Synonyms for Impede:

• n.

  •
  • let down,
  • bring up against,
  • plague,
  • count against,
  • disadvantage.
  •bog down (noun)
  • bog.
  •close up (noun)
  • close up.
  •impede (noun)
  • occlude,
  • obturate.

• v.

  •baffle (verb)
  • dis appointing,
  • up-setting,
  • dis appointed,
  • up-sets,
  • dis-appointed,
  • dis appoints,
  • up-set,
  • up sets,
  • dis-appoints,
  • dis-appoint,
  • dis-appointing,
  • up setting,
  • dis appoint.
  •block (verb)
  • takes out of play,
  • taking out play,
  • stopt up,
  • taking out of play,
  • inter-cept,
  • stopping up,
  • takes out play,
  • took out play,
  • closes off,
  • hanging up,
  • hanged up,
  • inter cept,
  • hangs up,
  • took out of play,
  • take out play.
  •bog down (verb)
  • slows down,
  • slowing up,
  • slowing down,
  • slows up.
  •bother (verb)
  • carped at,
  • dis commodes,
  • dis-mays,
  • dis quieting,
  • dis-pleases,
  • dis gusting,
  • dis may,
  • dis-commodes,
  • ex acerbated,
  • grating on,
  • be-deviling,
  • be-devilling,
  • dis pleased,
  • intrudes upon,
  • dis-gust,
  • dis please,
  • dis-quieting,
  • ex-acerbating,
  • ex asperates,
  • dis gusted,
  • dis-pleased,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis-concerting,
  • be devilled,
  • dis concerting,
  • ex-acerbates,
  • dis-mayed,
  • in conveniences,
  • dis-quieted,
  • ex-asperates,
  • be deviling,
  • be devil,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-gusted,
  • be devils,
  • dis tressed,
  • intrude up on,
  • dis-concerted,
  • ex acerbating,
  • dis-please,
  • intruded up on,
  • dis tress,
  • intrudes up on,
  • dis-commode,
  • ex-asperate,
  • dis-tressed,
  • ex asperating,
  • be-devils,
  • ex-acerbated,
  • be devilling,
  • dis-gusting,
  • dis-concerts,
  • in-convenience,
  • be deviled,
  • dis-tress,
  • ex-acerbate,
  • dis-tresses,
  • intruding upon,
  • dis concert,
  • intruded upon,
  • dis commode,
  • dis-maying,
  • dis gusts,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • carps at,
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis quiets,
  • ex asperate,
  • dis pleasing,
  • be-devilled,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis quieted,
  • be-deviled,
  • carping at,
  • dis concerted,
  • dis concerts,
  • dis-concert,
  • ex acerbates,
  • be-devil,
  • in convenience,
  • picks on,
  • dis maying,
  • dis gust,
  • intruding up on,
  • dis-may,
  • ex-asperated,
  • grates on,
  • dis-gusts,
  • dis mays,
  • ex-asperating,
  • dis pleases,
  • dis-quiet,
  • grated on,
  • in-conveniences,
  • ex acerbate.
  •brake (verb)
  • reduced speed,
  • reduces speed,
  • reducing speed.
  •burden (verb)
  • over-loads,
  • bearing down on,
  • de-presses,
  • dished it out,
  • over whelming,
  • dumps on,
  • made heavy,
  • gave to,
  • over-whelmed,
  • over-whelm,
  • over-charging,
  • over load,
  • over whelmed,
  • over loads,
  • sticked to,
  • de-pressing,
  • over-whelming,
  • over whelms,
  • saddling with,
  • snows under,
  • de-pressed,
  • dishes it out,
  • de press,
  • saddles with,
  • over-charge,
  • over-charges,
  • over-load,
  • over charging,
  • de pressed,
  • de pressing,
  • dumping on,
  • over-charged,
  • bare down on,
  • over charges,
  • gives it to,
  • gives to,
  • dishing it out,
  • making heavy,
  • over loaded,
  • de-press,
  • de presses,
  • sticking to,
  • over charge,
  • over loading,
  • over-whelms,
  • stuck it to,
  • sticks it to,
  • beared down on,
  • sticking it to,
  • snowing under,
  • over-loaded,
  • giving it to,
  • sticked it to,
  • over-loading,
  • over whelm,
  • makes heavy,
  • bears down on,
  • gave it to,
  • bore down on,
  • over charged.
