I don't consider my myopia as an impediment.
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Impediment
//ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt//
Synonyms for "impediment" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
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4 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐγκοπή noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- ἔχμα noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Arabic
3 entries- إِعَاقَة noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- عَائِق noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- عَقَبَة noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Belarusian
2 entries- перапо́на noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- перашко́да noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Bulgarian
4 entries- обо́з noun (baggage, especially that of an army)
- пре́чка noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- препя́тствие noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- спъ́нка noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Catalan
1 entries- impediment noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 障礙 /障碍 noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Cimbrian
1 entries- briighe noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Czech
2 entries- překážka noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- vada noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Dutch
4 entries- belemmering noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- beletsel noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- hindernis noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- impediment noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Esperanto
1 entries- malhelpo noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Finnish
3 entries- este noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- vamma noun (disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech)
- vastus noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
French
3 entries- empêchement noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- entrave noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- irritant noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
German
2 entries- Behinderung noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- Hindernis noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Greek
1 entries- εμπόδιο noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Hungarian
1 entries- akadály noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Ido
2 entries- impedivo noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- impedo noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Japanese
1 entries- 障害 noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Korean
2 entries- 장애 noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- 장해 noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Latin
2 entries- impedīmentum noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- ōbex noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Macedonian
2 entries- препрека noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- пречка noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Malayalam
1 entries- തടസ്സം noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Māori
1 entries- hauātanga noun (disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hindaniss noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Polish
4 entries- przeszkoda noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- trudność noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- utrudnienie noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- zawada noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Portuguese
1 entries- impedimento noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Romanian
3 entries- impediment noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- obstacol noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- piedică noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Russian
3 entries- обо́з noun (baggage, especially that of an army)
- поме́ха noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- препя́тствие noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- amaladh noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prȅpona noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- prȅpreka noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- пре̏пона noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- пре̏прека noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Slovak
1 entries- prekážka noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Slovene
1 entries- ovira noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Spanish
1 entries- estorbo noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Swedish
1 entries- hinder noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Tagalog
1 entries- bagko noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Telugu
2 entries- అడ్డం noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- ఆటంకం noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зава́да noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- перепо́на noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- перешко́да noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
- прити́чина noun (hindrance; that which impedes progress)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Tom has a speech impediment, which gets worse if he has to speak in public.
Source: tatoeba (3189708)
Impatience is a definite impediment to success.
Source: tatoeba (3686475)
The king had great difficulty giving speeches because of a severe speech impediment.
Source: tatoeba (4284580)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.
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