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.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • obstruction,
  • bar.

• 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.
  •Other relevant words:
  • encumber,
  • Inclosing,
  • cool off,
  • interfered with,
  • dump on,
  • come uninvited,
  • held down,
  • Downs,
  • prorogue,
  • keep,
  • downed,
  • stay,
  • turning aside,
  • close down,
  • queered,
  • kibitzing,
  • remand,
  • bring to end,
  • Manacled,
  • make difficult,
  • Disinclining,
  • put out of commission,
  • render null and void,
  • remands,
  • hinder,
  • double cross,
  • hem in,
  • stick it to,
  • saddled with,
  • mix in,
  • stick nose in,
  • Bogged,
  • enchain,
  • hold at bay,
  • slacken pace,
  • play off,
  • talk out of,
  • intermediated,
  • stand still,
  • Snowed,
  • protract,
  • slow,
  • dropping anchor,
  • hold in,
  • locked up,
  • delay,
  • entangle,
  • Loitered,
  • interfering,
  • turned aside,
  • cease fire,
  • send up,
  • enmeshed,
  • complicate,
  • Indisposing,
  • Paused,
  • Scotching,
  • turn aside,
  • obtrude,
  • overburdened,
  • bide time,
  • rein in,
  • curb,
  • over-burden,
  • cramp,
  • taking out,
  • cool down,
  • kept in,
  • giving to,
  • Saddling,
  • make impracticable,
  • kibitz,
  • disinclines,
  • upset one's apple cart,
  • restrict,
  • dish it out,
  • delimitates,
  • stoppered,
  • doublecross,
  • interfere,
  • standing still,
  • set aside,
  • Shelving,
  • plays for time,
  • pins down,
  • stall,
  • Prolonging,
  • stymie,
  • bring to an end,
  • push in,
  • disincline,
  • grieve,
  • bog down,
  • Prelimit,
  • intermediates,
  • sideline,
  • hold up,
  • interferes with,
  • sidelined,
  • worm in,
  • closing down,
  • frustrate,
  • sandbag,
  • gain time,
  • scotches,
  • held over,
  • delimitate,
  • overwhelms,
  • Scotched,
  • shut out,
  • brake,
  • leads on,
  • filibustered,
  • clog,
  • Intertangle,
  • ward off,
  • closing off,
  • box in,
  • Tabooed,
  • keep within bounds,
  • put off,
  • check,
  • locking up,
  • buttonholed,
  • closed down,
  • cooling down,
  • break in on,
  • put on brakes,
  • traverse,
  • Embargoing,
  • corked,
  • Remitted,
  • ridden,
  • close off,
  • keep back,
  • sell,
  • come to an end,
  • handicap,
  • shut in,
  • hangs fire,
  • Intermeddling,
  • Snowing,
  • pick on,
  • held in,
  • Damped,
  • knock props out,
  • busybodied,
  • carp at,
  • call a day,
  • Manacling,
  • delimitated,
  • exacerbate,
  • retard,
  • bottlenecking,
  • keep lid on,
  • encumbered,
  • bring to standstill,
  • bottlenecked,
  • hang fire,
  • cumber,
  • locks up,
  • Bogging,
  • iced,
  • dabble in,
  • defeat,
  • mixed in,
  • Intermeddle,
  • put an end to,
  • bollix,
  • out wit,
  • Harnessing,
  • hang up,
  • Bitted,
  • eating,
  • interfering with,
  • call it a day,
  • queers,
  • withholds,
  • reined in,
  • shutting out,
  • took out,
  • drag feet,
  • forbidding,
  • give it to,
  • intermediating,
  • Remanding,
  • snow under,
  • blow whistle on,
  • put end to,
  • declare illegal,
  • fettered,
  • reduce speed,
  • stuck to,
  • hanging fire,
  • hold off,
  • grate on,
  • cooped up,
  • keeps back,
  • interning,
  • forbid,
  • setting aside,
  • irk,
  • choke off,
  • meddle,
  • Forfend,
  • put on ice,
  • lock up,
  • saddled,
  • up set,