  •check (verb)
  • counter-acting,
  • counter act,
  • holds in,
  • counter-acted,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re-pulses,
  • re-buff,
  • nip the bud,
  • counter-act,
  • re-buffs,
  • nip bud,
  • with-held,
  • reining in,
  • re-press,
  • re-pressing,
  • re presses,
  • slackened pace,
  • re buff,
  • re-pulse,
  • with holds,
  • re-buffed,
  • counter acted,
  • re duces,
  • re-duce,
  • re pulsed,
  • re pulse,
  • Bitting,
  • re press,
  • with held,
  • re-presses,
  • played for time,
  • with-hold,
  • re pulsing,
  • re duce,
  • nip in bud,
  • with hold,
  • with-holds,
  • holds down,
  • counter-acts,
  • re pressing,
  • slackens pace,
  • re buffing,
  • re buffs,
  • re-duces,
  • counter acting,
  • re-buffing,
  • re pressed,
  • re-pulsed,
  • with holding,
  • re buffed,
  • re pulses,
  • counter acts,
  • slackening pace.
  •clog (verb)
  • dams up,
  • entrammeled,
  • damming up,
  • dammed up,
  • entrammels,
  • entrammeling.
  •complicate (verb)
  • dis arrange,
  • dis ordered,
  • inter relates,
  • de ranged,
  • open can worms,
  • de ranging,
  • de-ranging,
  • multi-plying,
  • de-ranges,
  • inter weaved,
  • dis-order,
  • made intricate,
  • rendering unintelligible,
  • in folds,
  • rendered unintelligible,
  • dis orders,
  • snarling up,
  • inter fuses,
  • dis-ordering,
  • in-folds,
  • opening can worms,
  • dis-arranging,
  • multi plying,
  • inter-weaves,
  • de ranges,
  • inter weave,
  • de-range,
  • making waves,
  • dis arranging,
  • opened can of worms,
  • dis ordering,
  • in-folding,
  • interfuses,
  • mucks up,
  • inter-wove,
  • dis-orders,
  • snarls up,
  • makes intricate,
  • inter relating,
  • inter-fused,
  • inter wove,
  • de-ranged,
  • inter fuse,
  • opens can worms,
  • in folding,
  • opening can of worms,
  • de range,
  • inter-relates,
  • inter woven,
  • inter-fusing,
  • in folded,
  • in-folded,
  • inter related,
  • inter-weaved,
  • dis arranged,
  • mucking up,
  • inter-fuse,
  • dis-ordered,
  • dis-arranges,
  • multi-plied,
  • dis order,
  • inter weaving,
  • adds fuel fire,
  • inter fusing,
  • inter-weave,
  • adds fuel to fire,
  • inter relate,
  • inter fused,
  • dis arranges,
  • inter weaves,
  • inter-fuses,
  • snafuing,
  • inter-weaving,
  • made waves,
  • dis-arranged,
  • renders unintelligible,
  • opens can of worms,
  • dis-arrange,
  • in-fold,
  • opened can worms,
  • making intricate.
  •cramp (verb)
  • boxes up,
  • cooping up,
  • boxing up,
  • coops up,
  • boxed up.
  •cross (verb)
  • knocks props out,
  • bollixes,
  • backtalking,
  • take wind out sails,
  • knocking props out,
  • has bone to pick,
  • hast bone pick,
  • takes wind out sails,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • hast bone to pick,
  • had bone pick,
  • took wind out sails,
  • stab back,
  • having bone to pick,
  • knocked props out,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • hadst bone pick,
  • having bone pick,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • have bone pick,
  • hadst bone to pick,
  • backtalked,
  • haddest bone pick,
  • hath bone pick,
  • hath bone to pick,
  • haddest bone to pick,
  • had bone to pick,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • stab the back,
  • has bone pick.
  •curb (verb)
  • sub-dues,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • re-strains,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • cools down,
  • sending up,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • keeping lid on,
  • sub-due,
  • co-oking,
  • hog tie,
  • cooled off,
  • boxing in,
  • keeps lid on,
  • re-strained,
  • re strains,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • sub dues,
  • re strain,
  • re strained,
  • boxed in,
  • re straining,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • co oked,
  • keeping tight rein on,
  • re-straining,
  • re-strain,
  • keeps tight rein on,
  • kept lid on,
  • cools off,
  • co oking,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • sub due,
  • kept tight rein on,
  • co-oked,
  • bringing screeching halt.
