap hang-up hindering hindrance hitch hold-up

Noun(24 words)

contretemps cramps cripple cripples dams delay deterrent doorstops dysfluency encumbrances fettering hamstringing handcuff handicap handicappinghard to dohardship hassel headwind hinderance

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hindrances hobbler hobbles hobbling

Interjection(1 words)

dang delay

Verb(1 words)

hinder understanding

Related words (103)

holdback holdup hurdle impasse impedance impedimenta imposition inconvenience infarct infarction inhibition interference interruption jam let liability load lumber mountain negativism

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nuisance valueobstacle obstipation obstruction obstructionism occlusion onus opposition overload pack penalty preventive repression resistance restraint restriction retardation retardment rubsealing offsetback shackle snag squeeze stop stoppage stranglehold strangulation stricturestumbling blocksuppression traverse trouble weightwhite elephant

Noun(42 words)

hurd hurdles impedimenta inconveniences inhibitor lets lisp obstacles obstructerobstruction of justiceobstruction to learningobstructions obstructiveness obstructorpathway disruptionportcullisesroad obstructionroadblock roadblocks scotching

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setbacks showstoppers slowdown smothererspeech disorderstases sticking stonewalling stumbling stunts stutter stymie stymieing stymies thwart thwarting thwarts trammel trammeling trammelling wall walls

Verb(4 words)

obstruct passageobstructingsmack into oppositionsuffer defeat

Adjective(2 words)

prolonged stoppagestrong opposition

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

barriercommunication disorderconstruction difficultness difficulty hindrance obstaclespeech disorderstructure

More specific

10 entries

administrative bottleneckbureaucratic barrierbureaucratic delayfinancial obstaclelisplogistical obstacleoperational slowdownprocedural holdupprocedural obstaclestutter

Collocations

6 entries

bureaucratic impedimentfinancial impedimentlegal impedimentlogistical impedimentmajor impedimentspeech impediment

Inflections

1 entries

impediments

Derivations

2 entries

impede impedimental

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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I don't consider my myopia as an impediment.

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Tom has a speech impediment, which gets worse if he has to speak in public.

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Impatience is a definite impediment to success.

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The king had great difficulty giving speeches because of a severe speech impediment.

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