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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'thwart'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb) thwart, cross thwart
a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
Synonyms: thwart , cross thwart
2. (verb) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Synonyms: vitiate , mar , sweep , dumbfound , plunder , foil , scupper , mystify , cut through , pamper , flub , span , dun , rape , crucify , baby , regulate , bedevil , itch , screw up , ball up , indulge , interbreed , stick , cut across , corrupt , elude , get over , deflower , spoil , puzzle , gravel , violate , beat , mollycoddle , bungle , intersect , bollocks up , fumble , evade , rag , blow , bollix , torment , amaze , bewilder , coddle , cosset , frustrate , peril , scotch , featherbed , crossbreed , cross , get , louse up , perplex , botch up , bodge , traverse , bobble , baffle , muff , bollocks , pass over , pose , fluff , vex , mishandle , endanger , foul up , stupefy , flummox , track , hybridize , cover , despoil , muck up , bumble , mess up , impair , bollix up , botch , thwart , bilk , get across , expose , go bad , hybridise , cocker , nonplus
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'thwart'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. thwart
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
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