  •de-motivate (verb)
  • dampen,
  • dishearten,
  • de-motivate,
  • dissuade,
  • stifle,
  • throttle,
  • daunt,
  • depress.
  •defeat (verb)
  • out-flanking,
  • out maneuvered,
  • over throwing,
  • prevails over,
  • over powers,
  • de feat,
  • sur-mounts,
  • rolled back,
  • rolling back,
  • over powered,
  • over-throwing,
  • over running,
  • out-maneuver,
  • out-flanks,
  • sur mounts,
  • over-powering,
  • over-power,
  • over-throws,
  • dis-comfit,
  • out-flanked,
  • over power,
  • finishing off,
  • sub-jugate,
  • over-throw,
  • over-thrown,
  • sur-mounted,
  • over threw,
  • out-flank,
  • out flanking,
  • over-powers,
  • out-maneuvering,
  • out maneuvers,
  • finishes off,
  • sub jugate,
  • over run,
  • over thrown,
  • over-running,
  • de-feat,
  • sur mount,
  • sur-mount,
  • out-maneuvers,
  • dis comfits,
  • be-sting,
  • over throws,
  • out maneuvering,
  • over powering,
  • be sting,
  • out flanks,
  • out-maneuvered,
  • prevailing over,
  • over-threw,
  • rolls back,
  • dis comfit,
  • prevailed over,
  • dis-comfits,
  • over-powered,
  • sur mounted,
  • sur mounting,
  • over runs,
  • out flanked,
  • out flank,
  • sur-mounting,
  • de feats,
  • over throw,
  • de-feats.
  •defer (verb)
  • ex-tending,
  • hung fire,
  • gives rain check,
  • intermits,
  • putting hold,
  • post pones,
  • pro-roguing,
  • putting on ice,
  • ex tending,
  • pro rogues,
  • put back burner,
  • puts on back burner,
  • laying over,
  • put ice,
  • ex-tend,
  • puts on ice,
  • ex tended,
  • putting ice,
  • pro longs,
  • pro-rogues,
  • pro long,
  • putting on back burner,
  • puts on hold,
  • pro tract,
  • pro-rogued,
  • sets aside,
  • pro roguing,
  • puts back burner,
  • pro-tracts,
  • post-pone,
  • pro-tract,
  • pro-rogue,
  • pro-longed,
  • post pone,
  • gave rain check,
  • pro-longs,
  • ex tends,
  • ex-tended,
  • ex tend,
  • pro-long,
  • ex-tends,
  • pro rogued,
  • pro-longing,
  • giving rain check,
  • puts hold,
  • hanged fire,
  • put hold,
  • lays over,
  • putting back burner,
  • puts ice,
  • pro tracts,
  • laid over,
  • pro rogue,
  • post-pones,
  • pro longing.
  •delay (verb)
  • de-lays,
  • gaining time,
  • de-lay,
  • gained time,
  • de laying,
  • de lays,
  • dilly dally,
  • holds over,
  • bided time,
  • biding time,
  • bides time,
  • de lay,
  • bode time,
  • gains time,
  • de-laying.
  •detain (verb)
  • re served,
  • re-served,
  • in-terns,
  • re-serve,
  • in terns,
  • in-tern,
  • re serving,
  • re-serving,
  • de tain,
  • de-tain,
  • de tains,
  • in tern,
  • de-tains,
  • re-serves,
  • re serve.
  •deter (verb)
  • disadvising,
  • acted like wet blanket,
  • fore-stalling,
  • fore stalled,
  • de-bars,
  • dis advise,
  • fore stall,
  • fore-stalled,
  • disadvised,
  • fore-stalls,
  • acted like a wet blanket,
  • de-barring,
  • fore stalls,
  • forfends,
  • forfending,
  • dis advised,
  • dis advises,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • dis-advised,
  • fore stalling,
  • talked out of,
  • forfended,
  • putting a damper on,
  • de barred,
  • putting damper on,
  • puts damper on,
  • acts like a wet blanket,
  • dis-advises,
  • disadvises,
  • throws cold water on,
  • dis advising,
  • talks out of,
  • de barring,
  • de bars,
  • dis-advising,
  • de-barred,
  • acting like a wet blanket,
  • acting like wet blanket,
  • de bar,
  • puts a damper on,
  • de-bar,
  • act like wet blanket,
  • threw cold water on,
  • fore-stall,
  • dis-advise,
  • acts like wet blanket.
