INSPIRATOR Antonyms

• a substance that retards or stops an activity

• 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)

• someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

• someone who suppresses

• a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

• an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents