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Pronunciation:
[ ɒbstɹˈʌkʃən], [ ɒbstɹˈʌkʃən], [ ɒ_b_s_t_ɹ_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]
When you come across an "obstruction," or something that hinders or blocks your path, there are a number of synonyms you can use to describe it. For example, a "barrier" is often used to refer to a physical object that blocks one's way, while "impediment" can be used to describe something that makes movement difficult or slows progress. "Blockage" refers specifically to something that obstructs the flow of something else, such as blood flow or traffic, while "hindrance" describes anything that slows or hinders progress. Other possible synonyms for obstruction include "obstacle," "encumbrance," "stumbling block," and "roadblock".
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Similar words for obstruction:
- act (noun)
- arrest (noun)
- bar (noun)
- blockade (noun)
- blockage (noun)
- bottleneck (noun)
- burden (noun)
- check (noun)
- clog (noun)
- closure (noun)
- contravention (noun)
- cramp (noun)
- dam (noun)
- delay (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- encumbrance (noun)
- frustration (noun)
- hindrance (noun)
- impediment (noun)
- impedimenta (noun)
- imperviousness (noun)
- insusceptibility (noun)
- interference (noun)
- interruption (noun)
- limit (noun)
- limitation (noun)
- muscle spasm (noun)
- obstacle (noun)
- obstacle, impediment (noun)
- obviation (noun)
- opposition (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- partition (noun)
- prevention (noun)
- prohibition (noun)
- resistance (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- road block (noun)
- snag (noun)
- stoppage (noun)
- stumbling block (noun)
- tie-up (noun)
- other synonyms
- hoarseness
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Obstruction:
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- prevention.
- thorn in ones side,
- thorn in one side,
- weary loads,
- excess baggages,
- herculean tasks,
- thorn one's side,
- mis fortunes,
- thorn side,
- mis-fortunes,
- thorn ones side,
- ball chain,
- mis fortune,
- thorn one side.
- re strainer,
- re-buffs,
- dis appointments,
- re-strainers,
- re verse,
- dis appointment,
- re buffs,
- dis-appointment,
- dis-appointments,
- re buff,
- re-buff,
- re versal,
- re strainers,
- re-verse,
- re-strainer,
- re-versal.
- loiterings,
- re missions,
- de lay,
- dis continuation,
- demurrals,
- re mission,
- sur cease,
- de lays,
- dis continuations,
- pro-rogations,
- cunctations,
- putting offs,
- retardments,
- lingerings,
- de-lays,
- cooling-off periods,
- cooling off periods,
- prorogations,
- re-mission,
- dis-continuation,
- sur-ceases,
- pro rogations,
- dawdlings,
- dis-continuations,
- re-missions,
- cooling off period,
- coolingoff periods,
- showstoppers,
- tarryings,
- pro rogation,
- de-lay,
- coolingoff period,
- sur ceases,
- sur-cease,
- pro-rogation.
- monkey ones back,
- monkey on ones back,
- monkey one back,
- monkey back,
- monkey one's back,
- monkey on one back.
- de-feats,
- un fulfillment,
- dis-satisfaction,
- non-fulfillment,
- non fulfillment,
- de feat,
- de-feat,
- un fulfillments,
- un-fulfillment,
- old one twos,
- curbings,
- dis satisfaction,
- old one two,
- non successes,
- dis-satisfactions,
- non-successes,
- nonfulfillments,
- old one-twos,
- non fulfillments,
- non-fulfillments,
- blockings,
- old onetwos,
- unfulfillments,
- un-fulfillments,
- dis satisfactions,
- de feats,
- foilings,
- non success,
- old onetwo,
- nonsuccesses.
- stay,
- barrier,
- stop,
- disadvantage,
- jam,
- mire,
- plug,
- crimp,
- bung,
- drag,
- constraint,
- bafflement,
- impasse,
- handicap,
- snarl,
- deterrent,
- restriction,
- complication,
- congestion,
- restraint,
- entanglement,
- drawback,
- brake,
- damper,
- entrapment,
- catch,
- tangle,
- choke.
- barrings,
- backseat drivings,
- trespassings,
- tamperings,
- pryings,
- cloggings,
- inter-meddling,
- inter positions,
- interpositions,
- hamperings,
- inter-position,
- inter position,
- meddlesomenesses,
- inter-positions,
- backseat driving,
- intermeddlings,
- inter meddling,
- barging ins,
- tacklings.
- farthest point,
- end points,
- ultimates,
- end point,
- max,
- maxes,
- limits,
- the most,
- cutoff point,
- the max,
- bourne,
- absolutes,
- farthest reach.
