What is another word for stymie?
1006 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ stˈa͡ɪmi], [ stˈaɪmi], [ s_t_ˈaɪ_m_i]
Stymie is a verb that means to hinder, block or thwart someone from achieving their goals. Some synonyms for stymie include obstruct, impede, hinder, hamper, frustrate, foil, deter, halt, curb and delay. These words all share a common theme of preventing progress or forward motion. To obstruct is to create an obstacle in the path of something, while to impede is to slow or restrict progress. Hamper suggests a more active interference, while thwart implies a deliberate attempt to prevent something from happening. Frustrate involves discouraging or disappointing the hopes or plans of someone. Regardless of the word used, stymie describes a frustrating roadblock that prevents achievement.
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Similar words for stymie:
- blockade (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- embarrass (noun)
- block (verb)
- circumvent (verb)
- cramp (verb)
- cross (verb)
- foil (verb)
- forbid (verb)
- frustrate (verb)
- frustrate, hinder (verb)
- hamper (verb)
- hinder (verb)
- impede (verb)
- inhibit (verb)
- nip in the bud (verb)
- nonplus (verb)
- obstruct (verb)
- prohibit (verb)
- stump (verb)
- thwart (verb)
- undo (verb)
- ward/ward off (verb)
Synonyms for Stymie:
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n.
• blockade • cognition • embarrass -
v.
• block- closes off ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- hangs up ,
- inter cept ,
- inter-cept ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- stopping up ,
- stopt up ,
- take out play ,
- takes out of play ,
- takes out play ,
- taking out of play ,
- taking out play ,
- took out of play ,
- took out play .
- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- by pass ,
- by passed ,
- by passes ,
- by passing ,
- de tour ,
- de toured ,
- de touring ,
- de tours ,
- de-tour ,
- de-toured ,
- de-touring ,
- de-tours ,
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- gat around ,
- gets around ,
- got around ,
- gotten around ,
- out flank ,
- out flanked ,
- out flanking ,
- out flanks ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-flank ,
- out-flanked ,
- out-flanking ,
- out-flanks ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witted ,
- out-witting ,
- over reach ,
- over reached ,
- over reaches ,
- over reaching ,
- over-reach ,
- over-reached ,
- over-reaches ,
- over-reaching ,
- steered clear of ,
- steers clear of .
- backtalked ,
- backtalking ,
- bollixes ,
- had bone pick ,
- had bone to pick ,
- haddest bone pick ,
- haddest bone to pick ,
- hadst bone pick ,
- hadst bone to pick ,
- has bone pick ,
- has bone to pick ,
- hast bone pick ,
- hast bone to pick ,
- hath bone pick ,
- hath bone to pick ,
- have bone pick ,
- having bone pick ,
- having bone to pick ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- knocked props out ,
- knocking props out ,
- knocks props out ,
- snafuing ,
- stab back ,
- stab the back ,
- take wind out sails ,
- takes wind out of sails ,
- takes wind out sails ,
- taking wind out of sails ,
- taking wind out sails ,
- took wind out of sails ,
- took wind out sails .
- buffaloing ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts ,
- gave run around ,
- gave run-around ,
- gave runaround ,
- gave slip ,
- gave the run around ,
- gave the run-around ,
- gave the runaround ,
- gave the slip ,
- give run-around ,
- give runaround ,
- give slip ,
- gives run around ,
- gives run-around ,
- gives runaround ,
- gives slip ,
- gives the run around ,
- gives the run-around ,
- gives the runaround ,
- gives the slip ,
- giving run around ,
- giving run-around ,
- giving runaround ,
- giving slip ,
- giving the run around ,
- giving the run-around ,
- giving the runaround ,
- giving the slip ,
- juked ,
- juking ,
- ran circles around ,
- ran rings around ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- running circles around ,
- running rings around ,
- runs circles around ,
- runs rings around ,
- shuffled off ,
- shuffles off ,
- shuffling off ,
- threw monkey wrench in ,
- throwing monkey wrench in ,
- throws monkey wrench in ,
- upsets apple cart ,
- upsets the apple cart ,
- upsetting apple cart ,
- upsetting the apple cart .
