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.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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. Terry Hughes:

   We saw record-breaking temperatures all along the length of the Great Barrier Reef, there wasn't a cool portion in the north, or a cool portion in the south this time around, the whole Barrier Reef was hot so the bleaching we have seen this year is the most extensive so far.

2. Ellen Volo:

   The big question will be price, what do we do about that cost? That cost will be a barrier for some people.

3. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann:

   We are not fencing Austria in, this is not about a border barrier of several kilometers.

4. Kate McDermott of BeTheMatch:

   In line with our commitment to serve our patients in providing equal outcomes for all, we are trying to remove every barrier to donation.

5. Alex Edwards:

   The data this morning was very positive, and will perhaps offset some of the concerns around the threat of deflation to the UK economy, it's been a big boost for the pound. $1.54 has been taken out ... and $1.55 is the next natural barrier, a level which could well be breached following the FOMC meeting minutes later tonight.