Synonyms for barrier
ˈbær i ərbar·ri·er

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1. barrier

   A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

   Synonyms:
   bar, barricade, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint, restriction

   Antonyms:
   admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

   Preposition:
   A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

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1. barriernoun

   a structure or object that impedes free movement

   Synonyms:
   roadblock

2. barrier, roadblocknoun

   any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

   "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"

   Synonyms:
   roadblock, barricade

3. barriernoun

   anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

   Synonyms:
   roadblock

Matched Categories

1. • Mechanism
   • Obstacle
   • Obstruction

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1. barriernoun

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, obstacle, hinderance, bar, BARRICADE, stop, impediment

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1. barriernoun

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, impediment, obstacle, hindrance, barricade

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1. List of paraphrases for "barrier":

   obstacle, barrera, fence, impediment, wall, separating, barrière, hurdle, gate, hindrance, barriers, roadblock, obstacles, separation, constraint, barricade, obstruction, rail

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1. Lilyn Hester:

   It opens up the world to theseyoung children, at Google we don’t want the fact that theydo not have access to the internet or devices to be a barrier.

2. Joie Chitwood:

   The Daytona International Speedway did not live up to its responsibility today. We should have had SAFER barrier there, we're going to fix that. We're going to fix that right now.

3. Guillermo Blanc:

   It's like putting an oil rig in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef, it's insane.

4. Johnnie Moore:

   It is written to ensure that people of all faiths will have equal access, people in the Trump administration really do have a conviction that private charities, churches and other faith-based groups do really effective work and we ought to be doing everything in our power to reduce the barrier to entry so they can participate in government programs.

5. Jessica Lynch:

   I put up this wall, this barrier, it was my way of dealing with things, in the beginning, I was able to block everybody out, whereas now it's getting harder ... to deal with.