- de bar ,
- de barred ,
- de barring ,
- de bars ,
- de-bar ,
- de-barred ,
- de-barring ,
- de-bars ,
- declared illegal ,
- declares illegal ,
- declaring illegal ,
- dis allow ,
- dis allowed ,
- dis allowing ,
- dis allows ,
- dis-allow ,
- dis-allowed ,
- dis-allowing ,
- dis-allows ,
- fore stall ,
- fore stalling ,
- fore stalls ,
- fore-stall ,
- fore-stalled ,
- fore-stalling ,
- fore-stalls ,
- forfended ,
- forfending ,
- inter dict ,
- inter-dict ,
- nixed ,
- pro scribe ,
- pro scribed ,
- pro scribes ,
- pro scribing ,
- pro-scribe ,
- pro-scribed ,
- puts chill on ,
- puts the chill on ,
- putting chill on ,
- putting the chill on ,
- said no ,
- saying no ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- cramp one style ,
- cramp ones style ,
- cramped one style ,
- cramped one's style ,
- cramped ones style ,
- cramped style ,
- cramping one style ,
- cramping one's style ,
- cramping ones style ,
- cramping style ,
- cramps one style ,
- cramps one's style ,
- cramps ones style ,
- cramps style ,
- dash hope ,
- dash one hope ,
- dash ones hope ,
- dashed one hope ,
- dashed one's hope ,
- dashed ones hope ,
- dashes hope ,
- dashes one hope ,
- dashes one's hope ,
- dashes ones hope ,
- dashing hope ,
- dashing one hope ,
- dashing one's hope ,
- dashing ones hope ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- rendered null and void ,
- rendered null void ,
- rendering null and void ,
- rendering null void ,
- renders null and void ,
- renders null void ,
- upset applecart .
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gat in the way ,
- gat in way ,
- gat the way ,
- gat way ,
- get in way ,
- get the way ,
- get way ,
- gets in the way ,
- gets in way ,
- gets the way ,
- gets way ,
- getting in the way ,
- getting in way ,
- getting the way ,
- getting way ,
- got in the way ,
- got in way ,
- got the way ,
- got way ,
- gotten in the way ,
- gotten in way ,
- gotten the way ,
- gotten way ,
- hog tie ,
- in conveniences ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- tie hands ,
- tie one hands ,
- tie ones hands ,
- tied hands ,
- tied one hands ,
- tied one's hands ,
- tied ones hands ,
- ties hands ,
- ties one hands ,
- ties one's hands ,
- ties ones hands ,
- tying hands ,
- tying one hands ,
- tying one's hands ,
- tying ones hands .
- blew whistle on ,
- blowing whistle on ,
- blows whistle on ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- flagged one ,
- flagging one ,
- flags one ,
- saddles with ,
- saddling with .
- Bitting ,
- holding down ,
- holds down ,
- holds in ,
- keeps in ,
- out lawed ,
- out lawing ,
- out-lawed ,
- out-lawing ,
- put brakes ,
- puts brakes ,
- puts on brakes ,
- putting brakes ,
- putting on brakes ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing .
- nip bud ,
- nip in bud ,
- nip the bud ,
- puts kibosh on ,
- puts the kibosh on ,
- putting kibosh on ,
- putting the kibosh on .
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- dis countenance ,
- dis countenanced ,
- dis countenances ,
- dis countenancing ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-countenance ,
- dis-countenanced ,
- dis-countenances ,
- dis-countenancing ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- mess with head ,
- mess with one head ,
- mess with ones head ,
- messed with head ,
- messed with one's head ,
- messed with ones head ,
- messes with head ,
- messes with one head ,
- messes with one's head ,
- messes with ones head ,
- messing with head ,
- messing with one head ,
- messing with one's head ,
- messing with ones head ,
- rattle cage ,
- rattle one cage ,
- rattle ones cage ,
- rattled cage ,
- rattled one cage ,
- rattled one's cage ,
- rattles cage ,
- rattles one cage ,
- rattles one's cage ,
- rattles ones cage ,
- rattling cage ,
- rattling one's cage ,
- rattling ones cage ,
- threw in to tizzy ,
- threw into tizzy ,
- throw in to tizzy ,
- throwing in to tizzy ,
- throwing into tizzy ,
- throws into tizzy .
- bring screeching halt ,
- bringing screeching halt ,
- bringing to screeching halt ,
- brings screeching halt ,
- brings to screeching halt ,
- brought screeching halt ,
- brought to screeching halt ,
- gridlocking ,
- jamming up ,
- jams up ,
- keeping lid on ,
- kept lid on ,
- put stopper in ,
- puts a lock on ,
- puts a stopper in ,
- puts half nelson on ,
- puts lock on ,
- puts stopper in ,
- putting a lock on ,
- putting half nelson on ,
- putting lock on ,
- putting stopper in ,
- threw cold water on ,
- throwing cold water on ,
- throws cold water on ,
- zinged .
- bring short ,
- bringing short ,
- bringing up short ,
- brings short ,
- brings up short ,
- brought short ,
- brought up short .
- playing off ,
- plays off ,
- takes wind out of ,
- taking wind out of ,
- took wind out of ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting ,
- upset one apple cart ,
- upset ones apple cart ,
- upsets one apple cart ,
- upsets one's apple cart ,
- upsets ones apple cart ,
- upsetting one apple cart ,
- upsetting one's apple cart ,
- upsetting ones apple cart .
- bring naught ,
- bringing naught ,
- bringing to naught ,
- brings naught ,
- brings to naught ,
- brought naught ,
- brought to naught ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- making waves ,
- out fox ,
- out foxed ,
- out foxes ,
- out foxing ,
- out maneuvered ,
- out maneuvering ,
- out smart ,
- out smarted ,
- out smarting ,
- out smarts ,
- out-fox ,
- out-foxes ,
- out-foxing ,
- out-maneuver ,
- out-maneuvers ,
- out-smart ,
- out-smarted ,
- out-smarts ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over turning ,
- over turns ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- over-turn ,
- over-turning ,
- re verse ,
- re versing ,
- re-verse ,
- re-versed ,
- un build ,
- un building ,
- un built ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-build ,
- un-building ,
- un-builds ,
- un-built ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settling ,
- unbuilds ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining .
- beating off ,
- beats off ,
- keep arm length ,
- keep arms length ,
- keep at arm length ,
- keep at arms length ,
- keep bay ,
- keeping arm length ,
- keeping arm's length ,
- keeping arms length ,
- keeping at arm length ,
- keeping at arm's length ,
- keeping at arms length ,
- keeping at bay ,
- keeping bay ,
- keeps arm length ,
- keeps arm's length ,
- keeps at arm length ,
- keeps at arm's length ,
- keeps at arms length ,
- keeps bay ,
- keeps off ,
- kept arm's length ,
- kept arms length ,
- kept at arm length ,
- kept at arm's length ,
- kept at arms length ,
- kept bay ,
- kept off ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re butted ,
- re butting ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-butted ,
- re-butting ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- turns aside .
Other synonyms:
- defeat .
Other relevant words:
- Bitted ,
- Buffaloes ,
- By-pass ,
- Embargoed ,
- Embargoing ,
- Entrapped ,
- Forfend ,
- Juke ,
- Jukes ,
- Preventing ,
- Scotched ,
- Scotching ,
- Stoppering ,
- Tabooed ,
- Tabooing ,
- Unbuild ,
- beat off ,
- block ,
- blockaded ,
- blockading ,
- blow whistle on ,
- bollix ,
- bollixed ,
- bollixing ,
- box up ,
- bring to naught ,
- buffalo ,
- buffaloed ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- circumvent ,
- close off ,
- closed off ,
- closing off ,
- coop up ,
- cooped up ,
- cramp ,
- cramp one's style ,
- cramp style ,
- cross ,
- dash one's hope ,
- dashed hope ,
- declare illegal ,
- detoured ,
- detouring ,
- double cross ,
- doublecross ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- encumber ,
- encumbered ,
- ensnared ,
- flag one ,
- foil ,
- forbid ,
- frustrate ,
- get around ,
- get in the way ,
- getting around ,
- give run around ,
- give the run around ,
- give the run-around ,
- give the runaround ,
- give the slip ,
- hamper ,
- hang up ,
- have bone to pick ,
- held down ,
- held in ,
- hinder ,
- hinders ,
- hobble ,
- hogtie ,
- hold down ,
- hold in ,
- holding in ,
- hoodwinked ,
- impede ,
- impeded ,
- impeding ,
- inhibit ,
- inhibits ,
- interfere with ,
- interfered with ,
- interferes with ,
- interfering with ,
- keep arm's length ,
- keep at arm's length ,
- keep at bay ,
- keep in ,
- keep off ,
- keeping in ,
- kept in ,
- knock props out ,
- leash ,
- lock up ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- make waves ,
- makes waves ,
- monkey with ,
- nip in the bud ,
- nixing ,
- nonplus ,
- obstruct ,
- occlude ,
- out maneuver ,
- out wit ,
- outwitting ,
- over turn ,
- play off ,
- played off ,
- prohibit ,
- put kibosh on ,
- put on brakes ,
- put the chill on ,
- put the kibosh on ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- render null and void ,
- run circles around ,
- run rings around ,
- saddle with ,
- saddled with ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- say no ,
- says no ,
- scotches ,
- sell ,
- shake off ,
- shakes off ,
- shuffle off ,
- shut out ,
- shutting out ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- snafued ,
- stab in back ,
- stall ,
- steer clear of ,
- steering clear of ,
- stop up ,
- stopped up ,
- stoppered ,
- stops up ,
- stump ,
- take out of play ,
- take wind out of ,
- take wind out of sails ,
- throw monkey wrench in ,
- thwart ,
- tie one's hands ,
- turn aside ,
- turn away ,
- turned aside ,
- turned away ,
- turning aside ,
- turning away ,
- turns away ,
- unbuilding ,
- unbuilt ,
- undo ,
- up set ,
- upset apple cart ,
- upset one's apple cart ,
- upset the apple cart ,
- ward off .
