Definition for Obstruction:

• The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

Synonyms for Obstruction:

• n.

  •
  • checkmate,
  • cross,
  • circumvention.
  •
  • problem,
  • predicament.
  •
  • prevention.
  •closure (noun)
  • fastener,
  • seal,
  • cork,
  • lock,
  • stopper.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • entrapment,
  • drag,
  • snarl,
  • plug,
  • bung,
  • handicap,
  • congestion,
  • stop,
  • disadvantage,
  • blockage,
  • choke,
  • restraint,
  • damper,
  • stay,
  • drawback,
  • jam,
  • impasse,
  • catch,
  • tangle,
  • bafflement,
  • brake,
  • mire,
  • deterrent,
  • barrier,
  • complication,
  • crimp,
  • constraint,
  • entanglement,
  • restriction.
  •muscle spasm (noun)
  • cramp.
  •obstacle, impediment (noun)
  • hindrance.
  •obstruction (noun)
  • impediment.
  •opposition (noun)
  • conflict,
  • friction,
  • counterattack,
  • confrontation,
  • antagonism,
  • dispute,
  • fight,
  • disagreement,
  • adversary,
  • repulsion,
  • challenge,
  • counteraction,
  • defiance,
  • contradiction,
  • repression,
  • opposition,
  • objection,
  • obstinacy,
  • suppression,
  • protest,
  • rebuff,
  • resistance.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • levee.
  •
  • discouragement,
  • wall,
  • paralysis.
  •
  • traverse.
  •Other relevant words:
  • criminal,
  • repressing,
  • time lag,
  • deceleration,
  • wait,
  • reverse,
  • encroach,
  • anticipation,
  • joker,
  • slowup,
  • control,
  • Ceasing,
  • avoidance,
  • blind alley,
  • ease up,
  • distressing,
  • Quashing,
  • disturbance,
  • lag,
  • curb,
  • Suppressing,
  • limiting,
  • cutting off,
  • shackle,
  • forbidding,
  • slackening,
  • corrupt,
  • preventative,
  • Imperforation,
  • let,
  • dissuasion,
  • slack up,
  • divider,
  • flagging,
  • infringe,
  • moratorium,
  • inhibiting,
  • adverse,
  • Avoiding,
  • quelling,
  • intrude,
  • bother,
  • discontinue,
  • squeeze,
  • forbid,
  • suspension,
  • Checking,
  • setback,
  • stranglehold,
  • frustrate,
  • derange,
  • Preventing,
  • bugaboo,
  • mountain,
  • embarrass,
  • agitation,
  • Muffling,
  • coarctation,
  • stricture,
  • wicked,
  • caecum,
  • forestalling,
  • embargo,
  • strangulation,
  • stifling,
  • disturb,
  • Discontinuing,
  • Interclusion,
  • Intercepting,
  • disturbing,
  • quenching,
  • inaccessible,
  • thwarter,
  • elimination,
  • sinister,
  • disconcert,
  • obstructor,
  • obstructionist,
  • thwart,
  • interception,
  • hiccup,
  • Hinderance,
  • debarment,
  • Tabooing,
  • hindering,
  • nuisance,
  • intervene,
  • Knag,
  • detriment,
  • impede,
  • afterthought,
  • shackles,
  • censorship,
  • refusal,
  • baulk,
  • concealment,
  • taboo,
  • distract,
  • Arrestation,
  • obstructer,
  • knot,
  • stubbornness,
  • inhibit,
  • shutting up,
  • malign,
  • ban,
  • frustrating,
  • rebelliousness,
  • shutting,
  • be worried,
  • traffic jam,
  • mitigation,
  • hiding,
  • obstipation,
  • thwarting,
  • separator,
  • upset,
  • reprieve,
  • destructive,
  • slowdown,
  • repulse,
  • Clogging,
  • staving off,
  • jump,
  • halting,
  • mishap,
  • discontinuation,
  • relapse,
  • Interdicting,
  • gorge,
  • set back,
  • chain,
  • blind gut,
  • respite,
  • unenlightened,
  • commotion,
  • letdown,
  • interrupt,
  • ignorant,
  • obstruct,
  • baulking,
  • Proscribing,
  • bulkhead,
  • impeding,
  • termination,
  • Renitency,
  • unlearned,
  • Hampering,
  • curbing,
  • pause,
  • stay of execution,
  • embolism,
  • lagging,
  • intransigence,
