Definition for Thwart:

• The seat or bench of a boat on which the rowers sit, placed athwart the boat.

Synonyms for Thwart:

• v.

  •disappoint (verb)
  • discourage,
  • disconcert,
  • dishearten,
  • disillusion.
  •hinder (verb)
  • cripple,
  • bottleneck,
  • snarl,
  • inhibit,
  • mire,
  • crimp,
  • counter,
  • baffle,
  • complicate,
  • congest,
  • drag,
  • restrict,
  • hamstring,
  • burden,
  • catch,
  • brake,
  • jam,
  • choke,
  • snag,
  • impair,
  • fetter,
  • constrain,
  • interrupt,
  • delay,
  • stay,
  • handicap,
  • bar,
  • frustrate,
  • paralyze,
  • tangle,
  • stop,
  • detain,
  • restrain,
  • clog,
  • entrap,
  • plug,
  • constipate,
  • entangle,
  • foul,
  • curb,
  • dam,
  • bung,
  • deter.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shackle,
  • seat,
  • shush,
  • waylay.
  •
  • blacklist,
  • avert,
  • debar,
  • monopolize.
  •
  • crossing,
  • stump.
  •
  • muzzle.
  •
  • disturb.
  •counteract
  • cancel out,
  • Counterwork,
  • go against.
  •countermove
  • checkmate.
  •defeat
  • cast down,
  • squash.
  •disappoint
  • disenchant,
  • come to nothing.
  •impede
  • trammel.
  •Other relevant words:
  • sabotage,
  • biassed,
  • deflower,
  • collapse,
  • obliquely,
  • turn,
  • intercept,
  • disable,
  • negate,
  • overwhelm,
  • slanting,
  • confound,
  • crabwise,
  • brave,
  • astound,
  • mess-up,
  • get across,
  • Feeze,
  • pamper,
  • muck up,
  • obstinate,
  • gum up,
  • cattycorner,
  • Thwartly,
  • obstacle,
  • crisscross,
  • exclude,
  • repel,
  • fractious,
  • hostile,
  • oblique,
  • put back,
  • balk,
  • sidewards,
  • hold back,
  • dislike,
  • rout,
  • demolish,
  • shut off,
  • kill,
  • mollycoddle,
  • brace,
  • stem,
  • lick,
  • beat,
  • gain,
  • dissatisfy,
  • clobber,
  • endanger,
  • cut through,
  • get over,
  • endure,
  • cosset,
  • screw up,
  • control,
  • faze,
  • bench,
  • prorogue,
  • fend off,
  • bugger up,
  • avoid,
  • aside,
  • discombobulate,
  • mar,
  • rebuff,
  • countervail,
  • duck,
  • in opposition to,
  • turn off,
  • sadden,
  • outwit,
  • go bad,
  • stave off,
  • outlast,
  • athwart,
  • negative,
  • dumbfound,
  • fumble,
  • dashing,
  • blockage,
  • dish,
  • quarrel,
  • botch,
  • slaughter,
  • hold the line,
  • rag,
  • take wind out of,
  • fluff,
  • perverted,
  • overpower,
  • baulk,
  • confront,
  • embarrass,
  • corrupt,
  • style,
  • cross-grained,
  • terminate,
  • blast,
  • quash,
  • trounce,
  • span,
  • interbreed,
  • unfavourable,
  • overcome,
  • gainsay,
  • barrier,
  • bad,
  • crossway,
  • catercorner,
  • exclusion,
  • snooker,
  • imperfectly,
  • bobble,
  • anticipate,
  • featherbed,
  • baffling,
  • hold up,
  • stupefy,
  • bumble,
  • crucify,
  • torment,
  • neutralise,
  • discontinue,
  • stonewall,
  • abort,
  • hindrance,
  • nip,
  • set,
  • pulverize,
  • cross thwart,
  • laterally,
  • astonish,
  • disrupt,
  • death,
  • despoil,
  • ailing,
  • amaze,
  • repulse,
  • Feaze,
  • bedevil,
  • hold out,
  • let down,
  • cut across,
  • ditch,
  • disobey,
  • scotch,
  • combat,
  • conflict,
  • gravel,
  • buffer,
  • standstill,
  • inimical,
  • cover,
  • murder,
  • smash,
  • nullify,
  • foul-up,
  • snub,
  • cut the ground from under,
  • lock up,
  • destroy,
  • cream,
  • outdo,
  • impediment,
  • preclude,
  • coddle,
  • queer,
  • Cornerwise,
  • sweep,
  • Against,
  • fight off,
  • ward,
  • muff,
  • weather,
  • censure,
  • tease,
