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Antonyms for thwart
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  1. thwartverb

    Synonyms:
    frustrate, spoil, impede

  2. thwartnoun

    to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate

    A well made doughout canoe rarely needs a thwart.

    Synonyms:
    impede, spoil, frustrate

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. thwart

    To hinder is to keep from action, progress, motion, or growth, or to make such action, progress, motion, or growth later in beginning or completion than it would otherwise have been. An action is prevented by anything that comes in before it to make it impossible; it is hindered by anything that keeps it from either beginning or ending so soon as it otherwise would, or as expected or intended. It is more common, however, to say that the start is delayed, the progress hindered. An action that is hindered does not take place at the appointed or appropriate time; that which is prevented does not take place at all; to hinder a thing long enough may amount to preventing it. A railroad-train may be hindered by a snow-storm from arriving on time; it may by special order be prevented from starting. To retard is simply to make slow by any means whatever. To obstruct is to hinder, or possibly to prevent advance or passage by putting something in the way; to oppose or resist is to hinder, or possibly to prevent by directly contrary or hostile action, resist being the stronger term and having more suggestion of physical force; obstructed roads hinder the march of an enemy, tho there may be no force strong enough to oppose it; one opposes a measure, a motion, an amendment, or the like; it is a criminal offense to resist an officer in the discharge of his duty; the physical system may resist the attack of disease or the action of a remedy. Compare CONQUER; IMPEDIMENT; OBSTRUCT.

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    Synonyms:
    baffle, balk, bar, block, check, clog, counteract, delay, embarrass, encumber, foil, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, interrupt, obstruct, oppose, prevent, resist, retard, stay, stop

    Preposition:
    Hinder one in his progress; from acting promptly; by opposition.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. thwart

    Synonyms:
    oppose, cross, frustrate, oppugn, defeat

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 3 votes

  1. thwart, cross thwartverb

    a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

    Synonyms:
    cross thwart

  2. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilkverb

    hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

    "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

    Synonyms:
    vitiate, mar, sweep, dumbfound, plunder, foil, scupper, mystify, cut through, pamper, flub, span, dun, rape, crucify, baby, regulate, bedevil, itch, screw up, ball up, indulge, interbreed, stick, cut across, corrupt, elude, get over, deflower, spoil, puzzle, gravel, violate, beat, mollycoddle, bungle, intersect, bollocks up, fumble, evade, rag, blow, bollix, torment, amaze, bewilder, coddle, cosset, frustrate, peril, scotch, featherbed, crossbreed, cross, get, louse up, perplex, botch up, bodge, traverse, bobble, baffle, muff, bollocks, pass over, pose, fluff, vex, mishandle, endanger, foul up, stupefy, flummox, track, hybridize, cover, despoil, muck up, bumble, mess up, impair, bollix up, botch, bilk, get across, expose, go bad, hybridise, cocker, nonplus

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. thwartverb

    Synonyms:
    frustrate, baffle, foil, balk, contravene

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. free flow

    when an ambition is defeated by something unknown/known cause which doesn't fulfills is called as thwarted. freeflow of ambition is not fulfilled.

    in a black magic, voodoo,or witchcraft the witcher restricts the prosperity of victim by emitting negative energy/magic spells so that the life & prosperity of victim is spoiled through thwarted ambitions

    Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

How to use thwart in a sentence?

  1. Stephen Blank:

    We are going to see constant probes by Russia unless we thwart them in Ukraine.

  2. Warren Buffett:

    I think generally third party candidates are going to hurt one side or the other and I think they're more likely to hurt the side that they favor because they're closer to that view, i hope no third party candidate runs that pulls any significant amount of votes. I think third party candidates can thwart the will of the people.

  3. New York:

    Once again, the courts have ruled that Donald Trump is not above the law. For years, he tried to stall and thwart our lawful investigation into his financial dealings, but today’s decision sends a clear message that there are consequences for abusing the legal system. We will not be bullied or dissuaded from pursuing justice.

  4. Jason Brodsky:

    The tempo and tenor of the recent explosions in Iran have been unusual. There is evidence of a concerted campaign underway to thwart Irans nuclear program, the more Iran advances its nuclear program in violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the greater the likelihood for additional strikes.

  5. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner:

    In the The United Nations Security Council, Russia and China almost always oppose the U.S. on every significant issue and will utilize their vetos to thwart any American-led resolutions or sanctions regardless of how outrageous or disastrous the offending country has acted.

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