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Synonyms for impediment
ɪmˈpɛd ə məntim·ped·i·ment
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Wiktionary
impedimentnoun
Synonyms:
obstacle, hindrance, obstructionimpedimentnoun
A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
Synonyms:
obstruction, obstacle, hindranceimpedimentnoun
Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta
Synonyms:
obstruction, hindrance, obstacle
English Synonyms and Antonyms
impediment
Difficulty makes an undertaking otherwise than easy. That which rests upon one as a burden is an encumbrance. An impediment is primarily something that checks the foot or in any way makes advance slow or difficult; an obstacle is something that stands across the way, an obstruction something that is built or placed across the way. An obstruction is always an obstacle, but an obstacle may not always be properly termed an obstruction; boxes and bales placed on the sidewalk are obstructions to travel; an ice-floe is an obstacle to navigation, and may become an obstruction if it closes an inlet or channel. A hindrance (kindred with hind, behind) is anything that makes one come behind or short of his purpose. An impediment may be either what one finds in his way or what he carries with him; impedimenta was the Latin name for the baggage of a soldier or of an army. The tendency is to view an impediment as something constant or, at least for a time, continuous; as, an impediment in one's speech. A difficulty or a hindrance may be either within one or without; a speaker may find difficulty in expressing himself, or difficulty in holding the attention of restless children. An encumbrance is always what one carries with him; an obstacle or an obstruction is always without. To a marching soldier the steepness of a mountain path is a difficulty, loose stones are impediments, a fence is an obstruction, a cliff or a boulder across the way is an obstacle; a knapsack is an encumbrance.
Synonyms:
bar, barrier, clog, difficulty, encumbrance, hindrance, obstacle, obstructionAntonyms:
advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, help, relief, succor
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
impediment
Synonyms:
hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, stumbling blockAntonyms:
aid, aidance, help, assistance, succor, support, furtherance, coadjuvancy
Princeton's WordNet
hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicapnoun
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
Synonyms:
hitch, verification, impedimenta, stoppage, hindrance, disability, halt, chip, tab, handicap, arrest, tick, check-out procedure, confirmation, impairment, check mark, rafter, obstruction, baulk, checkout, hinderance, curb, chit, stop, disablement, cheque, obstructer, substantiation, stay, obstructor, deterrent, encumbrance, balk, preventive, incumbrance, bank check, preventative, interference, assay, bridle, checkobstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimentanoun
any structure that makes progress difficult
Synonyms:
obstructor, baulk, obstructionist, deterrent, impedimenta, obstruction, handicap, balk, check, blockage, thwarter, hinderance, hindrance, resister, obstructer, obstacle
Dictionary of English Synonymes
impedimentnoun
Synonyms:
hinderance, obstruction, obstacle, check, bar, difficulty, stumbling-block
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
impedimentnoun
Synonyms:
obstacle, barrier, obstruction, stumblingblock
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "impediment":
obstacle, barrier, hindrance, hurdle, constraint, obstruction, handicap, obstacles
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#272 | check | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1042 | bar | |
#2514 | checkout | |
#3459 | disability | |
#3712 | chip | |
#3829 | tab | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#5354 | confirmation | |
#5448 | verification | |
#7079 | barrier | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#8570 | cheque | |
#8714 | interference | |
#9968 | constraint | |
#10852 | tick | |
#10997 | impairment | |
#11695 | preventive | |
#11746 | obstacles | |
#11832 | assay | |
#12551 | curb | |
#12951 | handicap | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#16523 | obstacle | |
#18389 | chit | |
#18633 | obstruction | |
#23847 | preventative | |
#25605 | hurdle | |
#28533 | deterrent | |
#30189 | clog | |
#37428 | bridle | |
#37894 | blockage | |
#38554 | impediment | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#53908 | balk | |
#56554 | encumbrance | |
#57912 | rafter | |
#66783 | substantiation | |
#71523 | disablement | |
#134585 | resister | |
#159971 | obstructionist | |
#197935 | baulk | |
#204694 | hinderance |
How to use impediment in a sentence?
Israel’s prudence from the outbreak of the conflict in Syria has become apparent in the fact that Israel did not consider the overthrow of President Assad as an indispensable condition to avoid foreign intervention and impediment for the beginning of a national reconciliation.
But it turned out that through all of that, ultimately the biggest impediment was the modern-day liberal, they were the ones who would discount all those things because they have one issue or because they have the power to caricature you.
They were a barrier to our mission, and an impediment to worship in this place, and they had no place being in sacred space.
The physical violence we experienced was horrific and devastating, my fellow officers and I were punched, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eye-damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us, law enforcement, officers dedicated to ironically protecting them as Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell citizens, as an impediment to their attempted insurrection.
It's our hope that this matter would be looked at fairly and sensibly and would hopefully not be an impediment to the free trade deal.
Translations for impediment
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- překážka, vadaCzech
- Behinderung, HindernisGerman
- estorboSpanish
- مانعPersian
- esteFinnish
- empêchementFrench
- amaladhScottish Gaelic
- akadályHungarian
- impedo, impedivoIdo
- 障害Japanese
- 방해Korean
- hindernis, belemmering, impediment, beletsel, obstakelDutch
- impediment, piedică, obstacolRomanian
- помеха, препятствиеRussian
- hinderSwedish
- ఆటంకం, అడ్డంTelugu
- 障碍Chinese
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