  •discourage (verb)
  • dis courage,
  • in disposing,
  • dis-favor,
  • dis countenance,
  • dis-incline,
  • dis countenanced,
  • dis-favors,
  • in dispose,
  • in-disposing,
  • dis favors,
  • dis favor,
  • indisposes,
  • turns aside,
  • dis-inclines,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis inclining,
  • dis courages,
  • dis favoring,
  • dis-courage,
  • in-disposes,
  • dis-favored,
  • dis incline,
  • in-dispose,
  • in disposed,
  • in disposes,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis-favoring,
  • dis-courages,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis inclines,
  • holds off,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • in-disposed,
  • dis favored,
  • dis-countenances,
  • dis-inclining,
  • dis countenancing,
  • dis inclined,
  • dis-inclined.
  •encumber (verb)
  • in commode,
  • making difficult,
  • over-burdens,
  • makes difficult,
  • over burdening,
  • in commodes,
  • over-burdened,
  • over-burdening,
  • in-commode,
  • made difficult,
  • over burdens,
  • in-commodes,
  • over burden,
  • over burdened.
  •entangle (verb)
  • intertangled,
  • be-wilders,
  • inter tangle,
  • be wilder,
  • inter tangling,
  • inter twines,
  • inter twining,
  • inter twine,
  • inter-twines,
  • inter-twine,
  • inter-twining,
  • be wildered,
  • intertangles,
  • be-wildered,
  • inter-tangling,
  • un-settling,
  • un settles,
  • intertangling,
  • un-settle,
  • ropes in,
  • un settled,
  • duking in,
  • roping in,
  • inter tangles,
  • inter-tangles,
  • be-wildering,
  • un-settled,
  • be wilders,
  • un settling,
  • inter tangled,
  • be-wilder,
  • dukes in,
  • duked in,
  • inter-tangled,
  • un settle,
  • inter-tangle,
  • be wildering.
  •forbid (verb)
  • dis allowed,
  • pro scribing,
  • inter-dict,
  • dis-allowing,
  • pro scribe,
  • inter dict,
  • dis-allow,
  • dis allow,
  • pro scribed,
  • declaring illegal,
  • dis-allows,
  • puts the chill on,
  • dis-allowed,
  • pro-scribe,
  • nixed,
  • said no,
  • pro scribes,
  • declares illegal,
  • dis allowing,
  • putting chill on,
  • pro-scribed,
  • putting the chill on,
  • dis allows,
  • saying no,
  • declared illegal,
  • puts chill on.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • cramping ones style,
  • giving run around,
  • dis-hearten,
  • dashes one hope,
  • dashing ones hope,
  • dash hope,
  • dashes ones hope,
  • dis heartening,
  • cramped one style,
  • cramping style,
  • dashing one's hope,
  • over-coming,
  • out witted,
  • cramping one style,
  • over-comes,
  • out-wits,
  • upset applecart,
  • rendering null void,
  • giving the run around,
  • gave run around,
  • cramping one's style,
  • renders null and void,
  • renders null void,
  • cramps one's style,
  • dis heartens,
  • dis hearten,
  • cramped ones style,
  • gives run around,
  • dis-heartens,
  • gave the run around,
  • dashing one hope,
  • out-witting,
  • over come,
  • dash one hope,
  • cramped style,
  • dashed ones hope,
  • cramps ones style,
  • cramped one's style,
  • dis-heartened,
  • rendered null and void,
  • over coming,
  • rendering null and void,
  • out wits,
  • dis-heartening,
  • rendered null void,
  • cramp one style,
  • cramps one style,
  • over comes,
  • dashing hope,
  • out witting,
  • cramps style,
  • dashes one's hope,
  • dis heartened,
  • render null void,
  • out-wit,
  • dash ones hope,
  • gives the run around,
  • dashes hope,
  • dashed one's hope,
  • cramp ones style,
  • dashed one hope.