- Dumfound ,
- Encumbrancer ,
- Hinderance ,
- Holdback ,
- abase into the rigger ,
- abash ,
- ado ,
- anticipate ,
- arrest ,
- bamboozle ,
- bar ,
- barricade ,
- baulk ,
- befuddle ,
- bewilder ,
- blank out ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- bog ,
- bog down ,
- brake ,
- bring up short ,
- check ,
- choke off ,
- choke up ,
- clog ,
- close up ,
- confound ,
- confuse ,
- constraint ,
- corner ,
- counter ,
- counteract ,
- crab ,
- crimp ,
- cripple ,
- cut the ground from under ,
- daze ,
- dead end ,
- deadlock ,
- deceive ,
- defer ,
- deflect ,
- delay ,
- deterrent ,
- difficulty ,
- dilemma ,
- disappoint ,
- discombobulate ,
- disconcert ,
- discourage ,
- discouragement ,
- disqualification ,
- distract ,
- disturbance ,
- draw a blank ,
- drawback ,
- dumbfound ,
- dwell ,
- embarrassment ,
- encumbrance ,
- extinguish ,
- fetter ,
- fight off ,
- flabbergast ,
- flummox ,
- foreclose ,
- forestall ,
- forget ,
- fox ,
- freeze ,
- frustration ,
- halt ,
- hamstring ,
- handcuff ,
- handicap ,
- hang fire ,
- hardship ,
- headache ,
- hindrance ,
- hitch ,
- hog-tie ,
- hold back ,
- hold off ,
- hold up ,
- holdup ,
- hoodwink ,
- hornswoggle ,
- hurdle ,
- immobilise ,
- immobilize ,
- impasse ,
- impediment ,
- inconvenience ,
- intercept ,
- interception ,
- interfere ,
- interrupt ,
- interruption ,
- jam ,
- keep back ,
- kibosh ,
- lug ,
- manacle ,
- muddle ,
- mystify ,
- negate ,
- neutralize ,
- nip ,
- nullify ,
- obstacle ,
- obstruction ,
- obturate ,
- oppose ,
- parry ,
- perplex ,
- pigeonhole ,
- postpone ,
- predicament ,
- prevent ,
- put back ,
- put on back burner ,
- put on hold ,
- puzzle ,
- quash ,
- quit ,
- repel ,
- repulse ,
- restrain ,
- retard ,
- ruin ,
- seal off ,
- set back ,
- shackle ,
- shelve ,
- short-circuit ,
- situation ,
- slow ,
- snooker ,
- spike ,
- squelch ,
- stay ,
- stick ,
- stonewall ,
- stop ,
- stuff ,
- stun ,
- stupefy ,
- suppress ,
- throw a monkey wrench into ,
- throw into confusion ,
- tie up ,
- trammel ,
- ward .
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How to use "Stymie" in context?
The word "stymie" comes from the late 1800s and originally meant "to obstruct, to impede, to frustrate." In modern usage, it usually refers to the act or an instance of obstructing or impeding someone's progress, typically through clever or persistent tactics. Someone who is stymied often feels frustrated and limited in their ability to achieve their goals.
A stymied effort can be caused by a number of factors, including a lack of resources, a difficult situation, or an opposing force that is more skilled or experienced.
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