Thesaurus:hinder

Thesaurus

hinder

English

Verb

Sense: to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle

Synonyms

• behedge
• blunt
• delay    [⇒ thesaurus]
• difficult    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
• diminish    [⇒ thesaurus]
• forestay
• forslow
• frustrate
• get in the way
• hamper
• handicap
• hinder
• hold up
• hurt    [⇒ thesaurus]
• impair
• impede
• incommode
• lessen
• let
• mar
• obstruct
• overslaugh (US dialect)
• preclude
• prevene (obsolete)
• prevent
• reduce
• restrict
• retard
• slow down    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stay
• thwart
• thwarten
• umbeset
• undermine
• weaken
• worsen    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• abet
• assist    [⇒ thesaurus]
• expedite
• facilitate
• further
• help    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hurdle
• nurture    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• complicate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• shut out    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spoil    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• abligate (obsolete)
• bar
• block
• cap
• counteract    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cumber
• detain
• encumber
• filibuster
• forestall
• hold back
• keep back
• inhibit
• prevent
• put on ice
• roadblock
• stall
• stem
• stop    [⇒ thesaurus]
• suspend
• underfoot
• withstrain

See also

• Thesaurus:hindrance

Further reading

• “706. hindrance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “hinder” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.