  •halt (verb)
  • bringing end,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • cools it,
  • ceased fire,
  • brings to standstill,
  • brings standstill,
  • calling day,
  • calling it day,
  • call day,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • brought to end,
  • brought end,
  • came to end,
  • brings end,
  • calls a day,
  • brought an end,
  • putting cork in,
  • come an end,
  • brought to an end,
  • puts a cork in,
  • bringing to end,
  • called a day,
  • blows the whistle on,
  • blew whistle on,
  • calling it a day,
  • dropt anchor,
  • bringing to an end,
  • re-sting,
  • calling a day,
  • brings an end,
  • hold bay,
  • bring an end,
  • bringing an end,
  • comes end,
  • dropped anchor,
  • calls it day,
  • bring end,
  • brought to standstill,
  • comes an end,
  • cooling it,
  • called day,
  • holding at bay,
  • holds at bay,
  • closes down,
  • bring standstill,
  • calls day,
  • called it day,
  • cooled it,
  • holds bay,
  • put cork in,
  • holding bay,
  • blew the whistle on,
  • came end,
  • brings to an end,
  • bringing standstill,
  • puts cork in,
  • came to an end,
  • come to end,
  • blowing the whistle on,
  • held at bay,
  • putting a cork in,
  • comes to an end,
  • ceasing fire,
  • call it day,
  • brings to end,
  • ceases fire,
  • stands still,
  • re sting,
  • calls it a day,
  • comes to end,
  • blows whistle on,
  • coming end,
  • held bay,
  • drops anchor,
  • coming to an end,
  • come end,
  • coming to end,
  • came an end,
  • coming an end,
  • called it a day,
  • stood still,
  • brought standstill.
  •handicap (verb)
  • puts out of commission,
  • putting out commission,
  • puts out commission,
  • put out commission,
  • sidelining,
  • putting out of commission.
  •hinder (verb)
  • catch,
  • snag,
  • bung,
  • plug,
  • bottleneck,
  • congest,
  • constrain,
  • entrap,
  • snarl,
  • fetter,
  • foul,
  • paralyze,
  • impair,
  • restrain,
  • mire,
  • constipate,
  • crimp,
  • hamper,
  • choke,
  • baffle,
  • tangle,
  • jam,
  • cripple,
  • drag,
  • hamstring.
  •inhibit (verb)
  • out lawed,
  • putting brakes,
  • puts brakes,
  • out-lawing,
  • putting on brakes,
  • out-lawed,
  • out lawing,
  • put brakes,
  • keeps in,
  • puts on brakes.
  •interfere (verb)
  • inter pose,
  • inter ceding,
  • inter-fere,
  • inter-cedes,
  • gotten involved,
  • inter mediated,
  • inter mediating,
  • inter-ceded,
  • fools with,
  • inter-meddling,
  • inter meddled,
  • fooling with,
  • inter-posed,
  • inter-meddle,
  • busybodying,
  • inter meddle,
  • inter posed,
  • inter-meddled,
  • gets involved,
  • inter posing,
  • inter-mediated,
  • inter-pose,
  • inter-meddles,
  • mixes in,
  • inter feres,
  • inter meddling,
  • gat involved,
  • poking nose in,
  • inter-mediates,
  • inter-posing,
  • inter-feres,
  • getting involved,
  • inter ceded,
  • pokes nose in,
  • poked nose in,
  • mixing in,
  • fooled with,
  • inter cede,
  • mixt in,
  • inter meddles,
  • inter-ceding,
  • inter mediates,
  • inter cedes,
  • inter-cede,
  • inter-mediating,
  • inter fere,
  • inter mediate.
  •interlope (verb)
  • inter lope,
  • inter-lope,
  • inter-lopes,
  • inter-loping,
  • inter loping,
  • inter-loped,
  • inter loped,
  • inter lopes.
