Synonyms for Obstructing:

• adj.

  •hindering (adjective)
  • Delaying,
  • Restraining,
  • constraining,
  • Handicapping,
  • Deterring,
  • bottleneck,
  • Clogging,
  • restricting,
  • hindering,
  • Entrapping,
  • frustrating,
  • congesting,
  • Cramping,
  • baffling,
  • burdensome,
  • Complicating,
  • Tangling,
  • Damming,
  • in the way,
  • thwarting,
  • impeding,
  • Snarling,
  • Crimping,
  • Resisting,
  • Snagging,
  • Obstruent,
  • blocking,
  • inhibiting,
  • choking,
  • Fouling,
  • Encumbering,
  • crippling,
  • Entangling,
  • constipating,
  • Detaining.

• v.

  •hindering (verb)
  • dragging,
  • Interrupting,
  • Hamstringing,
  • barring,
  • stopping,
  • braking,
  • fettering,
  • catching,
  • Impairing,
  • curbing,
  • jamming,
  • Miring,
  • Plugging,
  • Burdening,
  • Paralyzing,
  • Staying,
  • Bunging,
  • bottlenecking.
  •opposing (verb)
  • repressing,
  • Disputing,
  • Suppressing,
  • opposing,
  • protesting,
  • Rebuffing,
  • crossing,
  • interfering,
  • confronting,
  • Oppressing,
  • Defying,
  • countering,
  • counterattacking,
  • disagreeing,
  • Intercepting,
  • repelling,
  • fighting,
  • Repulsing,
  • Objecting,
  • antagonizing,
  • Counteracting,
  • challenging,
  • Contradicting,
  • conflicting,
  • meddling,
  • Checking.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • inhibition,
  • fending off,
  • contrary,
  • curb,
  • occlusive,
  • obstruct,
  • enjoining,
  • crosswise,
  • forbidding,
  • staving off,
  • halting,
  • coerce,
  • forestalling,
  • balking,
  • stuffing,
  • Glutting,
  • forbiddance,
  • Disrupting,
  • banning,
  • inhibitive,
  • frustration,
  • warding off,
  • hindrance,
  • Abashing,
  • troublesome,
  • disruption,
  • interposition,
  • check,
  • molest,
  • arresting,
  • drawback,
  • embarrass,
  • counterproductive,
  • controlling,
  • retardation,
  • stifling,
  • clashing,
  • smothering,
  • Satiating,
  • extinction,
  • restrain,
  • packing,
  • Thronging,
  • Avoiding,
  • proscription,
  • withholding,
  • squeezing,
  • disconcert,
  • restraint,
  • repression,
  • blockading,
  • interdiction,
  • agitate,
  • Cramming,
  • impede,
  • occluding,
  • resistance,
  • baulking,
  • screening,
  • Precluding,
  • suppression,
  • balk,
  • Lugging,
  • perturb,
  • restrictive,
  • obstructive,
  • repressive,
  • pester,
  • anticipation,
  • derange,
  • foiling,
  • confuse,
  • irritate,
  • put-down,
  • Subduing,
  • forbid,
  • termination,
  • extinguishing,
  • Prohibiting,
  • concealment,
  • cracking down on,
  • intermission,
  • interval,
  • bafflement,
  • Ramming,
  • prohibition,
  • Gorging,
  • Bolting,
  • obstruction,
  • Retarding,
  • control,
  • constrain,
  • bar,
  • baulk,
  • delay,
  • Preventing,
  • Mitigating,
  • crack down,
  • Tabooing,
  • Adjusting,
  • hiding,
  • surcease,
  • Retardment,
  • quelling,
  • Interruptive,
  • concealing,
  • putting down,
  • suppressive,
  • Proscribing,
  • filling,
  • Squelching,
  • circumscribe,
  • cut-off,
  • hitch,
  • end,
  • Engorging,
  • annoy,
  • Impedimental,
  • Defeating,
  • Toting,
  • confine,
  • discontinuation,
  • Interdicting,
  • Tugging,
  • crushing,
  • interception,
  • Muting,
  • disturbance,
  • interruption,
  • Barricading,
  • compel,
  • impediment,
  • ending,
  • hinder,
  • Deferring,
  • embarrassing,
  • hold back,
  • abortion,
  • block,
  • immobilising,
  • debarment,
  • barrier,
  • Muffling,
  • piling,
  • Terminating,
  • closing,
  • blockage,
  • hurdle,
  • Filibustering,
  • immobilizing,
  • stop,
  • censorship,
  • Gormandizing,
  • upset,
  • Quashing,
  • cutting off,
  • impedance,
  • Ceasing,
  • obviation,
  • elimination,
  • Impeditive,
  • injunction,
  • prevention,
  • cessation,
  • intervention,
  • disturb,
  • avoidance,
  • mitigation,
  • strangling,
  • Deflecting,
  • taboo,
  • binging,
  • quenching,
  • censoring,
  • difficulty,
  • distract,
  • Traversing,
  • Baffler,
  • Discontinuing,
  • slowing,
  • Debarring,
  • Quieting,
  • deterrent,
  • Mobbing,
  • persecute,
  • preclusion,
  • obstacle,
  • disturbing,
  • halt,
  • choke,
  • prohibit,
  • aborting,
  • Silencing,
  • locking,
  • ban,
  • bind,
  • arrest.

Paraphrases for Obstructing:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    impeding, hindering, Hampering, blocking, Clogging.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    impedes, hinders, hampers.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    stopping, discouraging, disturbing, Counteracting, curbing, restricting, Disrupting, Curtailing, Deterring, Prohibiting, impair, Impairing, Detracting, Objecting, countering, Precluding, constraining, Preventing, thwarting, Distorting, sabotaging, affecting, Jeopardizing, inhibiting, Destroying, stifling, interfering, Resisting, undermining, aggravating, Restraining, interference, Violating, Derailing, causing, averting, Interrupting, Depriving, Impacting, disabling, Harming, dampening, slowing, tampering, halting, weakening, Denying, Delaying, faltering, freezing, withholding, arresting, waiting, Stemming, compromising, Prejudicing, blockading, Suspending, limiting, Defying, challenging, stalling, Besetting, barring, stonewalling, defending, lock, locking, banning, bordering, damaging, jamming, Placing, facing, putting, Plaguing, Plugging, Against, dealing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    disrupts, impairs, prevents, inhibits, retards.