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Synonyms for obstacle
ˈɒb stə kəlob·sta·cle

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Wiktionary2.3 / 3 votes

  1. obstaclenoun

    Synonyms:
    hurdle, hindrance, impediment

  2. obstaclenoun

    Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

    A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.

    Synonyms:
    hindrance, hurdle, impediment

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. obstacle

    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, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, 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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 3 votes

  1. obstacle

    Synonyms:
    impediment, obstruction, hindrance, objection, bar, difficulty, check, obstruction

    Antonyms:
    course, proceeding, career, advancement

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. obstacle, obstructionnoun

    something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

    "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"

    Synonyms:
    obstructer, impediment, obstructor, blockage, impedimenta, obstruction

  2. obstaclenoun

    an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

    Synonyms:
    obstruction

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. problem

    something that prevents progress

    poverty is the great obstacle to the development of the country

    Submitted by rinat on May 26, 2016  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. obstaclenoun

    Synonyms:
    hinderance, obstruction, impediment, difficulty, check, barrier, stumbling-block, lion in the way

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. obstaclenoun

    Synonyms:
    obstruction, barrier, impediment, hindrance, stumbling-block

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How to use obstacle in a sentence?

  1. Kyrsten Sinema:

    She has proven herself an obstacle to the right to vote in the United States.

  2. Art Caplan:

    The law is... targeting the wrong obstacle, it's basically saying the FDA is in the way, and that's why people can't try unapproved medicines.

  3. Daniel J. Boorstin:

    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

  4. Chrystia Freeland:

    We were very clear that as long as the 232 tariffs were there it would be very, very hard for us to ratify the new NAFTA, and that is why we did not table the legislation, now that that big obstacle is lifted, full steam ahead.

  5. from an official Japanese guide for English-speaking drivers, 1936:

    1. At the rise of the hand of the policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him. 2. If pedestrian obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously. If he continue to obstacle, tootle horn vigorously and utter vocal warning such as "Hi, Hi." [...] 5. Beware of greasy corner where lurk skid demon. Cease step on, approach slowly, round cautiously, resume step on gradually.


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