  • leading on,
  • deter,
  • Proroguing,
  • weighted,
  • saddle with,
  • eat,
  • duke in,
  • cooling off,
  • Prorogued,
  • put a damper on,
  • Tabooing,
  • impeded,
  • delimitating,
  • defer,
  • cramp style,
  • buttonholes,
  • snowed under,
  • monkey with,
  • pinning down,
  • upset apple cart,
  • stick to,
  • interfere with,
  • give run around,
  • sandbags,
  • retardate,
  • hogtie,
  • fool with,
  • put two cents in,
  • dash one's hope,
  • keeping back,
  • holds back,
  • give the run around,
  • led on,
  • sticks to,
  • intertwines,
  • defend against,
  • Embargoed,
  • throw cold water on,
  • put on hold,
  • closed off,
  • drag one's feet,
  • played off,
  • ruin,
  • inhibits,
  • interned,
  • playing for time,
  • have bone to pick,
  • Disfavoring,
  • rope in,
  • Inclosed,
  • act like a wet blanket,
  • lade,
  • inhibit,
  • take out of play,
  • blow the whistle on,
  • choking off,
  • cramp one's style,
  • lay over,
  • queering,
  • hold down,
  • talking out of,
  • halt,
  • play for time,
  • bollixing,
  • box up,
  • buttonholing,
  • Preventing,
  • abuse rights,
  • intermeddles,
  • nixing,
  • Damping,
  • preclude,
  • cooled down,
  • intermeddled,
  • burden,
  • interlope,
  • dashed hope,
  • molest,
  • putting on hold,
  • put the chill on,
  • dam,
  • detain,
  • sidewalk-superintend,
  • bother,
  • inter-twined,
  • buttonhole,
  • roped in,
  • interrupt,
  • prorogues,
  • bollixed,
  • sends up,
  • Remanded,
  • matted,
  • block,
  • taboo,
  • take wind out of,
  • coop up,
  • needling,
  • stop up,
  • enchaining,
  • intrude upon,
  • choked off,
  • incloses,
  • stab in back,
  • lead on,
  • withhold,
  • stop,
  • keep tight rein on,
  • give rain check,
  • hold over,
  • put stop to,
  • hobble,
  • dumped on,
  • keep in,
  • bear down on,
  • heads off,
  • kept back,
  • thwart,
  • got involved,
  • holding in,
  • crash the gates,
  • cool it,
  • poke nose in,
  • put damper on,
  • Intermitting,
  • glut,
  • boxes in,
  • stops up,
  • put a stop to,
  • sandbagging,
  • get involved,
  • give to,
  • blockading,
  • put on back burner,
  • ensnared,
  • Stoppering,
  • Disfavored,
  • drop anchor,
  • say no,
  • keep within limits,
  • says no,
  • corking,
  • retardates,
  • stopped up,
  • Repulsing,
  • sent up,
  • cross,
  • leash,
  • enchained,
  • demark,
  • keeping in,
  • enchains,
  • weighting,
  • DAMPS,
  • sandbagged,
  • obstruct,
  • Intermitted,
  • spite,
  • neutralize,
  • irritates,
  • pin down,
  • prevent,
  • downing,
  • eaten,
  • dam up,
  • make heavy,
  • Entrammel,
  • Filibustering,
  • jamming,
  • perturb,
  • reins in,
  • overcharge,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • indispose,
  • inclose,
  • discourage,
  • Disadvise,
  • put a cork in,
  • blockaded,
  • intermit,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • veto.
  •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
    constrain, inhibited, Interfered, Prevented.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    hampers, hinders, inhibits, prevents, obstructs.
  • Verb, base form
    constrain, hobble, interfere, obstruct, prevent, stymie.

• Independent

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

• Other Related

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

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.