What is another word for barrier?
Synonyms for barrier
ˈbær i ərbar·ri·er
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
barrier
A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.
Synonyms:
bar, barricade, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint, restrictionAntonyms:
admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, wayPreposition:
A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.
Princeton's WordNet
barriernoun
a structure or object that impedes free movement
Synonyms:
roadblockbarrier, roadblocknoun
any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
"intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
barriernoun
anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
Synonyms:
roadblock
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
barriernoun
Synonyms:
obstruction, obstacle, hinderance, bar, BARRICADE, stop, impediment
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
barriernoun
Synonyms:
obstruction, impediment, obstacle, hindrance, barricade
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "barrier":
obstacle, barrera, fence, impediment, wall, separating, barrière, hurdle, gate, hindrance, barriers, roadblock, obstacles, separation, constraint, barricade, obstruction, rail
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1042 | bar | |
#1374 | wall | |
#4069 | gate | |
#4108 | rail | |
#6234 | separation | |
#7070 | barriers | |
#7079 | barrier | |
#7800 | restriction | |
#8175 | fence | |
#9968 | constraint | |
#11746 | obstacles | |
#12795 | prohibition | |
#15035 | restraint | |
#16523 | obstacle | |
#16849 | separating | |
#18633 | obstruction | |
#25605 | hurdle | |
#38554 | impediment | |
#43279 | barricade | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#54917 | rampart | |
#56693 | roadblock | |
#61313 | barrera | |
#73231 | parapet | |
#77590 | bulwark | |
#95572 | barriere |
How to use barrier in a sentence?
Because in plain English, what the new law does is it opens up access to the courts for many victims of child sexual abuse who may have been victimized in prior years but for many reasons never came forward, never exercised their option to file a lawsuit at that time but would still like to be able to file a lawsuit and have access to justice in a civil lawsuit in California. If Bill Cosby defense is successful in having that new law declared unconstitutional, Bill Cosby defense is going to be a significant barrier to those who allege they are victims to being able to have access to justice in the courts against those that they believe and assert are sexual predators and who have significantly harmed them. We will be addressing that issue later on in this case.
The Daytona International Speedway did not live up to its responsibility today. We should have had SAFER barrier there, we're going to fix that. We're going to fix that right now.
To keep the barrier for entry really low for this year, the robots don't have to be autonomous.
I put up this wall, this barrier, it was my way of dealing with things, in the beginning, I was able to block everybody out, whereas now it's getting harder ... to deal with.
She is one of the success stories, i think for some people there is true upward mobility but for many people the hukou system, whereby migrants can't actually buy homes and settle down, is still a huge barrier to them building lives and families here.
Translations for barrier
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- hindernis, versperringAfrikaans
- حاجزArabic
- бариера, преграда, граница, препятствиеBulgarian
- bariéraCzech
- hindring, barrierDanish
- Barriere, Schlagbaum, Grenze, Schranke, HindernisGerman
- φράγμαGreek
- bariloEsperanto
- límite, barreraSpanish
- raja, este, aitaFinnish
- barrière, limite, frontièreFrench
- bacadhScottish Gaelic
- מחסוםHebrew
- sorompó, akadályHungarian
- bariloIdo
- limite, barrieraItalian
- obiceLatin
- barrièreDutch
- bomNorwegian
- barreira, limite, obstáculoPortuguese
- лимит, шлагбаум, предел, преграда, граница, препятствие, барьерRussian
- barriärSwedish
- kizuiziSwahili
- رکاوٹUrdu
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