  •interrupt (verb)
  • busting in,
  • in fringe,
  • in fringes,
  • edged in,
  • dis-uniting,
  • dis joins,
  • dis-joins,
  • busted in,
  • brake train of thought,
  • dis continuing,
  • breaks train of thought,
  • in sinuates,
  • dis-join,
  • dis connect,
  • dis joining,
  • shortstopping,
  • in-fringed,
  • dis-connected,
  • dis joined,
  • break train thought,
  • in-sinuates,
  • in-sinuating,
  • dis connecting,
  • dis-connects,
  • dis-unite,
  • in-sinuate,
  • wrought in,
  • dis-unites,
  • broke train thought,
  • in-fringe,
  • edges in,
  • dis-continued,
  • dis-continue,
  • dis-continuing,
  • dis continue,
  • works in,
  • shortstopped,
  • dis unite,
  • dis continues,
  • dis-connect,
  • broke train of thought,
  • dis connects,
  • dis unites,
  • crowds in,
  • breaking train of thought,
  • chiming in,
  • cuts on,
  • chimes in,
  • dis-continues,
  • dis-connecting,
  • crowded in,
  • cutting on,
  • in fringed,
  • dis continued,
  • brake train thought,
  • shortstops,
  • dis-joining,
  • cuts in on,
  • breaking train thought,
  • dis united,
  • chimed in,
  • edging in,
  • breaks train thought,
  • in-fringes,
  • dis-united,
  • dis-joined,
  • crowding in,
  • dis connected,
  • cutting in on,
  • in sinuate,
  • working in,
  • in sinuated,
  • dis join,
  • cut on,
  • laying aside,
  • dis uniting,
  • busts in,
  • in sinuating.
  •meddle (verb)
  • worming in,
  • sidewalk-superintending,
  • sidewalk superintend,
  • dabbled in,
  • crashing the gates,
  • brake in on,
  • sticked nose in,
  • puts two cents in,
  • breaks on,
  • sticks nose in,
  • dabbling in,
  • sidewalksuperintend,
  • sidewalksuperintends,
  • crashes the gates,
  • kibitzes,
  • pushing in,
  • crashed gates,
  • wormed in,
  • in quire,
  • sidewalk superintending,
  • sticking nose in,
  • crash gates,
  • in quires,
  • in-quiring,
  • broke in on,
  • abused rights,
  • dabbles in,
  • sidewalksuperintended,
  • break on,
  • kibitzed,
  • pushed in,
  • breaking in on,
  • comes uninvited,
  • stuck nose in,
  • sidewalk superintended,
  • came uninvited,
  • sidewalk-superintends,
  • brake on,
  • in quired,
  • abusing rights,
  • abuses rights,
  • broke on,
  • crashing gates,
  • in quiring,
  • worms in,
  • putting two cents in,
  • in-quire,
  • sidewalksuperintending,
  • sidewalk superintends,
  • in-quires,
  • crashed the gates,
  • in-quired,
  • breaks in on,
  • sidewalk-superintended,
  • coming uninvited,
  • crashes gates,
  • breaking on,
  • pushes in.
  •obstruct (verb)
  • drags feet,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • dragging feet,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • dragged one feet,
  • monkeys with,
  • drags one feet,
  • drags one's feet,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • drags ones feet,
  • dragging one feet,
  • drag one feet,
  • dragged feet,
  • drag ones feet,
  • monkeying with,
  • monkeyed with.
  •obstruct, hinder (verb)
  • disrupt,
  • flag one,
  • disconcert,
  • cut off,
  • freeze,
  • embarrass,
  • stonewall,
  • shut down,
  • rattle,
  • faze,
  • oppose,
  • shut off,
  • discomfit.
  •occlude (verb)
  • locked out,
  • locks out,
  • leaved out,
  • locking out.
  •oppose (verb)
  • confront,
  • antagonize,
  • counter,
  • conflict,
  • challenge,
  • intercept,
  • disagree,
  • dispute,
  • counterattack,
  • oppress,
  • repress,
  • contradict,
  • resist,
  • fight,
  • rebuff,
  • object,
  • suppress,
  • counteract,
  • repulse,
  • repel,
  • defy,
  • protest.
  •preclude (verb)
  • putting stop to,
  • made impracticable,
  • puts a stop to,
  • putting a stop to,
  • puts stop to,
  • makes impracticable,
  • making impracticable.
  •prevent (verb)
  • pre-venting,
  • puts end to,
  • pre-vent,
  • puts an end to,
  • pre venting,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre vented,
  • putting an end to,
  • defending against,
  • defended against,
  • pre vent,
  • defends against,
  • putting end to,
  • pre-vented.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • jammed up,
  • putting a stopper in,
  • putting a lock on,
  • putting stopper in,
  • jams up,
  • puts stopper in,
  • zinged,
  • put stopper in,
  • puts a lock on,
  • putting lock on,
  • puts half nelson on,
  • putting half nelson on,
  • gridlocking,
  • puts lock on,
  • puts a stopper in,
  • jamming up.
