OBSTACLE Synonyms

• the act or process of complicating

• a situation or condition that is complex or confused

• any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease

• a development that complicates a situation

• puzzling complexity

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

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

• an obstacle that you are expected to overcome

• the act of jumping over an obstacle

• jump a hurdle

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

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

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

• a sharp protuberance

• a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• an unforeseen obstacle

• catch on a snag

• get by acting quickly and smartly

• hew jaggedly

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

• an effort that is inconvenient

• the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result

• the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

• put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

• an onerous or difficult concern

• a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

• any obstacle or impediment