- catch 22's,
- dis-incentive,
- catch 22,
- dis incentive,
- dis incentives,
- catch22's,
- dis-incentives,
- catch-22's,
- catch22.
- conflict,
- friction,
- counterattack,
- confrontation,
- antagonism,
- dispute,
- fight,
- disagreement,
- adversary,
- repulsion,
- challenge,
- counteraction,
- defiance,
- contradiction,
- repression,
- opposition,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- suppression,
- protest,
- rebuff,
- resistance.
- embolus,
- meddlesomeness,
- check,
- obstacle,
- nonsuccess,
- sit down,
- milldam,
- Infarctions,
- prorogation,
- excess baggage,
- dead weight,
- checkings,
- sit-down,
- arrest,
- inhibitor,
- obviation,
- barricade,
- inhibition,
- deadweights,
- infarcts,
- hang up,
- procrastinations,
- lockouts,
- encirclement,
- roadblock,
- constipations,
- logjams,
- clog,
- constipation,
- snag,
- weir,
- Bilboes,
- rationing,
- stallings,
- prohibition,
- dam,
- impedance,
- the rub,
- Cumbrance,
- unfulfillment,
- siege,
- rail,
- cunctation,
- millstone,
- difficulty,
- infarct,
- sit-downs,
- hold-up,
- blockade,
- restrictions,
- proscription,
- delay,
- millponds,
- demurral,
- interposition,
- immobilization,
- partition,
- hold-ups,
- Retardment,
- road block,
- closure,
- stumbling stone,
- obstacles,
- surcease,
- weary load,
- fetters,
- cooling-off period,
- Emboli,
- burden,
- frustration,
- millpond,
- contravention,
- stone in one's path,
- stoppage,
- limit,
- inhibitors,
- splittings,
- old one-two,
- interruption,
- preclusion,
- chokings,
- hangup,
- bottleneck,
- monkey on one's back,
- tight spot,
- thorn in side,
- gridlock,
- restrainers,
- croppers,
- blank wall,
- monkey on back,
- deadweight,
- bar,
- encumbrance,
- walkout,
- non-success,
- cropper,
- shooting pain,
- impedances,
- fly in the ointment,
- retardation,
- weirs,
- holdup,
- disincentive,
- showstopper,
- sieges,
- walkouts,
- Disincentives,
- hurdle,
- infarction,
- logjam,
- deterence,
- interference,
- limitation,
- tie-up,
- thorn in one's side,
- lockout,
- Intermeddling,
- procrastination,
- restrainer,
- block,
- Nonfulfillment,
- Downs.
- de terences,
- forestallings,
- de terence,
- fore stalling,
- fore-stalling,
- deterences,
- thwartings,
- de-terence,
- de-terences.
- DONT,
- no-no's,
- no-no,
- don't,
- off limits,
- prohibitions,
- no-nos,
- don'ts.
- dis advantages,
- the rubs,
- dis advantage,
- in-convenience,
- in-conveniences,
- in conveniences,
- tight spots,
- dis-advantage,
- dis-advantages.
Other synonyms:
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- observation,
- levee.
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- discouragement,
- wall,
- paralysis.
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- sabotage.
- frog.
