Definition for Barrier:

• Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.

Synonyms for Barrier:

• n.

  •
  • confines.
  •
  • balustrade,
  • fencing,
  • partition,
  • chain-link fence.
  •
  • hamper,
  • predicament,
  • traverse.
  •
  • divider,
  • separator.
  •bar (noun)
  • bamboo curtain,
  • boundary,
  • check,
  • difficulty,
  • earthwork,
  • embankment,
  • fortification,
  • iron curtain,
  • limit,
  • limitation,
  • outwork,
  • pale,
  • palisade,
  • preventive,
  • trench,
  • stumbling block.
  •barrier (noun)
  • roadblock.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • guard,
  • outwork,
  • parapet,
  • redoubt,
  • stronghold,
  • Vallation.
  •defense (noun)
  • answer,
  • argument,
  • armor,
  • aversion,
  • backfire,
  • barricade,
  • buffer,
  • counterattack,
  • countermeasure,
  • cover,
  • defense,
  • fortress,
  • guard,
  • harbor,
  • moat,
  • protection,
  • rebuttal,
  • reply,
  • resistance,
  • response,
  • retort,
  • return,
  • safeguard,
  • screen,
  • security,
  • shelter,
  • shield,
  • stronghold,
  • support,
  • wall.
  •enclosure (noun)
  • cage,
  • cell,
  • confinement,
  • enclosure,
  • envelopment,
  • fence,
  • jail,
  • pen,
  • prison,
  • trap.
  •fortification (noun)
  • breastwork,
  • earthwork,
  • entrenchment,
  • palisade.
  •hedge (noun)
  • windbreak.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • bafflement,
  • block,
  • blockade,
  • blockage,
  • bottleneck,
  • brake,
  • bung,
  • burden,
  • catch,
  • choke,
  • clog,
  • complication,
  • congestion,
  • constipation,
  • constraint,
  • crimp,
  • dam,
  • damper,
  • delay,
  • deterrent,
  • disadvantage,
  • drag,
  • drawback,
  • encumbrance,
  • entanglement,
  • entrapment,
  • frustration,
  • handicap,
  • hindrance,
  • hurdle,
  • impasse,
  • impedance,
  • impediment,
  • inhibition,
  • interruption,
  • jam,
  • mire,
  • obstacle,
  • obstruction,
  • opposition,
  • plug,
  • restraint,
  • restriction,
  • snag,
  • snarl,
  • stay,
  • stop,
  • stoppage,
  • tangle.
  •jetty (noun)
  • breakwater,
  • jetty,
  • seawall.
  •obstruction (noun)
  • bar,
  • barricade,
  • blockade,
  • bound,
  • boundary,
  • confines,
  • curtain,
  • ditch,
  • enclosure,
  • fence,
  • fortification,
  • gully,
  • hurdle,
  • impediment,
  • limit,
  • moat,
  • obstacle,
  • pale,
  • palisade,
  • railing,
  • rampart,
  • roadblock,
  • stop,
  • trench,
  • wall,
  • blank wall.
  •obstruction to goal (noun)
  • check,
  • difficulty,
  • drawback,
  • encumbrance,
  • handicap,
  • hindrance,
  • limitation,
  • preventive,
  • restraint,
  • restriction,
  • stumbling block.
  •post (noun)
  • railing.
  •restraint (noun)
  • curb,
  • restraint.
  •screen (noun)
  • backstop.
  •shade (noun)
  • awning,
  • blind,
  • canopy,
  • curtain,
  • lamp shade,
  • panoply,
  • parasol,
  • shade,
  • shadow,
  • shutter,
  • sunshade,
  • umbrella,
  • veil,
  • venetian blind,
  • visor,
  • blinders.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • balustrade,
  • divider,
  • earthwork,
  • fencing,
  • intrusion,
  • lock,
  • paling,
  • picket fence,
  • predicament,
  • rail,
  • railing,
  • separator,
  • setback,
  • stile,
  • windbreak,
  • stumbling block,
  • chain-link fence.
  •
  • fortification,
  • limitation,
  • partition,
  • sandbag.
  •
  • interference,
  • jump.
  •
  • division,
  • mist,
  • tie up.
  •
  • traverse.
  •jetty
  • breakwater.
  •stockade
  • palisade.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abatis,
  • abattis,
  • access,
  • backstop,
  • balk,
  • balustrade,
  • bamboo curtain,
  • ban,
  • bank,
  • banquette,
