Definition for Obstruct:

• To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body.

Synonyms for Obstruct:

• n.

  •
  • avoid,
  • discourage,
  • terminate,
  • avert,
  • prohibit.
  •
  • blind,
  • bog,
  • hold back,
  • blindfold.
  •
  • pin.
  •
  • hide,
  • obscure,
  • shroud,
  • conceal,
  • shut off,
  • screen.
  •obstruct (noun)
  • impede,
  • embarrass,
  • jam,
  • block,
  • stymie,
  • close up,
  • stymy,
  • occlude,
  • hinder,
  • obturate,
  • blockade.

• v.

  •hinder (verb)
  • catch,
  • curb,
  • bottleneck,
  • brake,
  • cripple,
  • burden,
  • stop,
  • handicap,
  • dam,
  • congest,
  • hamstring,
  • clog,
  • stay,
  • constrain,
  • jam,
  • restrain,
  • bung,
  • deter,
  • paralyze,
  • baffle,
  • constipate,
  • frustrate,
  • cramp,
  • delay,
  • crimp,
  • foul,
  • hamper,
  • interrupt,
  • plug,
  • encumber,
  • bar,
  • snarl,
  • snag,
  • choke,
  • entangle,
  • detain,
  • restrict,
  • complicate,
  • mire,
  • block,
  • impair,
  • drag,
  • tangle,
  • entrap,
  • thwart,
  • fetter.
  •oppose (verb)
  • disagree,
  • defy,
  • antagonize,
  • cross,
  • suppress,
  • repulse,
  • conflict,
  • challenge,
  • object,
  • oppress,
  • hinder,
  • protest,
  • intercept,
  • interfere,
  • confront,
  • repress,
  • repel,
  • counteract,
  • fight,
  • impede,
  • oppose,
  • check,
  • rebuff,
  • inhibit,
  • resist,
  • contradict,
  • counterattack,
  • dispute,
  • counter,
  • meddle.
  •perception (verb)
  • block.
  •prevent, restrict (verb)
  • close,
  • stonewall,
  • hamper,
  • occlude,
  • fill,
  • hinder,
  • interfere,
  • check,
  • hamstring,
  • plug,
  • stymie,
  • stop,
  • congest,
  • retard,
  • frustrate,
  • shield,
  • stall,
  • inhibit,
  • sandbag,
  • impede,
  • block,
  • drag one's feet,
  • weigh down,
  • shut off,
  • slow down,
  • choke,
  • interrupt,
  • stopper,
  • bar,
  • curb,
  • hide,
  • throttle,
  • hold up,
  • crab,
  • obscure,
  • mask,
  • restrain,
  • trammel,
  • terminate,
  • get in the way,
  • monkey with,
  • barricade,
  • thwart,
  • clog,
  • arrest.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • forbid.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • preclude,
  • stave off,
  • gag,
  • forestall,
  • hold off,
  • prohibit,
  • reprieve,
  • weigh down,
  • disrupt,
  • avert.
  •
  • blindfold,
  • conceal,
  • preempt,
  • avoid,
  • shroud,
  • defeat.
  •
  • obstruction,
  • discourage.
  •
  • screen.
  •
  • hold back.
  •
  • pin,
  • hide.
  •
  • upset,
  • blind.
  •disrupt
  • interfere with.
  •enclose
  • hedge.
  •gag
  • cork up.
  •hinder
  • baffle.
  •hold the line
  • keep at bay.
  •impede
  • trammel.
  •occlude
  • occlude.
  •plug
  • stopple,
  • bung.
  •prohibit
  • prohibit,
  • bar.
  •screen
  • fend.
  •shut out
  • shut out.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •stop
  • choke off.
  •stop up
  • plug.
  •stymie
  • snooker.
  •tie
  • immobilize.
  •trammel
  • trammel.
  •traverse
  • go against.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Forelay,
  • diminish,
  • indigent,
  • binge,
  • countervail,
  • frighten off,
  • stifle,
  • close up,
  • shut up,
  • negate,
  • anticipate,
  • arrest,
  • rein,
  • up,
  • baulk,
  • blocking,
  • stave,
  • retard,
  • hold at bay,
  • when,
  • withhold,
  • keep back,
  • hobble,
  • thrust,
  • stopple,
  • coop,
  • hide,
  • transversal,
  • disturb,
  • sufficient,
  • Clogging,
  • obviate,
  • hold back,
  • transverse,
  • foil,
  • combat,
  • avoid,
  • fend,
  • outlaw,
  • except,
  • deflect,
  • injurious,
  • curtail,
  • shove,
  • ease up,
  • fall silent,
  • correspondence,
  • control,
  • blockaded,
  • forestall,
  • discourage,
  • engorge,
  • peace,
  • shield,
  • gormandize,
  • decelerate,
  • harmony,
  • obstruction,
  • obstacle,
  • obscure,
  • battle,
  • gag,
  • block off,
  • preempt,
  • sandbag,
  • frighten away,
  • prorogue,
  • last,
  • daunt,
  • screening,
  • abort,
  • hung,
  • adverse,
  • taboo,
  • barrier,
  • crush,
  • dummy up,
  • set back,
  • confine,
  • stem,
