Definition for Impair:

• To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

Synonyms for Impair:

• n.

  •
  • overshadow,
  • taint.
  •
  • diminish.
  •impair (noun)
  • deflower.

• v.

  •disable (verb)
  • tamper,
  • hamper,
  • scotch,
  • incapacitate,
  • handicap,
  • lame,
  • stun,
  • screw up,
  • hinder,
  • paralyze,
  • botch,
  • stupefy,
  • hamstring,
  • disarm,
  • benumb,
  • neutralize,
  • dull,
  • undermine,
  • cramp,
  • enfeeble,
  • abrogate.
  •harm, hinder (verb)
  • enervate,
  • ding,
  • total,
  • devaluate,
  • rough up,
  • queer,
  • devalue,
  • decrease,
  • tweak,
  • unfit,
  • lose strength,
  • blunt,
  • cheapen,
  • debilitate.
  •hinder (verb)
  • delay,
  • counter,
  • inhibit,
  • bung,
  • oppose,
  • constipate,
  • mire,
  • brake,
  • congest,
  • complicate,
  • burden,
  • dam,
  • entangle,
  • drag,
  • foul,
  • entrap,
  • plug,
  • clog,
  • crimp,
  • constrain,
  • stay,
  • deter,
  • catch,
  • impede,
  • block,
  • frustrate,
  • choke,
  • fetter,
  • curb,
  • restrict,
  • snarl,
  • check,
  • detain,
  • baffle,
  • restrain,
  • resist,
  • thwart,
  • bar,
  • snag,
  • bottleneck,
  • tangle,
  • encumber,
  • stop,
  • obstruct,
  • jam,
  • interrupt.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • affect,
  • Disserve.
  •
  • cut.
  •blemish
  • scar.
  •confuse
  • cloud.
  •crackle
  • splutter.
  •damage
  • tamper with,
  • wear away,
  • wreak havoc on.
  •deform
  • flaw,
  • Misshape.
  •destroy
  • break down.
  •disable
  • immobilize.
  •Other relevant words:
  • decimal,
  • blot,
  • debauch,
  • curse,
  • leach,
  • diminution,
  • irritate,
  • do evil,
  • prime,
  • flub,
  • positive,
  • hex,
  • foresight,
  • lone,
  • abstract,
  • exacerbate,
  • ball up,
  • detrimentally,
  • mischief,
  • bate,
  • detrimental,
  • soil,
  • downgrade,
  • afflict,
  • aliquot,
  • overrun,
  • numeric,
  • foul-up,
  • pamper,
  • disappoint,
  • doom,
  • bastardize,
  • abate,
  • electronegative,
  • infinity,
  • disenchant,
  • figural,
  • exponential,
  • mess-up,
  • cardinal,
  • condemn,
  • enfeebling,
  • detriment,
  • harmful,
  • enervating,
  • subdue,
  • derogation,
  • figurative,
  • derogate,
  • featherbed,
  • indulge,
  • negative,
  • discolor,
  • deduct,
  • undermined,
  • hurtful,
  • refine,
  • impossible,
  • disadvantage,
  • even,
  • rebate,
  • foil,
  • stunt,
  • shorten,
  • vulgarize,
  • torture,
  • abrade,
  • preconception,
  • make worse,
  • decrement,
  • depravity,
  • numerical,
  • pillage,
  • deficit,
  • contraction,
  • dash,
  • bad,
  • Labefy,
  • envenom,
  • disadvantageously,
  • defile,
  • inactivate,
  • celibate,
  • despoil,
  • disparage,
  • deduction,
  • blow,
  • pare,
  • irrational,
  • mollycoddle,
  • abatement,
  • defaced,
  • coddle,
  • plunder,
  • remove,
  • Scath,
  • harmfully,
  • harmed,
  • injury,
  • spend,
  • impairment,
  • enfeeblement,
  • outrage,
  • cosset,
  • lesion,
  • devitalize,
  • ruffle,
  • disqualifying,
  • infinite,
  • fraction,
  • damaging,
  • mistreat,
  • unique,
  • pervert,
  • fray,
  • injurious,
  • nullify,
  • weed,
  • mischievous,
  • emasculate,
  • thin out,
  • do wrong by,
  • demoralise,
  • on the bum,
  • incapacitating,
  • ruinously,
  • anticipation,
  • bollix,
  • Enfeebler,
  • torment,
  • tax,
  • bleed,
  • scathe,
  • transcendental,
  • demoralize,
  • prejudicial,
  • bollocks,
  • disfigure,
  • wear off,
  • sole,
  • soften up,
  • integer,
  • paralyse,
  • persecute,
  • ordinal,
  • abase,
  • sully,
  • integral,
  • deactivate,
  • extract,
  • fluff,
  • bungle,
  • wound,
  • menace,
  • sink,
  • differential,
  • shatter,
  • disabling,
  • wrench,
  • imaginary,
  • bilk,
  • bollix up,
  • twist,
  • jinx,
  • crucify,
  • misdirect,
  • file away,
  • go bad,
  • gun for,
  • antagonize,
  • defective,
  • absolute,
  • reduction,
  • dangerously,
  • aggrieve,
  • wear down,
  • cross,
  • disaffect,
  • aggravate,
  • waste,
  • bewitch,
  • purify,
  • possible,
  • disgust,
  • grievance,
  • Numerative,
  • distress,
  • logarithmic,
  • damagingly,
  • fumble,
  • violate,
  • bumble,
  • odd,
  • discourage,
  • only,
  • curtail,
  • profane,
  • drawback,
  • take from,
  • consume,
  • radical,
  • forethought,
  • enervation,
  • thin,
  • demolish,
  • rational,
  • destructive,
  • do wrong,
  • imperfect,
  • bust,
  • savage,
  • bobble,
  • singular,
  • pair,
  • Empoison,
  • detract,
  • drain,
  • overwork,
  • loss,
  • hurtfully,
  • stain,
  • vitiation,
  • mutilate,
  • baby,
  • poison,
  • injuriously,
  • alone,
  • deoxidize,
  • arithmetical,
  • subvert,
  • conquer,
  • Subduct,
  • shave,
  • pull,
  • put back,
  • worse,
  • wrong,
  • Endamage,
  • injustice,
  • botch up,
  • louse up,
  • deplete,
  • cut down,
  • harass,
  • digital,
  • finite,
  • cocker,
  • dirty,
  • real,
  • contaminate,
  • detract from,
  • disservice,
  • lower,
  • deprave,
  • wing,
  • befoul,
  • crippling,
  • threaten,
  • surd,
  • erode,
  • rub,
  • debilitative,
  • blight,
  • retrench,
  • dilute,
  • indispose,
  • bugger,
  • sabotage,
  • clouding,
  • prejudgment,
  • wreak havoc,
  • pull down,
  • embitter,
  • bankrupt,
  • decline,
  • subtract,
  • Shend,
  • depreciate,
  • withdraw,
  • reciprocal,
  • one and only.

