Obstacle

//ˈɒbstəkəl//

Synonyms for "obstacle" (83 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Noun(1 words)
barrier

Strong matches (25)

Noun(1 words)
complication

Related words (41)

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More general

12 entries

Synonyms

10 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

4 entries

is a

6 entries

related to

3 entries

Translations

165 translations across 83 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • pengesë noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κώλυμα noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Arabic

3 entries
  • حَاجِز noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • عَائِق noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • عَقَبَة noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Armenian

2 entries
  • արգելք noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • խոչընդոտ noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • ambodyiu noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • cheadicã noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • sədd noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • əngəl noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • паме́шка noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • перагаро́да noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • перапо́на noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • перашко́да noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • रुकावट noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • прегра́да noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • препя́тствие noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Burmese

2 entries
  • အဆီးအတား noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • အတားအဆီး noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Buryat

1 entries
  • һаад noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Catalan

1 entries
  • obstacle noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 妨礙 /妨碍 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • 障礙 /障碍 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Cimbrian

1 entries
  • briighe noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Czech

1 entries
  • překážka noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Danish

2 entries
  • forhindring noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • hindring noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Dutch

3 entries
  • belemmering noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • horde noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • obstakel noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • malhelpo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • obstaklo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Estonian

1 entries
  • takistus noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Finnish

1 entries
  • este noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

French

1 entries
  • obstacle noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Galician

1 entries
  • obstáculo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დაბრკოლება noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

German

2 entries
  • Hindernis noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • Hürde noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Greek

2 entries
  • εμπόδιο noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • πρόσκομμα noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מִכְשׁוֹל noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अड़चन noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • बाधा noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • रुकावट noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • akadály noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • obsztákulum noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hindrun noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Ido

1 entries
  • obstaklo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • esse noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Irish

1 entries
  • constaic noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Italian

2 entries
  • inciampo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • ostacolo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 邪魔 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • 障害 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • 障害物 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • саад noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ವಿಘ್ನ noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • тосқауыл noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទំនាល់ noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • mũhĩnga noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Korean

4 entries
  • 방해물 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • 장애 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • 장애물 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • 장해 noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • тоскоолдук noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Lao

1 entries
  • ອຸປະສັກ noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Latin

4 entries
  • impedīmentum noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • mora noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • obiectus noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • obstantia noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Latvian

1 entries
  • šķērslis noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kliūtis noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • препрека noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • пречка noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Malay

2 entries
  • aral noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • halangan noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • бартаа noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • саад noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Māori

1 entries
  • taunahua noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • aber noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • hinder noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • hindring noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • hinder noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • hindring noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Occitan

1 entries
  • obstacle noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Old English

1 entries
  • hremming noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • عائق noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Persian

2 entries
  • سد noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • مانع noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Hindaniss noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • Jäajenstoss noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Polish

3 entries
  • ambaras noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • przeszkoda noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • trudność noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • barreira noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • empecilho noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • entrave noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • estorvo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Quechua

1 entries
  • hark'ay noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Romanian

2 entries
  • obstacol noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • piedică noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Russian

3 entries
  • поме́ха noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • прегра́да noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • препя́тствие noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • amaladh noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • bacadh noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prȅpona noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • prȅpreka noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • пре̏пона noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • пре̏прека noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prekážka noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Slovene

2 entries
  • ovira noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • prepreka noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • буудак noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Spanish

4 entries
  • contumeria noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • cortapisa noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • estorbo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • obstáculo noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hinder noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • balakid noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • harang noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Tajik

2 entries
  • монеа noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • садд noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Tamil

2 entries
  • இடையூறு noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • தடை noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Telugu

2 entries
  • అడ్డం noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • ఆటంకం noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Thai

3 entries
  • ขวากหนาม noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • มาร noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • อุปสรรค noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ዕንቅፋት noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • pkante noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Turkish

4 entries
  • engel noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • ket noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • mahzur noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • mani noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • garsylyk noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • garşylyk noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Tày

1 entries
  • cạm noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • перегоро́да noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • перепо́на noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • перешко́да noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • прити́чина noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Urdu

1 entries
  • رُکاوَٹ noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • toʻsiq noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • bước cản noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • chướng ngại noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
  • trở ngại noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

Welsh

1 entries
  • rhwystr noun (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)

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The scandal was an obstacle to his promotion.

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Lack of flexibility is an obstacle to one's progress.

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We have managed to overcome the first obstacle.

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They had cleared the obstacle from the road.

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