OBSTRUCTORS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word obstructors. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for OBSTRUCTORS
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barriers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a structure or object that impedes free movement • any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective • anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access | ||||||||
blockades | nounn | |||||||
noun • a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy • prevents access or progress verb • hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of • render unsuitable for passage • obstruct access to • impose a blockade on | ||||||||
deterrents | nounn | |||||||
noun • something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress adjective satellite • tending to deter | ||||||||
encumbrances | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an onerous or difficult concern • a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage) • any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | ||||||||
hindrances | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
impediments | nounn | |||||||
noun • something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress • any structure that makes progress difficult | ||||||||
interferences | nounn | |||||||
noun • a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries • the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding • electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication • (American football) blocking a player's path with your body • any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | ||||||||
obstacles | nounn | |||||||
noun • something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted • an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented) | ||||||||
oppositions | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected • the relation between opposed entities • the act of hostile groups opposing each other • a contestant that you are matched against • a body of people united in opposing something • a direction opposite to another • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | ||||||||
resistances | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||||
obstructer | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take • any structure that makes progress difficult | ||||||||
impediment | nounn | |||||||
noun • something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress • any structure that makes progress difficult | ||||||||
impedimenta | nounn | |||||||
noun • any structure that makes progress difficult • the baggage and equipment carried by an army | ||||||||
obstruction | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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 | ||||||||
obstructionist | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | ||||||||
resister | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take • someone who offers opposition | ||||||||
thwarter | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |