Barrier Synonyms and Antonyms

bărē-ər
A solid structure that encloses an area or separates one area from another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. partition
  2. wall
Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bar
  2. obstacle
  3. barricade
  4. impediment
  5. hindrance
  6. hurdle
  7. obstruction
  8. roadblock
  9. wall
  10. block
  11. fence
  12. drawback
  13. stop
  14. boundary
  15. restraint
  16. moat
  17. limit
  18. parapet
  19. trench
  20. difficulty
  21. fortification
  22. stumbling-block
  23. sound or sonic or transonic barrier
  24. restriction
  25. limitation
  26. let
  27. blockage
  28. check
  29. preventive
  30. encumbrance
  31. clog
  32. stopper
  33. bound
  34. hamper
  35. stay
  36. bulwark
  37. chain
  38. confines
  39. rampart
  40. dam
  41. palisade
  42. defense
  43. picket
  44. door
  45. earthwork
  46. breastwork
  47. outwork
  48. fortress
  49. embankment
  50. gate
  51. blockade
  52. handicap
  53. hedge
  54. barbed-wire
  55. entanglement
  56. pale
  57. snag
  58. iron-curtain
  59. line
  60. bamboo-curtain
  61. traverse
  62. palisades
  63. rail
  64. railing
  65. screen
  66. stockade
Antonyms:
  1. help
  2. way
  3. passage
  4. advantage
  5. opening. See syn. study at impediment.impediment
  6. aid
  7. opening
Obstruction
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cloison
Antonyms:
  1. opening

Words Related to Barrier

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Barrier Sentence Examples

  • Only one barrier remained between them.

  • He broke the barrier between them and touched her face.

  • They formed a barrier against all intrusion.

  • Difficulty of communication was still a barrier, and technology was still highly limited.

  • And the more imbued he became with that principle of love, the more he renounced life and the more completely he destroyed that dreadful barrier which--in the absence of such love-- stands between life and death.

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