What are some opposite words for obstacle?

Antonyms for obstacle
ˈɒb stə kəlob·sta·cle

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Wiktionary2.3 / 3 votes

  1. obstaclenoun

    Synonyms:
    hurdle, hindrance, impediment

  2. obstaclenoun

    Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

    A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.

    Synonyms:
    hindrance, hurdle, impediment

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. obstacle

    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.

    Antonyms:
    admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

    Synonyms:
    bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint, restriction

    Preposition:
    A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 3 votes

  1. obstacle

    Antonyms:
    course, proceeding, career, advancement

    Synonyms:
    impediment, obstruction, hindrance, objection, bar, difficulty, check, obstruction

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. obstacle, obstructionnoun

    something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

    "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"

    Synonyms:
    obstructer, impediment, obstructor, blockage, impedimenta, obstruction

  2. obstaclenoun

    an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

    Synonyms:
    obstruction

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. obstaclenoun

    Synonyms:
    obstruction, barrier, impediment, hindrance, stumbling-block

Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. tool

    a tool is used to help do something, and obstacles are the opposite of help.

    i dont know

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use obstacle in a sentence?

  1. Selahattin Demirtas:

    Erdogan is the biggest obstacle for the peace process to continue. But he will not rule this country forever. I am absolutely sure the process will be revived.

  2. Luigi Di Maio:

    If the goal is to put into action an election platform and the obstacle is Luigi Di Maio as premier, then I say let's choose a prime minister together.

  3. Rafia Zakaria:

    There are many reasons that Kamala Harris could not sustain Kamala Harris presidential run but one central obstacle is that Kamala Harris made Kamala Harris presidential bid in a country that is unused to seeing women who look like Kamala Harris in power -- let alone in the highest political office.

  4. Colin Strother:

    We need to end the circular firing squad and get to work. Our biggest obstacle to success is members of our own Democratic Party, we have one or two senators holding up big ticket items that we need to pass. We have a handful of the far left in the House who have never done anything acting like they dictate the agenda and the timeline for bills passing.

  5. Michael Dougherty:

    We’ll just continue to work through each obstacle on this journey.

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#428course
#590road
#1125career
#2265opening
#3044transit
#5207entrance
#5723passage
#7859proceeding
#9793advancement
#16523obstacle
#45038admittance
#55139thoroughfare

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