Synonyms for hurdle
ˈhɜr dlhur·dle

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1. hurdlenoun

   a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races

   Synonyms:
   vault

2. hurdlenoun

   an obstacle that you are expected to overcome

   "the last hurdle before graduation"

   Synonyms:
   vault

3. vault, hurdleverb

   the act of jumping over an obstacle

   Synonyms:
   vault, bank vault, burial vault

4. hurdleverb

   jump a hurdle

Matched Categories

1. • Barrier
   • Obstacle
   • Sport
   • Vault

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1. List of paraphrases for "hurdle":

   obstacle, barrier, impediment, hindrance, horde, fence

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1. Kyron McMaster:

   After the second hurdle. I was like, s—-. If you go after them, it’s suicidal.

2. David Joy:

   We have overcome that major hurdle of resistance, but 2,800 has proven tougher.

3. Andrew Woodward:

   Problem solved. This was the major hurdle and changes everything.

4. David Sinclair:

   Delivery is a technical hurdle, but other groups seem to have done well, one uses the same system we developed to treat very old mice, the equivalent of an 80-year-old human. And they still got the mice to live longer, which is remarkable. So they’ve kind of beaten us to the punch in that experiment.

5. Edgar Dworsky:

   This is a new hurdle for shoppers in store, isn't this the worst time to be paying higher prices ? We're not talking about pennies.