  • bar,
  • barbican,
  • barrage,
  • bastion,
  • battlement,
  • baulk,
  • bent,
  • blind alley,
  • blind gut,
  • bolt,
  • boom,
  • bound,
  • boundary,
  • boundary line,
  • bourn,
  • brattice,
  • breakwater,
  • breastwork,
  • buffer state,
  • bulkhead,
  • bulwark,
  • bumper,
  • bunker,
  • camouflage,
  • cecum,
  • cessation,
  • check,
  • cheval-de-frise,
  • choking,
  • coercion,
  • cofferdam,
  • combination lock,
  • concealment,
  • confine,
  • confines,
  • cordon,
  • covert,
  • curb,
  • cushion,
  • dashboard,
  • deadbolt,
  • defence,
  • Defence Mechanism,
  • diaphragm,
  • difficulty,
  • dingle,
  • disability,
  • ditch,
  • divider,
  • dividing line,
  • division,
  • door,
  • doorway,
  • drawbridge,
  • dyke,
  • earthwork,
  • embankment,
  • embargo,
  • embolism,
  • embolus,
  • entrance,
  • entrenchment,
  • escarp,
  • escarpment,
  • exit,
  • fencing,
  • fender,
  • fieldwork,
  • firewall,
  • fortification,
  • fosse,
  • foxhole,
  • frontier,
  • gate,
  • gateway,
  • gin mill,
  • gorge,
  • gridlock,
  • groin,
  • gully,
  • ha-ha,
  • hamper,
  • hatch,
  • haven,
  • hedge,
  • hitch,
  • hold up,
  • immunity,
  • inclosure,
  • infarct,
  • infarction,
  • interdiction,
  • interference,
  • intrenchment,
  • intrusion,
  • iron curtain,
  • jetty,
  • jump,
  • laager,
  • levee,
  • liability,
  • limit,
  • limitation,
  • line,
  • lock,
  • lock out,
  • logjam,
  • loophole,
  • lunette,
  • machicolation,
  • mantelet,
  • marches,
  • mat,
  • merlon,
  • midriff,
  • midsection,
  • milldam,
  • mist,
  • mole,
  • mound,
  • munition,
  • obstipation,
  • occlusion,
  • onus,
  • outwork,
  • pad,
  • padlock,
  • pale,
  • paling,
  • palisade,
  • panel,
  • parapet,
  • paries,
  • partition,
  • party wall,
  • passage,
  • picket fence,
  • portcullis,
  • predicament,
  • preservation,
  • preventative,
  • preventive,
  • prohibition,
  • property line,
  • proscription,
  • rail,
  • railing,
  • rampart,
  • redoubt,
  • refuge,
  • revetment,
  • roadblock,
  • safety,
  • sanctuary,
  • sandbag,
  • scarp,
  • sconce,
  • sea bass,
  • seawall,
  • self-consciousness,
  • separation,
  • separator,
  • septum,
  • setback,
  • shackle,
  • shoal,
  • stile,
  • stockade,
  • stone wall,
  • strangulation,
  • stricture,
  • sunk fence,
  • termination,
  • trammel,
  • traverse,
  • trench,
  • verge,
  • weir,
  • windbreak,
  • wing,
  • work,
  • Balistraria,
  • Bartizan,
  • Casemate,
  • Circumvallation,
  • Dasher,
  • Demibastion,
  • Dissepiment,
  • Fortalice,
  • Glacis,
  • Hinderance,
  • Muniment,
  • Parados,
  • Ravelin,
  • Redan,
  • Sea perch,
  • Sea wall,
  • Septulum,
  • Tenaille,
  • Vallation,
  • Vallum,
  • Bear-trap dam,
  • cul de sac,
  • stumbling block,
  • tie up,
  • Contravallation,
  • Costiveness,
  • Stoccado,
  • Kila,
  • shackles,
  • HAHA,
  • chain-link fence,
  • dike,
  • counterscarp,
  • condom,
  • blank wall,
  • choking off,
  • hang-up,
  • sealing off,
  • snarl-up,
  • dead end,
  • road block,
  • sally port,
  • cocktail cabinet,
  • diffusion barrier,
  • arch dam,
  • sangar,
  • beaver dam,
  • cloison.

Antonyms for Barrier:

• n.

  • obstruction
    assistance, help, open, opening.
  • obstruction to goal
    advantage, aid, benefit, freedom.
  • Other antonyms:
    admittance, break, door, doorway, entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, gap, gate, opening, pass, passage, portal, road, thoroughfare, transit, way.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, break, door, doorway, entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, gap, gate, open, opening, pass, portal.