Synonyms for Impeding:

• adj.

  •counter (adjective)
  • contradictory,
  • antipodean,
  • obverse,
  • converse,
  • polar,
  • opposed,
  • antagonistic,
  • Against,
  • antipodal,
  • adverse,
  • reverse,
  • diametric,
  • antithetical,
  • contrary,
  • conflicting,
  • contrasting.
  •disturbing (adjective)
  • hard,
  • Irksome,
  • severe,
  • aggravating,
  • trying,
  • alarming,
  • provoking,
  • gloomy,
  • perplexing,
  • painful,
  • tiresome,
  • Discomforting,
  • burdensome,
  • disagreeable,
  • prophetic,
  • foreboding,
  • vexing,
  • laborious,
  • ominous,
  • wearisome,
  • worrying,
  • frightening,
  • difficult,
  • startling,
  • unpleasant,
  • threatening,
  • Discomposing,
  • pessimistic,
  • disconcerting,
  • worrisome,
  • Discommoding,
  • creepy,
  • onerous,
  • toilsome,
  • inconvenient,
  • annoying,
  • agitating,
  • consequential,
  • distressing,
  • uncertain,
  • dismaying,
  • irritating,
  • bothersome,
  • sinister.
  •hindering (adjective)
  • Delaying,
  • constipating,
  • Encumbering,
  • congesting,
  • Entangling,
  • Resisting,
  • inhibiting,
  • Restraining,
  • restricting,
  • baffling,
  • choking,
  • Detaining,
  • blocking,
  • Complicating,
  • Entrapping,
  • bottleneck,
  • Damming,
  • Handicapping,
  • thwarting,
  • Snagging,
  • constraining,
  • Tangling,
  • Deterring,
  • Snarling,
  • Obstructing,
  • crippling,
  • frustrating,
  • Fouling,
  • Crimping,
  • Cramping.
  •meddlesome (adjective)
  • mischievous,
  • impertinent,
  • tampering,
  • pushy,
  • Chiseling,
  • troublesome,
  • busybody,
  • snooping,
  • curious,
  • busy,
  • Interposing,
  • snoopy,
  • intruding,
  • nosy,
  • meddling,
  • prying.
  •oppositional (adjective)
  • confrontational,
  • oppositional,
  • defiant.
  •perturbing (adjective)
  • disquieting,
  • distressful,
  • disruptive.
  •unsettling (adjective)
  • un-settling,
  • un settling.
  •upsetting (adjective)
  • up-setting,
  • up setting.

• n.

  •
  • counterproductive,
  • holding,
  • deterrent.
  •clogging (noun)
  • Clogging.
  •impeding (noun)
  • preventive,
  • preventative.
  •imperviousness (noun)
  • immunity,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • unsusceptibility.
  •insusceptibility (noun)
  • imperviousness.

• v.