  •restrain (verb)
  • bind,
  • confine,
  • tether,
  • constrict,
  • control,
  • shackle,
  • bridle,
  • collar.
  •restrict (verb)
  • de limit,
  • demarks,
  • in closed,
  • prelimited,
  • de limiting,
  • de marked,
  • de-fining,
  • de-fines,
  • pre-limited,
  • re-strict,
  • de fine,
  • kept within limits,
  • de-mark,
  • pre limit,
  • in closes,
  • pre limiting,
  • de limited,
  • in-close,
  • in-closing,
  • pinned down,
  • keeping within bounds,
  • de-creasing,
  • prelimits,
  • pre-limiting,
  • de-creases,
  • demarking,
  • in close,
  • de-fined,
  • de-marks,
  • pre limits,
  • shuts in,
  • keeping within limits,
  • in-closes,
  • de creasing,
  • de-creased,
  • kept within bounds,
  • de mark,
  • de fines,
  • de creased,
  • de-limit,
  • keeps within bounds,
  • pre limited,
  • shutting in,
  • sur rounded,
  • de creases,
  • pre-limit,
  • pre-limits,
  • in-closed,
  • de limits,
  • sur rounding,
  • de marking,
  • de-limiting,
  • de-marked,
  • prelimiting,
  • de-limits,
  • de fined,
  • de-marking,
  • de crease,
  • re strict,
  • de-limited,
  • de-crease,
  • keeps within limits,
  • de fining,
  • sur-rounded,
  • demarked,
  • in closing,
  • de-fine,
  • sur-rounding,
  • de marks.
  •retard (verb)
  • chokes off,
  • retardated,
  • retardating.
  •set back (verb)
  • re-versed,
  • embogged,
  • re verse,
  • re-verse,
  • re versing,
  • embogging,
  • embogs.
  •slow (verb)
  • back watering,
  • lost steam,
  • letting down flaps,
  • back waters,
  • letted down flaps,
  • back watered,
  • hitting brakes,
  • anchored it,
  • hitting the brakes,
  • loses speed,
  • easing up,
  • lets down flaps,
  • lost speed,
  • re-lax,
  • eased off,
  • back water,
  • back-waters,
  • hits the brakes,
  • winds down,
  • re lax,
  • losing speed,
  • winded down,
  • anchoring it,
  • kept waiting,
  • hit brakes,
  • anchors it,
  • eases up,
  • keeping waiting,
  • backwatering,
  • eases off,
  • back-watered,
  • loses steam,
  • keeps waiting,
  • losing steam,
  • wound down,
  • backwatered,
  • hits brakes,
  • back-watering.
  •stymie (verb)
  • dead-ending,
  • throws a monkey wrench into,
  • dead-ended,
  • throwing monkey wrench into,
  • dead ending,
  • deadended,
  • deadends,
  • threw a monkey wrench into,
  • throws monkey wrench in to,
  • threw monkey wrench in to,
  • threw monkey wrench into,
  • throwing monkey wrench in to,
  • throw monkey wrench into,
  • throws a monkey wrench in to,
  • throwing a monkey wrench into,
  • deadending,
  • snookering,
  • throw a monkey wrench in to,
  • deadend,
  • dead ended,
  • throws monkey wrench into,
  • throwing a monkey wrench in to,
  • snookers,
  • threw a monkey wrench in to,
  • throw monkey wrench in to.
  •thwart (verb)
  • gives slip,
  • gave slip,
  • giving slip,
  • give slip,
  • gave the slip,
  • upset one apple cart,
  • takes wind out of,
  • taking wind out of,
  • playing off,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • gives the slip,
  • upsetting one's apple cart,
  • took wind out of,
  • upsets one's apple cart,
  • upset ones apple cart,
  • upsetting ones apple cart,
  • giving the slip,
  • upsetting one apple cart,
  • upsets ones apple cart,
  • plays off,
  • upsets one apple cart.
  •traverse (verb)
  • with stood,
  • dis-affirming,
  • duelled,
  • dis affirmed,
  • with standing,
  • with-stands,
  • went against,
  • dis-affirms,
  • going against,
  • with stands,
  • with-stand,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • dis-affirm,
  • dis affirm,
  • with-standing,
  • dis affirms,
  • with stand,
  • goes against,
  • dis affirming.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • keep from,
  • prohibit.
  •
  • grow.