  • batter,
  • last,
  • discouragement,
  • void,
  • challenge,
  • peril,
  • upset one's apple cart,
  • taboo,
  • offset,
  • hybridise,
  • deformation,
  • Bendwise,
  • across,
  • scupper,
  • crumple up,
  • damp,
  • best,
  • snafu,
  • stave,
  • obdurate,
  • suppress,
  • diametral,
  • confuse,
  • regulate,
  • adverse,
  • louse up,
  • bollix up,
  • blackbird,
  • devastation,
  • puzzle,
  • drawback,
  • awry,
  • From,
  • ban,
  • hybridize,
  • controvert,
  • trump,
  • spoil,
  • dodge,
  • staunch,
  • work against,
  • shut down,
  • interdict,
  • extinguish,
  • pit,
  • catercornered,
  • plunder,
  • disapproval,
  • ball up,
  • worst,
  • mitigate,
  • injure,
  • ATHWARTSHIPS,
  • vitiate,
  • pose,
  • batter up,
  • switch off,
  • bewilder,
  • askance,
  • crookedly,
  • unfavorable,
  • discountenance,
  • crab,
  • Overthwart,
  • slow,
  • cocker,
  • countermand,
  • crossbreed,
  • sideways,
  • rule out,
  • whip,
  • exception,
  • bollocks,
  • skin,
  • drub,
  • pass over,
  • intersect,
  • tantalise,
  • undermine,
  • play off,
  • contrariness,
  • flummox,
  • stanch,
  • escape,
  • Toward,
  • short-circuit,
  • override,
  • interruption,
  • parry,
  • at odds,
  • destruction,
  • indulge,
  • keep from,
  • sloping,
  • blockade,
  • difficulty,
  • stultify,
  • ill,
  • finish,
  • encumbrance,
  • get,
  • mystify,
  • undercut,
  • spike,
  • diagonally,
  • arrest,
  • match,
  • deny,
  • disarm,
  • botch up,
  • discomfort,
  • apart,
  • face down,
  • baby,
  • headstrong,
  • contrariety,
  • flub,
  • biased,
  • take down,
  • battle,
  • react against,
  • hitch,
  • end,
  • diagonal,
  • countermine,
  • invalidate,
  • be defeated,
  • kittycorner,
  • chase away,
  • set back,
  • slant,
  • indisposed,
  • retard,
  • blow,
  • defer,
  • disobedient,
  • mishandle,
  • bungle,
  • annul,
  • obviate,
  • counterbalance,
  • over,
  • fight,
  • enjoin,
  • condemnation,
  • prohibit,
  • acquire,
  • evade,
  • chilly,
  • track,
  • halt,
  • unfriendly,
  • undo,
  • dun,
  • upset,
  • sidewise,
  • Versus,
  • perverse,
  • bias,
  • wry,
  • contrary,
  • bridle,
  • inclined,
  • expose,
  • forbid,
  • cancel,
  • defiant,
  • proscribe,
  • postpone,
  • contradict,
  • vex,
  • limit,
  • fail.

Paraphrases for Thwart:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    thwarted.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    obstruct, hinder, prevent, hamper, deter, impede, derail, forestall, discourage, disrupt, outsmart, stymie, outwit, circumvent, avert, stop, stifle, nullify, undermine, pre-empt, defeat, antagonize, negate, antagonise, halt, curtail, curb, scuttle, inhibit, neutralise, destroy, suffocate, constrain, resist, suppress, impair, quell, restrain, sabotage, preclude, oppose, subvert, torpedo, undo, demoralize, evade, avoid, overcome, cripple, jeopardize, interfere, combat, Combating, contradict, reverse, upset, exclude, eliminate, Eliminating, overturn, stall, demolish, address, restrict, stem, offset, defuse.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    frustrate, counteract, counter, countering, block.

Antonyms for Thwart:

• v.

  • stop, hinder
    free, straighten, help, meet, lose, explain, order, clear up, abet, release, please, liberate, let go, allow, enlighten, separate, make happy, support, face, delight.
  • Other antonyms:
    ease, promote, nurture, advance, aid, cultivate, smooth, foster, encourage, forward, further, facilitate, assist.