Synonyms for Stymie:

• n.

  •
  • disadvantage,
  • count against,
  • throttle,
  • plague,
  • let down,
  • burden,
  • bring up against.
  •blockade (noun)
  • blockade.
  •cognition (noun)
  • stymy,
  • stymie.
  •embarrass (noun)
  • embarrass.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • obstacle,
  • obstruction,
  • position,
  • situation.

• v.

  •block (verb)
  • hanging up,
  • closes off,
  • pre venting,
  • take out play,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-vented,
  • inter cept,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre-venting,
  • inter-cept,
  • takes out of play,
  • taking out play,
  • stopping up,
  • pre-vent,
  • hangs up,
  • takes out play,
  • pre vent,
  • took out of play,
  • taking out of play,
  • stopt up,
  • took out play,
  • hanged up.
  •circumvent (verb)
  • by passes,
  • out-wit,
  • gat around,
  • de-touring,
  • gets around,
  • out-flank,
  • be-guile,
  • out wits,
  • dis appoints,
  • be-guiles,
  • by passing,
  • de-tour,
  • gotten around,
  • out-wits,
  • out flanks,
  • steers clear of,
  • dis-appoint,
  • by passed,
  • be guiles,
  • out-flanked,
  • over reached,
  • over reaching,
  • out flank,
  • out-flanking,
  • dis-appointed,
  • over-reach,
  • out flanked,
  • dis appointed,
  • de-toured,
  • dis-appointing,
  • out-flanks,
  • out witted,
  • out-witting,
  • dis appointing,
  • by pass,
  • over-reaching,
  • over-reached,
  • got around,
  • de touring,
  • over reaches,
  • de-tours,
  • de toured,
  • over reach,
  • de tours,
  • be guile,
  • out flanking,
  • dis appoint,
  • out witting,
  • dis-appoints,
  • over-reaches,
  • de tour,
  • out-witted,
  • steered clear of.
  •cramp (verb)
  • boxes up,
  • re-strict,
  • coops up,
  • cooping up,
  • boxing up,
  • boxed up,
  • re strict.
  •cross (verb)
  • had bone to pick,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • had bone pick,
  • knocking props out,
  • has bone pick,
  • bollixes,
  • take wind out sails,
  • hadst bone pick,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • hast bone to pick,
  • hath bone pick,
  • hadst bone to pick,
  • inter feres,
  • inter-feres,
  • have bone pick,
  • took wind out sails,
  • inter fere,
  • inter-fere,
  • haddest bone pick,
  • having bone pick,
  • stab back,
  • takes wind out sails,
  • backtalking,
  • has bone to pick,
  • hath bone to pick,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • knocked props out,
  • having bone to pick,
  • snafuing,
  • hast bone pick,
  • knocks props out,
  • backtalked,
  • stab the back,
  • haddest bone to pick.
  •foil (verb)
  • dis concerts,
  • giving run-around,
  • giving the runaround,
  • running rings around,
  • gives run around,
  • de feats,
  • gave runaround,
  • dis-concerts,
  • giving run around,
  • re-strain,
  • gives the slip,
  • gives slip,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • shuffles off,
  • dis concerted,
  • buffaloing,
  • upsets apple cart,
  • juked,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • dis-concerted,
  • re strains,
  • gave the run around,
  • dis concert,
  • de-feats,
  • gives the runaround,
  • giving runaround,
  • gave run-around,
  • dis concerting,
  • ran rings around,
  • re strain,
  • give run-around,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • re-straining,
  • gives the run-around,
  • gives run-around,
  • running circles around,
  • runs circles around,
  • gives the run around,
  • ran circles around,
  • shuffled off,
  • giving the run around,
  • giving slip,
  • de feat,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • gave slip,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • gave the runaround,
  • re-strains,
  • give runaround,
  • giving the slip,
  • runs rings around,
  • gives runaround,
  • re-strained,
  • shuffling off,
  • giving the run-around,
  • de-feat,
  • dis-concert,
  • gave the run-around,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • juking,
  • re straining,
  • gave the slip,
  • re strained,
  • gave run around,
  • dis-concerting,
  • give slip.
  •forbid (verb)
  • de-barred,
  • fore-stalled,
  • de-bars,
  • declares illegal,
  • with holds,
  • fore stall,
  • declaring illegal,
  • de-bar,
  • with-held,
  • dis allow,
  • dis-allowed,
  • putting chill on,
  • said no,
  • saying no,
  • dis-allow,
  • forfended,
  • with holding,
  • with-hold,
  • pro scribed,
  • putting the chill on,
  • pro scribe,
  • dis-allowing,
  • declared illegal,
  • fore-stalling,
  • dis allows,
  • with-holds,
  • fore stalling,
  • forfending,
  • pro scribes,
  • de bars,
  • fore-stall,
  • dis allowing,
  • pro-scribe,
  • nixed,
  • de-barring,
  • dis-allows,
  • puts the chill on,
  • with hold,
  • pro scribing,
  • de barred,
  • puts chill on,
  • inter dict,
  • de bar,
  • dis allowed,
  • fore-stalls,
  • inter-dict,
  • fore stalls,
  • with held,
  • de barring,
  • pro-scribed.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • cramp one style,
  • cramping one style,
  • over come,
  • dashes ones hope,
  • de press,
  • rendering null and void,
  • de pressed,
  • de-press,
  • de-pressed,
  • dash ones hope,
  • dashed one hope,
  • counter act,
  • dashed one's hope,
  • dash one hope,
  • dashes one hope,
  • cramping style,
  • dashes hope,
  • dashing one hope,
  • cramped style,
  • over coming,
  • cramping one's style,
  • dashing one's hope,
  • dashing hope,
  • dis courage,
  • over-comes,
  • counter acts,
  • counter-acted,
  • dis-heartened,
  • dash hope,
  • dis heartening,
  • renders null and void,
  • de-pressing,
  • dis heartens,
  • cramps style,
  • dashed ones hope,
  • dis-courage,
  • dashing ones hope,
  • dis heartened,
  • counter-acts,
  • dis-heartens,
  • renders null void,
  • counter acted,
  • rendered null void,
  • rendering null void,
  • dis-hearten,
  • counter-act,
  • cramp ones style,
  • cramping ones style,
  • counter-acting,
  • over-coming,
  • dis hearten,
  • cramps one's style,
  • cramped one style,
  • de presses,
  • dis courages,
  • dis-courages,
  • cramped one's style,
  • de-presses,
  • rendered null and void,
  • cramped ones style,
  • upset applecart,
  • cramps ones style,
  • over comes,
  • dis-heartening,
  • dashes one's hope,
  • cramps one style,
  • de pressing,
  • counter acting.
  •frustrate, hinder (verb)
  • hold off,
  • choke off,
  • crimp,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • crab,
  • put on back burner,
  • mystify,
  • pigeonhole,
  • corner,
  • snooker,
  • cut off,
  • shelve,
  • dead-end,
  • confound,
  • hang fire,
  • stonewall,
  • put on hold,
  • hold up,
  • puzzle.
  •hamper (verb)
  • tie hands,
  • tying one's hands,
  • ties one hands,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • slowing down,
  • gets in way,
  • drags one's feet,
  • tying hands,
  • tying ones hands,
  • got the way,
  • drags ones feet,
  • hog tie,
  • getting in the way,
  • gets the way,
  • in-convenience,
  • tied one's hands,
  • gotten the way,
  • tied one hands,
  • drag one feet,
  • got way,
  • get way,
  • slows down,
  • getting the way,
  • gat in the way,
  • drags one feet,
  • get in way,
  • in conveniences,
  • gotten in way,
  • drag ones feet,
  • gets way,
  • gat the way,
  • gat way,
  • tying one hands,
  • drags feet,
  • dragging one feet,
  • tie one hands,
  • gat in way,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • get the way,
  • gotten way,
  • got in way,
  • in-conveniences,
  • tied hands,
  • dragging feet,
  • dragged one feet,
  • ties hands,
  • getting in way,
  • ties one's hands,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • gotten in the way,
  • ties ones hands,
  • tie ones hands,
  • gets in the way,
  • getting way,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • tied ones hands,
  • got in the way,
  • dragged feet.
  •hinder (verb)
  • boxing in,
  • boxed in,
  • de lays,
  • de lay,
  • de-laying,
  • de-lays,
  • de-lay,
  • de laying.
  •impede (verb)
  • blowing whistle on,
  • blew whistle on,
  • dis comfit,
  • saddles with,
  • dis comfits,
  • flagged one,
  • blows whistle on,
  • dis-comfit,
  • flagging one,
  • dis-comfits,
  • saddling with,
  • flags one.
  •inhibit (verb)
  • holding down,
  • holds down,
  • out lawed,
  • re pressed,
  • out-lawing,
  • puts brakes,
  • re-presses,
  • keeps in,
  • out lawing,
  • puts on brakes,
  • Bitting,
  • holds in,
  • putting brakes,
  • re-pressing,
  • re press,
  • re pressing,
  • out-lawed,
  • put brakes,
  • putting on brakes,
  • re presses.
  •nip in the bud (verb)
  • nip in bud,
  • putting the kibosh on,
  • puts the kibosh on,
  • puts kibosh on,
  • nip the bud,
  • nip bud,
  • putting kibosh on.
  •nonplus (verb)
  • be-wilders,
  • be wilders,
  • dis-maying,
  • rattle cage,
  • dis-mays,
  • be wilder,
  • threw into tizzy,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • dis mays,
  • mess with head,
  • be-wildering,
  • dis countenanced,
  • throwing into tizzy,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • be wildering,
  • throws into tizzy,
  • messed with ones head,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • rattles cage,
  • throwing in to tizzy,
  • mess with one head,
  • messing with one head,
  • mess with ones head,
  • messed with one's head,
  • dis-countenance,
  • be-wildered,
  • rattled cage,
  • messing with ones head,
  • dis-mayed,
  • messes with one's head,
  • dis-may,
  • messes with ones head,
  • messes with head,
  • be-wilder,
  • messed with head,
  • threw in to tizzy,
  • be wildered,
  • rattle one cage,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • dis may,
  • rattling cage,
  • dis countenancing,
  • dis-countenances,
  • dis countenances,
  • messes with one head,
  • dis maying,
  • rattles one cage,
  • dis countenance,
  • messing with one's head,
  • rattled one cage,
  • throw in to tizzy,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • messing with head,
  • dis mayed,
  • rattles ones cage.
  •obstruct (verb)
  • monkeys with,
  • monkeying with.
  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • foreclose,
  • forestall,
  • preclude,
  • prevent.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • putting lock on,
  • brought screeching halt,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • zinged,
  • puts stopper in,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • puts a lock on,
  • keeping lid on,
  • putting half nelson on,
  • put stopper in,
  • puts lock on,
  • puts a stopper in,
  • puts half nelson on,
  • jamming up,
  • throws cold water on,
  • putting a lock on,
  • kept lid on,
  • jams up,
  • putting stopper in,
  • threw cold water on,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • gridlocking,
  • brought to screeching halt.
  •stump (verb)
  • bringing short,
  • brought up short,
  • brings up short,
  • brings short,
  • bringing up short,
  • bring short,
  • brought short.
  •thwart (verb)
  • takes wind out of,
  • up-sets,
  • playing off,
  • up-setting,
  • upsets one apple cart,
  • upset one apple cart,
  • plays off,
  • up sets,
  • took wind out of,
  • up-set,
  • upsetting one's apple cart,
  • taking wind out of,
  • upsets one's apple cart,
  • upset ones apple cart,
  • upsetting one apple cart,
  • upsetting ones apple cart,
  • up setting,
  • upsets ones apple cart.
  •undo (verb)
  • de stroying,
  • under-mining,
  • unbuilds,
  • re-versed,
  • un-build,
  • de stroys,
  • out smarting,
  • out-smarts,
  • brings naught,
  • bring naught,
  • de-stroying,
  • out foxed,
  • over throw,
  • over-turning,
  • un-building,
  • out maneuvered,
  • de stroy,
  • out-foxing,
  • un-does,
  • un-did,
  • over-throwing,
  • un doing,
  • making waves,
  • over turning,
  • un settled,
  • out maneuvering,
  • de-stroyed,