  •bog down
  • slackening,
  • Sank,
  • slowed up,
  • Slackened,
  • slackens,
  • slowed down,
  • slow down,
  • slow up.
  •complicate
  • muck up,
  • inter-woven,
  • make intricate,
  • interfused,
  • inter-relate,
  • interrelating,
  • embroiled,
  • render unintelligible,
  • snafued,
  • interrelated,
  • Interfuse,
  • interfusing,
  • open can of worms,
  • snarled up,
  • interrelates,
  • snarl up,
  • mucked up,
  • inter-related,
  • inter-relating,
  • interrelate,
  • makes waves,
  • in fold,
  • make waves.
  •defeat
  • torpedo,
  • finish off,
  • Parried,
  • shipwreck,
  • mow down,
  • scatters,
  • mowed down,
  • mows down,
  • Torpedoes,
  • torpedoing,
  • over-run,
  • Entrapped,
  • out maneuver,
  • mowing down,
  • prevail over,
  • shipwrecks,
  • over-runs,
  • Shipwrecking,
  • finished off,
  • torpedoed,
  • Trashed,
  • roll back.
  •hinder
  • get in the way,
  • hinders.
  •hold up
  • held up.
  •interrupt
  • heckling,
  • putting in,
  • INS,
  • put in,
  • lays aside,
  • cut in on,
  • laid aside,
  • bust in,
  • Inned,
  • edge in,
  • shortstop,
  • break train of thought,
  • puts in,
  • chime in,
  • heckle,
  • work in,
  • crowd in,
  • Interrupting,
  • lay aside,
  • worked in,
  • infringe.
  •lade
  • Freighting,
  • Freighted.
  •occlude
  • lock out,
  • leaving out,
  • left out,
  • leaves out,
  • leave out.
  •prohibit
  • passed on,
  • put lock on,
  • pass on,
  • put half nelson on,
  • zinging,
  • passes on,
  • put chill on,
  • put a lock on,
  • jam up,
  • passing on,
  • gridlocked,
  • put a stopper in,
  • gridlock.
  •set back
  • embog,
  • set back.
  •slow
  • easing off,
  • Reefing,
  • wind down,
  • backwaters,
  • stunting,
  • lose steam,
  • hit the brakes,
  • keep waiting,
  • Reefed,
  • eased up,
  • let down flaps,
  • Back-water,
  • backwater,
  • ease up,
  • ease off,
  • lose speed,
  • winding down.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •stop
  • Bottling,
  • staunches,
  • staunched,
  • staunching,
  • Bottled.
  •stymie
  • dead-end,
  • dead-ends,
  • snookered,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • snooker.
  •trammel
  • trammel.
  •traverse
  • Negatived,
  • Negativing,
  • Dueling,
  • go against,
  • duelling,
  • dueled.

Paraphrases for Impede:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    hinders.
  • Verb, past tense
    Prevented, inhibited, Interfered, constrain.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    obstructs, inhibits, prevents, hinders, hampers.
  • Verb, base form
    obstruct, prevent, interfere, stymie, constrain, hobble.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    blocks.
  • Verb, past tense
    undermined, discouraged, stopped, limited, Denied, affected, reduced, blocked, Challenged, Stood.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    impairs, undermines, discourages, interferes, retards, limits, Affects, compromises, stands.
  • Verb, base form
    impair, discourage, block, deter, complicate, thwart, stifle, stop, disturb, affect, dampen, jeopardise, pre-empt, curb, embarrass, impinge, endanger, diminish, prohibit, retard, erode, hindrance, forestall, antagonize, negate, detract, deprive, exclude, antagonise, deny, halt, avoid, suppress, disqualify, interrupt, dissuade, stall, avert, damage, fetter, compromise, slow, injure, stem, imperil, foreclose, stunt, weaken, interdict, handicap, subvert, resist, distort, disallow, prejudge, defend, counter, undercut, nullify, bother, upset, mitigate, inconvenience, destabilize, disable.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    undermine, frustrate, disrupt, jeopardize, derail, restrain, harm, cripple, infringe, delay, threaten.

Antonyms for Impede:

• v.

  • obstruct, hinder
    assist, open, facilitate, expedite, go, encourage, advance, forward, unblock, allow, comfort, permit, support, unclog, promote, continue, soothe, help, liberate, aid, release, free, push.

• v. t.

  • Other antonyms:
    disengage.