Definition for Blocking:

• of Block

Synonyms for Blocking:

• adj.

  •hindering (adjective)
  • constraining,
  • Cramping,
  • Damming,
  • baffling,
  • Obstructing,
  • Restraining,
  • Snarling,
  • Encumbering,
  • inhibiting,
  • Clogging,
  • Complicating,
  • impeding,
  • Fouling,
  • Entrapping,
  • Deterring,
  • choking,
  • Delaying,
  • congesting,
  • crippling,
  • constipating,
  • Snagging,
  • burdensome,
  • restricting,
  • thwarting,
  • Entangling,
  • Crimping,
  • Handicapping,
  • bottleneck,
  • Resisting,
  • Tangling,
  • frustrating,
  • Detaining.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • blocking,
  • block.
  •difficulty, trouble (noun)
  • disadvantage(s).
  •disadvantage(s) (noun)
  • in-utility,
  • de privation,
  • in adequacies,
  • de-privations,
  • in-adequacies,
  • in convenience,
  • dis-commodities,
  • dis-commodity,
  • in-conveniences,
  • fly the ointment,
  • dis advantage,
  • in-convenience,
  • dis commodity,
  • in-adequacy,
  • in adequacy,
  • blockings,
  • de privations,
  • dis advantages,
  • dis commodities,
  • fly in ointment,
  • in utility,
  • in-utilities,
  • adverse circumstance,
  • in utilities,
  • dis-advantages,
  • in conveniences,
  • fly ointment,
  • dis-advantage,
  • de-privation.
  •engraving (noun)
  • Intagli,
  • lithographs,
  • cuttings,
  • lithograph,
  • intaglios,
  • dry point,
  • rotogravure,
  • Enchasing,
  • intaglio,
  • chasings,
  • mezzotint,
  • photogravures,
  • woodcuts,
  • photogravure,
  • woodcut,
  • photoengraving,
  • mezzotints.
  •frustration (noun)
  • un-fulfillments,
  • de feats,
  • non-successes,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • old onetwo,
  • nonsuccesses,
  • non success,
  • non successes,
  • un fulfillments,
  • non-fulfillments,
  • dis satisfactions,
  • un fulfillment,
  • foilings,
  • old onetwos,
  • nonfulfillments,
  • de feat,
  • de-feat,
  • dis-satisfaction,
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • unfulfillments,
  • old one-twos,
  • un-fulfillment,
  • curbings,
  • old one twos,
  • non fulfillments,
  • old one two,
  • non-fulfillment,
  • non fulfillment,
  • de-feats.
  •resistance (noun)
  • impedance,
  • Renitency,
  • impedances,
  • Renitence,
  • unsusceptibility,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • imperviousness,
  • striking back.

• v.

  •closing (verb)
  • Securing,
  • shutting,
  • fastening,
  • sealing,
  • Latching,
  • Barricading,
  • joining,
  • closing,
  • Bolting,
  • locking.
  •hindering (verb)
  • braking,
  • curbing,
  • Interrupting,
  • opposing,
  • jamming,
  • Staying,
  • Burdening,
  • Hamstringing,
  • Miring,
  • Paralyzing,
  • dragging,
  • bottlenecking,
  • fettering,
  • Impairing,
  • catching,
  • stopping,
  • Plugging,
  • barring,
  • Checking,
  • Bunging,
  • countering.
  •prohibiting (verb)
  • Curtailing,
  • Outlawing,
  • Refusing,
  • banning,
  • Denying,
  • Disallowing,
  • Prohibiting,
  • Preventing,
  • disqualifying,
  • forbidding,
  • Rejecting,
  • Suppressing,
  • controlling,
  • Oppressing,
  • Precluding,
  • disapproving.

• Other synonyms:

  •stoppage
  • prevention.

Paraphrases for Blocking:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    block, blocks.
  • Noun, plural
    blocks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    block.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Obstructing.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    locks.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    blockading, Plugging.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    lock-up.
  • Proper noun, singular
    blocs, lock-up.
  • Noun, plural
    blockades, bottlenecks, obstacles, Embargoes, closures, sanctions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    freezing, gating, freeze, standstill, withholding, gridlock, stalemate, lock-up.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Stoping, phase-lock, interlocking, knocking, Ceasing, discouraging, curbing, impeding, Checking, interference, Excluding, Curtailing, restricting, sacking, Interrupting, inhibiting, countering, Precluding, decommissioning, halting, constraining, Intercepting, Complicating, Restraining, Delaying, isolating, Terminating, concealing, disabling, stifling, forbidding, limiting, Avoiding, Disrupting, Suppressing, Suspending, hindering, conditioning, sabotaging, Jeopardizing, Objecting, disturbing, stonewalling, Hampering, Impairing, Deterring, interfering, undermining, Selecting, Depriving, opposing, breaking, barring, waiting, Rejecting, logging, withdrawing, action, paralysing, stalling, slowing, crushing, Vetoing, Refusing, sealing, Resisting, averting, Denying, affecting, Involving, Creating, filling, booking, protesting, Prejudicing, shutting, beheading, Bridging, repelling, hiding, Detaining, close, closing, Stemming, Reserving, office, severing, bundling, defending, Impacting, Plaguing, Stranding, Placing, Securing, Remedying, seizing, grouping, ending, Disputing, being, arresting, faltering, bracing, causing, facing, ruling, setting, keeping, retaining, Aiming, Claiming, agency, burying, sweeping, Staying, standing, cutting, putting, Waging, freezing, withholding.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    blockages.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    blockage, obstruction.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    thwarting, Clogging, Latching, timing.

Blocking Sentence Examples:

• And none of the poor soldados realize that blocking the roads also keeps people away from the volcanic pipe, so Guevara and Connel can start work.

• And now here was a man with a great retinue blocking their way in front.

Hypernym for Blocking:

• n.

  • act
    trap block, interference, parry.

Hyponym for Blocking:

• n.

  • act
    obstruction.