  • over throwing,
  • over thrown,
  • un settles,
  • brought to naught,
  • out-smart,
  • out-smarted,
  • over throws,
  • re-verse,
  • over-throws,
  • out-maneuvers,
  • un did,
  • un-built,
  • out-fox,
  • over turns,
  • de-stroys,
  • brought naught,
  • un-settle,
  • un build,
  • out-foxes,
  • bringing to naught,
  • un-settled,
  • out foxing,
  • out foxes,
  • bringing naught,
  • un does,
  • re versing,
  • de-stroy,
  • un done,
  • under mining,
  • de stroyed,
  • out-maneuver,
  • un-builds,
  • out smart,
  • un building,
  • over-thrown,
  • under mined,
  • re verse,
  • out fox,
  • out smarted,
  • brings to naught,
  • un-settling,
  • out smarts,
  • over-throw,
  • under-mined,
  • un settle,
  • un-doing,
  • un built,
  • un settling,
  • over-turn.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • keep at arms length,
  • re buffing,
  • re-buffing,
  • re butting,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • keeping arms length,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • re-buffed,
  • keeping at bay,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • re-pulsing,
  • keeps bay,
  • re-pulses,
  • kept off,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • re buff,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • re-pulsed,
  • keeps off,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • kept at arms length,
  • re butted,
  • re-buffs,
  • re pulsed,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • re-butting,
  • re buffed,
  • keep arm length,
  • re-butted,
  • kept at arm length,
  • re pulsing,
  • re pulses,
  • keeping arm length,
  • turns aside,
  • beating off,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • keeping bay,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • keep bay,
  • keep arms length,
  • kept arms length,
  • re buffs,
  • kept bay,
  • beats off.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • baffle,
  • checkmate,
  • balk.
  •
  • defeat.
  •hinder
  • box in,
  • bottlenecked,
  • bottlenecking,
  • boxes in.
  •nonplus
  • takes aback,
  • rattle one's cage,
  • throw into tizzy,
  • mess with one's head,
  • taking aback.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hamper,
  • encumbered,
  • thwart,
  • get around,
  • inhibits,
  • knock props out,
  • cooped up,
  • hobble,
  • put the kibosh on,
  • hinders,
  • By-pass,
  • steer clear of,
  • hold in,
  • upset one's apple cart,
  • give the run-around,
  • put the chill on,
  • saddled with,
  • interferes with,
  • makes waves,
  • undo,
  • nonplus,
  • blockaded,
  • lock up,
  • render null and void,
  • monkey with,
  • by-passing,
  • stab in back,
  • cramp style,
  • sell,
  • turns away,
  • sandbagged,
  • forbid,
  • ensnared,
  • give the slip,
  • hogtie,
  • holding in,
  • unbuilding,
  • buffaloed,
  • prohibit,
  • up set,
  • Preventing,
  • shake off,
  • declare illegal,
  • nip in the bud,
  • occlude,
  • unbuilt,
  • Tabooed,
  • flag one,
  • Forfend,
  • cramp,
  • Embargoed,
  • hoodwinked,
  • Entrapped,
  • sandbags,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • Unbuild,
  • dash one's hope,
  • queers,
  • detoured,
  • double cross,
  • steering clear of,
  • ward off,
  • circumvent,
  • coop up,
  • dashed hope,
  • kept in,
  • out maneuver,
  • locked up,
  • box up,
  • give the run around,
  • blow whistle on,
  • Juke,
  • turning away,
  • leash,
  • take wind out of,
  • turn away,
  • hinder,
  • stop up,
  • have bone to pick,
  • stopped up,
  • interfering with,
  • make waves,
  • detouring,
  • slowed down,
  • keep arm's length,
  • stops up,
  • beat off,
  • turning aside,
  • by-passes,
  • bollix,
  • getting around,
  • turn aside,
  • frustrate,
  • take out of play,
  • cramp one's style,
  • played off,
  • sandbag,
  • get in the way,
  • out wit,
  • Stoppering,
  • keep at bay,
  • inhibit,
  • says no,
  • say no,
  • doublecross,
  • snafued,
  • Jukes,
