PROMOTING Antonyms

• preventing movement

• preventing movement

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

• preventing realization or attainment of a desire

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• turn away from by persuasion

• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

• a basket usually with a cover

• prevent the progress or free movement of

• put at a disadvantage

• prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something

• limit, block, or decrease the action or function of

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• block passage through

• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• be against; express opposition to

• fight against or resist strongly

• contrast with equal weight or force

• set into opposition or rivalry

• act against or in opposition to

• be resistant to

• refer to another person for decision or judgment

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• expel, as if by official decree

• assign to a class or kind