Paraphrases for Impair:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past tense
    undermined.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    undermining.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    undermines.
  • Verb, base form
    undermine, hamper.

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    Jeopardized, threatened, compromise.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Jeopardizing, Harming, Disrupting, diminishing, destabilizing, disturbing, Obstructing, Prejudicing, damaging, eroding, Derailing, hurting, Violating, devastating, Destroying, compromising, ruining, spoiling, Subverting, ravaging, Breaching, sabotaging, upsetting, demolishing, breaking, wrecking, attacking, unravelling.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    impedes, jeopardizes, harms, jeopardises, endangers, hinders, threatens, Affects, infringes, damages, erodes, hurts, compromises, renders, allocates.
  • Verb, base form
    impede, jeopardize, harm, affect, lay, hinder, jeopardise, endanger, damage, weaken, diminish, imperil, prejudice, infringe, obstruct, erode, detract, disturb, alter, interfere, impinge, inhibit, hurt, threaten, injure, distort, constrain, violate, frustrate, degrade, tarnish, contravene, undercut, reduce, reducing, curtail, dampen, preclude, deteriorate, restrict, cripple, worsen, derail, spoil, lessen, impact, embarrass, prejudge, decrease, prevent, thwart, mitigate, encroach, complicate, dilute, tamper, derogate, destabilize, hobble, discourage, pre-empt, destroy, stifle, offend, handicap, limit, nullify, minimize, deter, subvert, restrain, block, suffer, vitiate, curb, negate, sabotage, perturb, disrespect, compromise, alleviate, stall, upset, influence, afflict.

Antonyms for Impair:

• v.

  • harm, hinder
    strengthen, extend, mend, help, grow, improve, raise, permit, heal, invigorate, cure, repair, fix, enhance, assist, increase, enlarge, upgrade, develop, expand, aid.

Hyponym for Impair:

• v.

  • change
    damage.