  • stoppered,
  • tie one's hands,
  • sandbagging,
  • keeping in,
  • Buffaloes,
  • queering,
  • held down,
  • scotches,
  • hold down,
  • by-passed,
  • Scotching,
  • impede,
  • run rings around,
  • turned aside,
  • block,
  • shut out,
  • put on brakes,
  • hang up,
  • Embargoing,
  • over turn,
  • upset apple cart,
  • blockading,
  • play off,
  • impeded,
  • drag feet,
  • buffalo,
  • close off,
  • closed off,
  • bollixed,
  • keep off,
  • interfered with,
  • nixing,
  • Tabooing,
  • held in,
  • put kibosh on,
  • bollixing,
  • impeding,
  • shuffle off,
  • throw monkey wrench in,
  • stump,
  • run circles around,
  • shutting out,
  • obstruct,
  • Scotched,
  • saddle with,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • drag one's feet,
  • queered,
  • give run around,
  • give the runaround,
  • encumber,
  • interfere with,
  • locking up,
  • Bitted,
  • bring to naught,
  • slow down,
  • upset the apple cart,
  • shakes off,
  • cross,
  • turned away,
  • outwitting,
  • stall,
  • closing off,
  • foil,
  • keep in.
  •prohibit
  • put chill on,
  • put a lock on,
  • passed on,
  • passing on,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • put lock on,
  • gridlocked,
  • keep lid on,
  • jam up,
  • pass on,
  • corked,
  • corking,
  • passes on.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • brake,
  • counteract,
  • anticipate,
  • repulse,
  • choke up,
  • daze,
  • distract,
  • hamstring,
  • negate,
  • disqualification,
  • slow,
  • trammel,
  • hoodwink,
  • hog-tie,
  • holdup,
  • counter,
  • ward,
  • hitch,
  • nullify,
  • encumbrance,
  • close up,
  • delay,
  • keep back,
  • arrest,
  • disconcert,
  • restrain,
  • frustration,
  • bewilder,
  • oppose,
  • deterrent,
  • fight off,
  • intercept,
  • defer,
  • handicap,
  • stay,
  • Dumfound,
  • halt,
  • muddle,
  • cut the ground from under,
  • manacle,
  • spike,
  • deadlock,
  • neutralize,
  • interruption,
  • hardship,
  • kibosh,
  • befuddle,
  • Hinderance,
  • seal off,
  • lug,
  • throw into confusion,
  • drawback,
  • block up,
  • bring up short,
  • hurdle,
  • interrupt,
  • clog,
  • Holdback,
  • parry,
  • discouragement,
  • ruin,
  • put back,
  • disappoint,
  • suppress,
  • inconvenience,
  • disturbance,
  • difficulty,
  • hornswoggle,
  • quit,
  • perplex,
  • bar,
  • headache,
  • fox,
  • interfere,
  • interception,
  • extinguish,
  • postpone,
  • deceive,
  • bamboozle,
  • dilemma,
  • impediment,
  • short-circuit,
  • retard,
  • hold back,
  • fetter,
  • embarrassment,
  • handcuff,
  • ado,
  • stupefy,
  • discourage,
  • dumbfound,
  • freeze,
  • check,
  • confuse,
  • blank out,
  • draw a blank,
  • repel,
  • discombobulate,
  • immobilise,
  • hindrance,
  • constraint,
  • tie up,
  • stop,
  • barricade,
  • block off,
  • squelch,
  • baulk,
  • stick,
  • flummox,
  • jam,
  • set back,
  • forget,
  • immobilize,
  • abash,
  • stun,
  • Encumbrancer,
  • predicament,
  • impasse,
  • dwell,
  • abase into the rigger,
  • bog,
  • dead end,
  • obturate,
  • bog down,
  • deflect,
  • flabbergast,
  • cripple,
  • quash,
  • nip,
  • shackle,
  • stuff.

Paraphrases for Stymie:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    impede.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    thwart, hinder, obstruct, stifle, inhibit, derail, restrict, discourage, interfere, deter, constrain.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    frustrate, hamper, block, hobble, disrupt.

Antonyms for Stymie:

• v.

  • frustrate, hinder
    clear up, clarify, forward, assist, advance, allow, aid, help, abet, support, explicate, encourage, let go, explain, release, enlighten.
  • Other antonyms:
    liberate, unclog, unplug, clear, loosen, make way, promote, untie, Unstop, open, facilitate, smooth, free, further.

Hyponym for Stymie:

• n.

  • cognition
    obstruction, obstacle.
  • state
    situation, position.