  • parry,
  • stop up,
  • cork up,
  • strangulate,
  • forget,
  • ailment,
  • right,
  • cram,
  • draw rein,
  • discouragement,
  • draw a blank,
  • association,
  • gourmandize,
  • clutter,
  • pig out,
  • blind,
  • blocked,
  • conformity,
  • halt,
  • slack up,
  • stymy,
  • tie up,
  • stunt,
  • overeat,
  • spike,
  • interdict,
  • drag one's feet,
  • asphyxiated,
  • flummox,
  • keep mum,
  • endure,
  • avert,
  • stave off,
  • shackle,
  • hitch,
  • dissuade,
  • wad,
  • impediment,
  • hold up,
  • bother,
  • retain,
  • pile,
  • incommode,
  • intimidate,
  • difficulty,
  • stanch,
  • clog up,
  • constrict,
  • stuff,
  • gum,
  • ram,
  • choke up,
  • fill up,
  • screen,
  • disadvantageous,
  • censor,
  • belay,
  • short-circuit,
  • seal off,
  • confound,
  • suffocate,
  • shroud,
  • procrastinate,
  • grasping,
  • adequate,
  • choking,
  • slow,
  • fill,
  • satiate,
  • weather,
  • debar,
  • spare,
  • embargo,
  • kibosh,
  • dog,
  • rule out,
  • bog,
  • handful,
  • crowd,
  • caulk,
  • stuff up,
  • compress,
  • prevent,
  • hold out,
  • embankment,
  • sabotage,
  • put in order,
  • relax,
  • fender,
  • slacken,
  • occlude,
  • immobilise,
  • clam up,
  • fend off,
  • slow down,
  • lug,
  • teeming,
  • stump,
  • postpone,
  • abbreviate,
  • button up,
  • abash,
  • blindfold,
  • ingurgitate,
  • crab,
  • staunch,
  • overcrowded,
  • obstipate,
  • bung up,
  • upset,
  • turn off,
  • terminate,
  • ease off,
  • ruin,
  • bridle,
  • reef,
  • bolt,
  • deny,
  • mask,
  • outlast,
  • jammed,
  • harmful,
  • traverse,
  • shut off,
  • rein in,
  • bind,
  • mitigate,
  • glut,
  • let down,
  • barricade,
  • beat off,
  • weigh down,
  • accord,
  • dangerous,
  • reprieve,
  • dampen,
  • During,
  • seal,
  • full,
  • put back,
  • chink,
  • nonplus,
  • interfere with,
  • precarious position,
  • be quiet,
  • destructive,
  • accordance,
  • turn aside,
  • hanging,
  • keep,
  • destitute,
  • shut out,
  • spile,
  • stall,
  • lose ground,
  • nullify,
  • regress,
  • balk,
  • lose speed,
  • chock up,
  • stench,
  • exclude,
  • throttle,
  • ban,
  • scare off,
  • angry,
  • preclude,
  • shut,
  • choke off,
  • backpedal,
  • inhibition,
  • stonewall,
  • bane,
  • damaging,
  • pack,
  • cork,
  • block out,
  • slack off,
  • stymie,
  • noxious,
  • belt up,
  • proscribe,
  • go against,
  • monkey with,
  • baneful,
  • reduce,
  • gainsay,
  • prohibit,
  • snooker,
  • get in the way of,
  • defer,
  • forbid,
  • pin,
  • detrimental,
  • set,
  • close,
  • conceal,
  • cease,
  • hold the line,
  • close off,
  • agreement,
  • strangle,
  • overindulge,
  • contravene,
  • barring,
  • embarrass,
  • hindrance,
  • limit,
  • hedge in,
  • discontinue,
  • ignore,
  • blockade,
  • defeat,
  • trammel,
  • mob,
  • Estop,
  • disrupt,
  • scarf out,
  • Caged,
  • buffer,
  • bog down,
  • procrastination,
  • baffling,
  • congested,
  • gorge,
  • lag,
  • blank out,
  • standstill,
  • govern,
  • hang back,
  • lessen,
  • once,
  • withstand,
  • hurtful,
  • slow up,
  • drive back,
  • subvert,
  • block up,
  • freeze,
  • dam up,
  • immobilize,
  • hold off,
  • hedge,
  • get in the way,
  • obturate,
  • chock,
  • lock,
  • backwater,
  • rely on,
  • cumber,
  • enjoin,
  • cover,
  • push back,
  • deleterious,
  • keep at bay,
  • ward off,
  • interruption,
  • consonance,
  • squeeze,
  • clogged,
  • moderate,
  • concord,
  • encumbrance,
  • keep off,
  • controvert,
  • end,
  • acceptable,
  • stopper.

Antonyms for Obstruct:

• v.

  • prevent, restrict
    boost, encourage, release, forward, open, continue, begin, abet, facilitate, unmask, push, let go, free, assist, liberate, allow, Unstop, aid, support, promote, help, further, reveal, advance, lay bare, unblock, uncover, unplug, clear, permit, start.
  • Other antonyms:
    disengage, excavate, scoop, hollow, advance, help, loosen, release, further, forward, accelerate, empty, clear, lighten, untie, smooth, make way, open.

Hyponym for Obstruct:

• v.

  • perception
    hide, conceal.