Impediment synonyms and antonyms
ĭm-pĕd'ə-mənt
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benefit (antonym)
Any public performance, bazaar, dance, etc. the proceeds of which are to help a certain person, group, or cause
(Rare) A dependent, esp. a child
An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
(Psychology) Conscious or unconscious restraint of a behavioral process, desire, or impulse.
help (antonym)
(Usually uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.
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The definition of an obstruction is something that gets in the way, sticks out or blocks passage.
Any person or thing that hinders; obstacle; impediment; obstruction
Archaic spelling of hindrance.
A check is defined as a mark put next to something written down to show it has been verified or completed.
barrier (related)
Something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection
Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
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The interval of time between two events.
The act or an instance of stuttering
An obstruction in speech
The definition of a barricade is a barrier that stops the progress of something.
Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
Something that deters:
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Anything that causes damage or injury
(Slang) A period of time served, as of military service, imprisonment, etc.
Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
A disadvantage or inconvenience.
A defect; fault; error
An instance of stuttering.
aid (antonym)
Something that provides help, support, or relief, such as money or supplies:
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assistance (antonym)
The definition of assistance is the act of helping or lending support.
An imperfection or lack that causes inadequacy or failure; a shortcoming or deficiency.
A disease; illness; sickness
support (antonym)
The state of being supported:
facilitation (antonym)
(Psychol.) Increased ease of performance of any action, resulting from the lessening of nerve resistance by the continued successive application of the necessary stimulus
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furtherance (antonym)
Advancement or progress.
Objects, such as provisions or baggage, that impede or encumber.
(Sports) An incomplete or misleading motion, especially an illegal move made by a baseball pitcher.
speech defect
An obstruction in speech
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A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
(Nautical) A line used for securing something temporarily:
Something that retards; a delay or hindrance.
Something that restricts; limitation
A restraint, limit, or restriction:
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A device or other means of limiting movement, used to prevent the infliction of harm to self or others.
An obstruction.
An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
A barrier to vision.
A restraint or check on action or progress:
An unfavorable situation or circumstance; drawback; handicap
traffic hazard
Something that impedes
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A situation in which all road traffic is stationary or very slow.
Any restraint
(Nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
One of the timbers or slabs of concrete laid across a railroad bed to support the rails.
A reversal, check, or interruption in progress; relapse; upset
Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
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The definition of a load is something that a person, animal or thing is carrying.
dead-weight
The weight of an inert person or thing
An obstacle or impediment.
A substance or preparation applied by rubbing, especially:
Something, such as a situation or condition, that prevents further progress toward an accomplishment.
(Chem.) The amount of liquid retained or delayed during fractional distillation and certain types of solvent extractions
A compressing or restraining force, influence, or thing.
The definition of a bottleneck is the neck and mouth of a bottle, or an area where things become congested, caught or blocked, or a situation that causes a delay.
millstone around one's neck
Something that impedes
Too great attention to regulations and routine, resulting in delay in getting business done
monkey wrench in the machinery
Something that impedes
Something made by or as if by crimping, as:
A cunningly worded provision put into a law, legal document, etc. to make it different from what it seems to be
speech-disorder
Any conspicuous speech imperfection, or variation from accepted speech patterns, caused either by a physical defect in the speech organs or by a mental disorder, as aphasia, stuttering, etc.
Act, instance, or habit of stammering
One of the first high-level programming languages, designed to handle complex data structures. It is widely used in artificial intelligence research.
lisping
That which is spoken in a lisp.
lallation
lambdacism
Pronunciation of other sounds, typically r, as l.
hairlip
An obstruction in speech
cleft-palate
A cleft from front to back along the middle of the palate, or roof, of the mouth, caused by the failure of the two parts of the palate to join in prenatal development
Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain from injury or disease.
Impairment of speech and verbal comprehension, especially when associated with brain injury.
A source or cause of being embarrassed:
Necessary but encumbering equipment on a ship.
open (related)
An unobstructed area of land or water:
speech-impediment
Any speech disorder
The act of one who stammers.
Something that impairs or detracts from physical perfection; a defect.
Synonym Study
- Barrier applies to any apparently insurmountable obstacle that prevents progress or access or keeps separate and apart cultural differences are often a barrier to understanding
- Obstacle is used of anything that literally or figuratively stands in the way of one's progress her father's opposition remained their only obstacle
- Hindrance applies to anything that thwarts progress by holding back or delaying lack of supplies is the greatest hindrance to my experiment
- Obstruction refers to anything that blocks progress or some activity as if by stopping up a passage your interference is an obstruction of justice
- Impediment applies to anything that delays or retards progress by interfering with normal action a speech impediment
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