  • choking,
  • rub,
  • stopping,
  • hang-up,
  • slow up,
  • smothering,
  • withholding,
  • cecum,
  • bugbear,
  • booby trap,
  • fending off,
  • monkey wrench,
  • tie up,
  • be concerned,
  • extinguishing,
  • hold up,
  • Restraining,
  • blind corner,
  • hazard,
  • prevent,
  • end,
  • put-down,
  • confuse,
  • Obstructing,
  • Subduing,
  • deter,
  • preclude,
  • vicious,
  • Prohibiting,
  • enjoining,
  • bind,
  • contretemps,
  • contraction,
  • hinder,
  • concealing,
  • enclosure,
  • putting down,
  • ending,
  • Impedition,
  • halt,
  • determent,
  • negativism,
  • detention,
  • recalcitrance,
  • sense of shame,
  • prohibit,
  • censoring,
  • foiling,
  • impermeability,
  • poisonous,
  • weight,
  • trouble,
  • interfere,
  • constriction,
  • Keddah,
  • balk,
  • hamper,
  • occlusion,
  • extinction,
  • bad,
  • Renitence,
  • fly,
  • Terminating,
  • manacle,
  • depraved,
  • sealing off,
  • cracking down on,
  • cut-off,
  • trammel,
  • ease off,
  • intermit,
  • cul de sac,
  • Muting,
  • Arrestment,
  • bulwark,
  • annoy,
  • impedimenta,
  • close up,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • curtain,
  • slowness,
  • obstructive,
  • onus,
  • aborting,
  • naughty,
  • Debarring,
  • blocking,
  • defeat,
  • immoral,
  • Retarding,
  • evil,
  • incumbrance,
  • interim,
  • dead end,
  • foot-dragging,
  • dilemma,
  • crossing,
  • preventive,
  • injunction,
  • Holdback,
  • Oppilation,
  • stop up,
  • Squelching,
  • interfering,
  • bogey,
  • crushing,
  • trespass on,
  • defect,
  • albatross,
  • liability,
  • embarrassment,
  • perturb,
  • forbiddance,
  • letup,
  • cordon,
  • imperviousness,
  • abortion,
  • fixation,
  • Detainment,
  • arresting,
  • invade,
  • deterrence,
  • agitate,
  • banning,
  • Delaying,
  • dragging,
  • harmful,
  • resister,
  • hitch,
  • closing up,
  • controlling,
  • rampart,
  • choking off,
  • ugly,
  • crack down,
  • stumbling block,
  • slowing,
  • glitch,
  • baffling,
  • Mitigating,
  • barring,
  • reversal,
  • balking,
  • obstructionism,
  • sad,
  • nuisance value,
  • detraction,
  • denial,
  • Precluding,
  • Silencing,
  • discourage,
  • anticipate,
  • warding off,
  • interdiction,
  • Quieting,
  • flaw,
  • screen,
  • Costiveness,
  • fence,
  • cessation.

Paraphrases for Obstruction:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hindrance, interference, handicap.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    holds, stamina, restriction, disability, objection, prejudice.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    occlusion, obstacle, obstacles.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    obstructionism, obstructionist, filibuster, occlusion, disruption, congestion, constraint, interruption, blocking, hurdle, Filibustering, blockade, resistance, opposition, contempt, obstacle, Silting, disablement, Fouling, roadblock, seizure, discontinuation, impairment.

Antonyms for Obstruction:

• n.

  • obstacle, impediment
    contentment, aid, beginning, go, promotion, opening, start, advantage, continuation, peace, assistance, support, boost, help, liberation.
  • Other antonyms:
    impetus, stimulant, break, thoroughfare, road, admittance, handmaiden, catalyst, entrance, goad, spur, passage, incentive, way, stimulus, transit.

Hypernym for Obstruction:

• n.

  • act
    blockage, stall, block, obstruction of justice, occlusion, closure, stalling, blocking, check.

Hyponym for Obstruction:

• n.

  • act
    Hinderance, maneuver, manoeuvre, hindrance, play, interference.