Definition for Interference:

• In patent law, a procedure to resolve a conflict that occurs when two or more patent applications have been filed on the same invention. When this happens, the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO) examines a number of factors in order to determine who gets the patent, including who first conceived of the invention and worked on it diligently, who first built and tested the invention and who was first to file a patent application.

Synonyms for Interference:

• adj.

  •interfering (adjective)
  • more snooping,
  • most snooping,
  • most interference,
  • most interrupting,
  • more interference,
  • most nosiness,
  • most meddlesomeness,
  • more interrupting,
  • more meddlesomeness,
  • more nosiness.

• n.

  •
  • clearance,
  • collision,
  • corner,
  • catch,
  • backhand,
  • removal,
  • delivery,
  • blast,
  • clashing,
  • restraint,
  • ball,
  • dribble,
  • cross,
  • retardation,
  • chip,
  • dive.
  •
  • footprint,
  • intrusion,
  • cell,
  • interruption,
  • prying,
  • get.
  •
  • barrier,
  • entry,
  • engagement,
  • stake.
  •
  • participate.
  •act (noun)
  • Hinderance,
  • interference.
  •block (noun)
  • block.
  •conflict (noun)
  • concours,
  • factionalism,
  • set-to,
  • set to,
  • divided loyalties,
  • setto,
  • strife.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • friction.
  •disconnection (noun)
  • dis connection,
  • dis-continuities,
  • dis-connection,
  • dis continuities,
  • dis continuity,
  • dis-connections,
  • dis connections,
  • dis-continuity.
  •distraction (noun)
  • be-wilderments,
  • dis traction,
  • be wilderment,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis orders,
  • dis-tractions,
  • pre-occupation,
  • re creation,
  • dis-traction,
  • pre occupations,
  • dis-order,
  • dis order,
  • be wilderments,
  • dis tractions,
  • re creations,
  • be-wilderment,
  • pre-occupations,
  • pre occupation.
  •disturbance (noun)
  • disturbance.
  •encumbrance (noun)
  • encumbrance.
  •event (noun)
  • noise.
  •filibuster (noun)
  • de-lays,
  • de-lay,
  • de lay,
  • stonewallings,
  • holding floor,
  • talkathons,
  • de lays.
  •friction (noun)
  • flak,
  • sour note,
  • bickerings,
  • bone to pick,
  • bad feeling,
  • impedances,
  • impedance,
  • wranglings.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • gridlock,
  • foot dragging,
  • jam-up,
  • hang up,
  • Cumbrance,
  • excess baggage,
  • millstone,
  • jam up.
  •hitch (noun)
  • hitch.
  •incumbrance (noun)
  • incumbrance.
  •inhibition (noun)
  • inter-dict,
  • re-serve,
  • self-consciousnesses,
  • re serve,
  • re-serves,
  • selfconsciousnesses,
  • selfconsciousness,
  • inter dict,
  • self consciousness,
  • self consciousnesses.
  •interception (noun)
  • inter posing,
  • interfering withs,
  • inter-posing,
  • interposings.
  •interference (noun)
  • preventive,
  • preventative.
  •intervention (noun)
  • interposition.
  •intrusion (noun)
  • in-road,
  • in-roads,
  • over running,
  • in roads,
  • forced entrances,
  • over-stepping,
  • over stepping,
  • in road,
  • in-fractions,
  • overrunnings,
  • in fractions,
  • over-runnings,
  • over runnings,
  • oversteppings,
  • in-fraction,
  • over-running.
  •meddling (noun)
  • meddlesomenesses,
  • snoopings,
  • pryings,
  • interruptings.
  •meddling, impedance (noun)
  • barring,
  • background,
  • barging in,
  • tackling,
  • trespassing,
  • arrest,
  • Clogging,
  • resistance,
  • Hampering,
  • Checking,
  • Intermeddling,
  • backseat driving,
  • choking,
  • tampering,
  • opposition.
  •obstacle (noun)
  • dis incentive,
  • dis-incentive,
  • dis incentives,
  • dis-incentives.
  •obstruction (noun)
  • blockings.
  •opposition (noun)
  • confrontation,
  • impediment,
  • challenge,
  • contradiction,
  • dispute,
  • antagonism,
  • fight,
  • counteraction,
  • repulsion,
  • rebuff,
  • suppression,
  • objection,
  • protest,
  • obstinacy,
  • adversary,
  • disagreement,
  • repression,
  • counterattack,
  • defiance.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • limitation,
  • participant,
  • white noise,
  • narrowness,
  • participation,
  • ghosting,
  • GPS,
  • complicity,
  • radar,
  • spying.
  •
  • confusion,
  • static,
  • reentry,
  • entanglement,
  • exclusion,
  • signal-to-noise ratio,
  • directional,
  • vested interest.
  •
  • involvement.
  •
  • reception,
  • scanner,
  • sideline.
  •
  • withdrawal,
  • transmission.
  •
  • receive.
  •
  • scan.
  •
  • retreat,
  • end.
  •
  • jam.
  •
  • part.
  •
  • track.
  •
  • pick up.
  •blocking
  • blocking.

Paraphrases for Interference:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    interventions, meddling.
  • Noun, plural
    interventions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    interventionism, meddling.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    interfere.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    impediment.
  • Verb, past tense
    Interfered.
  • Verb, past participle
    Interfered.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    interferes.
  • Verb, base form
    interfere.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    non-interference.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    non-intervention, obstruction, non-interference.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    intrusive, disruptive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    offences, reaches, intervene, intervening.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    intrusiveness, hindrance, intersecting, interposition, restriction, violation, harassment, perturbation, blending, distortion, constraint, trespassing, overlap, inconvenience, parasite, incursion, intervening, impairment, nuisance, prejudice, obstacle, overlapping, engagement, mediation, interplay, coercion.
  • Verb, past tense
    Intervened, disrupted, spoke, Waged.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Introducing, inhibiting, constraining, affecting, Detracting, hindering, limiting, Obstructing, coming, compromising, blocking, Hampering, undermining, falling, intervening.
  • Verb, past participle
    Introduced, Intervened, Inserted, directed, included, involved, Entered, engaged, covered.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    restricts, inhibits, fetters, frustrates, constrains, Affects, hinders, limits, stops, impairs, impedes, obstructs, impinges, prevents, bans, hampers, undermines, erodes.
  • Verb, base form
    intervene.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    encroachments.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    intrusion, encroachment, jamming, interventions, influence, interaction, manipulation.
  • Verb, base form
    meddle.

Antonyms for Interference:

• n.

  • communication
    nonintervention, noninterference.
  • meddling, impedance
    aid, encouragement, assistance, help.
  • Other antonyms:
    break, goad, spur, catalyst, handmaiden, stimulus, stimulant, benefit, impetus, incentive.

Interference Sentence Examples:

• He adopted the creed of individualism, private enterprise, no interference by Government, and free trade.

• They met on October 19. Difficulties arose on two points - the recognition to be accorded to Don John of Austria, and the principle of non - interference with religious beliefs.

Hypernym for Interference:

• n.

  • act
    complication, deterrence, bar, thwarting, obstruction, antagonism, frustration, prevention, foiling.
  • event
    background, atmospherics, static, crosstalk, white noise, atmospheric static, fadeout, jitter, xt, clutter, background signal.

Hyponym for Interference:

• n.

  • act
    block, human action, act, deed, human activity, blocking.
  • communication
    foreign policy.
  • event
    trouble.