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.

Obstructing Sentence Examples:

• No, no, said one of them, obstructing the way; what business have you in?

• In a few moments the prisoner was brought in, and there was a general craning of necks to see him, a number of men in Darrell's vicinity standing and thus obstructing his view.