- depraved,
- cutting off,
- curbing,
- frustrate,
- agitation,
- extinguishing,
- ease off,
- trespass on,
- closing up,
- disturbing,
- withholding,
- interfere,
- arresting,
- cracking down on,
- distressing,
- reverse,
- staving off,
- shackles,
- constriction,
- strangulation,
- obstructor,
- wait,
- ugly,
- chain,
- commotion,
- mitigation,
- interrupt,
- mountain,
- Squelching,
- flagging,
- tie up,
- Renitency,
- impede,
- smothering,
- Quieting,
- Interdicting,
- Obstructing,
- cut-off,
- moratorium,
- time lag,
- booby trap,
- manacle,
- slowup,
- forbid,
- inaccessible,
- Debarring,
- limiting,
- gorge,
- encroach,
- slowing,
- bugbear,
- cordon,
- Imperforation,
- Interclusion,
- foiling,
- interfering,
- hitch,
- embolism,
- blind gut,
- jump,
- mishap,
- baulk,
- coarctation,
- Impedition,
- caecum,
- bother,
- censoring,
- Ceasing,
- forbidding,
- invade,
- preventative,
- relapse,
- recalcitrance,
- bulkhead,
- quelling,
- agitate,
- disturb,
- albatross,
- embarrassment,
- prohibit,
- sinister,
- intrude,
- fence,
- forestalling,
- control,
- liability,
- Clogging,
- rebelliousness,
- infringe,
- slackening,
- repressing,
- perturb,
- onus,
- evil,
- preventive,
- close up,
- obstructionism,
- flaw,
- censorship,
- intermit,
- letup,
- balking,
- Subduing,
- monkey wrench,
- choking,
- extinction,
- nuisance value,
- dissuasion,
- debarment,
- stricture,
- malign,
- baulking,
- disturbance,
- bogey,
- be worried,
- balk,
- Suppressing,
- slack up,
- stopping,
- divider,
- blind alley,
- upset,
- banning,
- forbiddance,
- put-down,
- anticipation,
- ban,
- termination,
- lagging,
- respite,
- hang-up,
- obstructive,
- interim,
- suspension,
- putting down,
- pause,
- Quashing,
- Hinderance,
- reprieve,
- refusal,
- trouble,
- be concerned,
- shackle,
- afterthought,
- derange,
- poisonous,
- Checking,
- bugaboo,
- unenlightened,
- thwart,
- Mitigating,
- deterrence,
- separator,
- hiccup,
- obstructer,
- choking off,
- negativism,
- curb,
- Knag,
- vicious,
- taboo,
- slow up,
- determent,
- hazard,
- Precluding,
- annoy,
- cecum,
- Holdback,
- defect,
- controlling,
- deter,
- rub,
- red-tapery,
- Prohibiting,
- fixation,
- confuse,
- inhibiting,
- cessation,
- hindering,
- denial,
- imperviousness,
- slowdown,
- hiding,
- anticipate,
- stay of execution,
- stranglehold,
- detraction,
- hinder,
- detention,
- embargo,
- intransigence,
- repulse,
- Tabooing,
- obstipation,
- shutting up,
- distract,
- concealing,
- hold up,
- shutting,
- weight,
- Hampering,
- let,
- obstructionist,
- curtain,
- avoidance,
- Costiveness,
- halt,
- fending off,
- naughty,
- sad,
- inhibit,
- Muffling,
- contretemps,
- set back,
- immoral,
- harmful,
- stubbornness,
- contraction,
- elimination,
- stifling,
- stop up,
- lag,
- resister,
- discontinuation,
- blocking,
- rampart,
- screen,
- joker,
- Arrestment,
- stumbling block,
- ending,
- foot-dragging,
- bureaucratic delay,
- abortion,
- prevent,
- impermeability,
- Insusceptibility,
- Discontinuing,
- preclude,
- disconcert,
- slowness,
- incumbrance,
- warding off,
- Keddah,
- occlusion,
- Retarding,
- Preventing,
- halting,
- frustrating,
- impeding,
- nuisance,
- dead end,
- Restraining,
- quenching,
- wicked,
- interception,
- Proscribing,
- letdown,
- fly,
- ignorant,
- bad,
- reversal,
- discourage,
- crack down,
- baffling,
- knot,
- traffic jam,
- thwarter,
- glitch,
- enjoining,
- trammel,
- Oppilation,
- discontinue,
- ease up,
- barring,
- squeeze,
- Avoiding,
- corrupt,
- adverse,
- Detainment,
- end,
- injunction,
- setback,
- Arrestation,
- aborting,
- crossing,
- cul de sac,
- bind,
- unlearned,
- sealing off,
- thwarting,
- defeat,
- dragging,
- dilemma,
- interdiction,
- bulwark,
- criminal,
- Delaying,
- enclosure,
- Renitence,
- deceleration,
- detriment,
- concealment,
- blind corner,
- Intercepting,
- destructive,
- Terminating,
- crushing,
- embarrass,
- red-tapeism,
- Silencing,
- Muting,
- sense of shame.
How to use "Obstruction" in context?
Obstruction is defined as an act that hinders or prevents the natural flow of vehicular traffic. This may take the form of a physical obstruction, such as a snowbank, or a moveable obstruction, such as a car. Moving or stopping traffic can be a criminal offense if done without justification or with the intention of causing an obstruction.
Paraphrases for Obstruction:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
handicap, hindrance, interference.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
disability, objection, prejudice, restriction, stamina, holds.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
blockade, blocking, congestion, constraint, contempt, disablement, discontinuation, disruption, filibuster, hurdle, impairment, interruption, obstacle, obstructionism, obstructionist, occlusion, opposition, resistance, roadblock, seizure, Filibustering, Fouling, Silting.
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Hyponym for Obstruction:
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act
Hinderance, maneuver, manoeuvre, hindrance, play, interference.
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