  •de-motivating (verb)
  • Disinclining,
  • dampening,
  • Dissuading,
  • disheartening,
  • depressing,
  • de-motivating,
  • stifling,
  • discouraging,
  • throttling,
  • daunting.
  •hindering (verb)
  • Bunging,
  • Paralyzing,
  • dragging,
  • catching,
  • Staying,
  • Burdening,
  • Hamstringing,
  • Miring,
  • jamming,
  • curbing,
  • fettering,
  • barring,
  • stopping,
  • bottlenecking,
  • Impairing,
  • braking,
  • Plugging.
  •impede (verb)
  • faze,
  • bar,
  • retard,
  • slow,
  • hold up,
  • embarrass,
  • dam,
  • delay,
  • freeze,
  • saddle with,
  • rattle,
  • thwart,
  • block,
  • disconcert,
  • shut off,
  • cramp one's style,
  • disrupt,
  • flag one,
  • oppose,
  • stop,
  • check,
  • curb,
  • shut down,
  • stymie,
  • stonewall,
  • hamper,
  • slow down,
  • interfere,
  • blow whistle on,
  • clog,
  • hang up,
  • deter,
  • discomfit,
  • brake,
  • close off,
  • restrain,
  • cut off.
  •opposing (verb)
  • interfering,
  • Suppressing,
  • disagreeing,
  • antagonizing,
  • Oppressing,
  • Repulsing,
  • Intercepting,
  • Contradicting,
  • confronting,
  • Counteracting,
  • repelling,
  • Defying,
  • Rebuffing,
  • Disputing,
  • countering,
  • fighting,
  • opposing,
  • Objecting,
  • challenging,
  • crossing,
  • counterattacking,
  • repressing,
  • protesting,
  • Checking.
  •restraining (verb)
  • controlling,
  • Leashing,
  • confining,
  • Shackling,
  • binding,
  • Collaring,
  • Tethering,
  • Bridling,
  • constricting.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • halt,
  • Barricading,
  • prohibition,
  • disadvantage,
  • hitch,
  • disturb,
  • interdiction,
  • hindrance,
  • detain,
  • barrier,
  • fending off,
  • resist,
  • Mobbing,
  • frustration,
  • taboo,
  • Proscribing,
  • bypassing,
  • packing,
  • Hobbling,
  • detention,
  • Renitency,
  • Impedimental,
  • foiling,
  • cumbersome,
  • restraint,
  • inhibit,
  • cumbrous,
  • impede,
  • Ramming,
  • Detainer,
  • interrupt,
  • oppressive,
  • Cramming,
  • cessation,
  • impedes,
  • baulk,
  • Mitigating,
  • Renitence,
  • discountenance,
  • anticipation,
  • inhibition,
  • frustrate,
  • baulking,
  • limiting,
  • obstruct,
  • halting,
  • counteract,
  • banning,
  • Deferring,
  • Prohibiting,
  • Tabooing,
  • avoidance,
  • impediment,
  • forbidding,
  • prohibit,
  • Deflecting,
  • wading,
  • obstacle,
  • endurance,
  • drawback,
  • Retarding,
  • Filibustering,
  • Chaining,
  • interception,
  • opposition,
  • Interdicting,
  • Lugging,
  • prevention,
  • encumber,
  • staving off,
  • occluding,
  • balk,
  • arrest,
  • holding up,
  • immobilising,
  • confinement,
  • inhibitive,
  • stunting,
  • stuffing,
  • mitigation,
  • inhibitory,
  • Debarring,
  • abortion,
  • balking,
  • retardation,
  • prevent,
  • obviation,
  • aborting,
  • restrictive,
  • impedance,
  • forestalling,
  • enjoining,
  • Precluding,
  • preclusion,
  • arresting,
  • filling,
  • disturbance,
  • proscription,
  • ban,
  • friction,
  • forbid,
  • discourage,
  • filibuster,
  • baffle,
  • cumber,
  • inconvenience,
  • obstruction,
  • control,
  • forbiddance,
  • crushing,
  • injunction,
  • blockading,
  • debarment,
  • determent,
  • custody,
  • Thronging,
  • piling,
  • Preventing,
  • preclude,
  • difficulty,
  • warding off,
  • slowing,
  • get,
  • immobilizing.

Paraphrases for Impeding:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Hampering, Obstructing, hindering, constraining, inhibiting, interfering.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    obstruct.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    challenges, hindrance.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    impediments, Impairing, Precluding, discouraging, Disrupting, Depriving, jeopardising, restricting, dampening, Endangering, diminishing, Excluding, Complicating, Deterring, eroding, Restraining, Mitigating, disturbing, Prohibiting, stifling, Detracting, colliding, Interrupting, forestalling, Curtailing, embarrassing, Impacting, Avoiding, Intercepting, Distorting, Prejudicing, incriminating, delimiting, undercutting, damaging, Counteracting, forbidding, limiting, thwarting, Resisting, Prejudging, Removing, Denying, Pertaining, threatening, disabling, confining, weakening, curbing, affecting, averting, Afflicting, Stemming, blocking, blocks, protecting, halting, compromising, reducing, Containing, defending, regulating, Influencing, tightening, conditioning, Delivering, Checking, hurting, faltering, Experiencing, stripping, slowing, countering, causing, keeping, confronting, Attaining, stalling, hitting, Involving, Sacrificing, Committing, bordering, grappling, leading, banning, opposing, compounding, holding, ensuring, Placing, governing, Combating, combatting, starving, barring, Occasioning, Plaguing, Occurring, braking, arresting, narrowing, engaging, Besetting, Encountering, entering, touching, Relating, bearing, putting, Objecting, bust, facing, Staying, controlling, Quitting, striking, cutting, acting, making.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    discourage, stand.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    undermining, Jeopardizing, Delaying, Harming.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    undermine, delay.

Antonyms for Impeding:

• adj.

  • counter
    corresponding, agreeing, equal, same, similar, Corroborating, concurring.
  • meddlesome
    dodging, Avoiding, ignorant.

• n.

  • resistance
    submission, conforming, compliance, cooperation.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    permissive.

• v.

  • impede
    assist, advance, facilitate, forward, help, support, aid.

Impeding Sentence Examples:

• What tyrant's fearful ingenuity could afflict us more than by impeding at once redress for our wrongs, and cure for our diseases?

• It is the women of India who are at this moment impeding the advance of improvement; they have hitherto been so ill - educated, their minds left so entirely uncultivated, that they have had nothing to amuse or interest them excepting the ceremonies of their religion, and the customs with which it is encumbered.