1. (noun)shackle, bond, hamper, trammel a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) Synonyms: bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, bond, trammel net, attachment
2. (verb)hamper a basket usually with a cover Synonyms: shackle, trammel, bond
3. (verb)hamper, halter, cramp, strangle prevent the progress or free movement of Synonyms: halter, smother, suffocate, choke, cramp, gag, stifle, hamper, strangle, throttle, repress, handicap, hinder, strangulate, muffle
4. (verb)handicap, hinder, hamper put at a disadvantage Synonyms: impede, block, invalid, cramp, embarrass, stymy, stymie, incapacitate, hamper, strangle, halter, handicap, hinder, obstruct, blockade, disable
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'hamper'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. hamper To hinder is to keep from action, progress, motion, or growth, or to make such action, progress, motion, or growth later in beginning or completion than it would otherwise have been. An action is Synonyms: hinder, baffle, clog, foil, obstruct, retard, balk, counteract, frustrate, oppose, stay, bar, delay, hamper, prevent, stop, block, embarrass, impede, resist, thwart, check, encumber, interrupt