What are some alternative words for impede?
Synonyms for impede
ɪmˈpid
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Princeton's WordNet
impede, hinder(verb)
be a hindrance or obstacle to
"She is impeding the progress of our project"
Synonyms:
jam, block, obturate, stymy, stymie, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hinder, blockade, obstruct, close up, occludeobstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up(verb)
block passage through
"obstruct the path"
Synonyms:
immobilize, close, button up, fold, block up, crush, lug, halt, ram, obturate, jam, pile, pack, block off, close up, blank out, mob, freeze, obstruct, deflect, parry, stop, embarrass, shut up, kibosh, draw a blank, hinder, block, clam up, forget, chock up, throng, stuff, stymy, blockade, immobilise, bar, be quiet, occlude, barricade, dummy up, cram, wad, keep mum, choke up, jampack, stymie, shut down, belt up, close down
Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
impede
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, interrupt, obstruct, oppose, prevent, resist, retard, stay, stop, thwartPreposition:
Hinder one in his progress; from acting promptly; by opposition.
Editors Contribution
choke (verb)
stop growth
plants can be choked by grass, and grass can be choked off by weeds
Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
impede(v)
Synonyms:
retard
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#272 | check | |
#735 | close | |
#992 | stuff | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1042 | bar | |
#1570 | pack | |
#1662 | block | |
#2167 | prevent | |
#3063 | forget | |
#3213 | ram | |
#3446 | delay | |
#5259 | jam | |
#6423 | fold | |
#9443 | freeze | |
#9957 | resist | |
#10302 | pile | |
#10816 | foil | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#12302 | interfere | |
#12365 | mob | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12951 | handicap | |
#13959 | halt | |
#16475 | lug | |
#17827 | undermine | |
#17901 | inhibit | |
#20868 | preclude | |
#21866 | parry | |
#21915 | disrupt | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#23611 | hamper | |
#25560 | impair | |
#26805 | blockade | |
#27607 | cram | |
#29400 | impede | |
#30189 | clog | |
#31363 | constrain | |
#34071 | retard | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#36659 | wad | |
#36830 | counteract | |
#39730 | obstruct | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#43279 | barricade | |
#43520 | embarrass | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#50398 | throng | |
#53908 | balk | |
#69872 | stymie | |
#97074 | obstructs | |
#98831 | encumber | |
#114979 | immobilize | |
#205593 | occlude | |
#229254 | kibosh | |
#273151 | jampack | |
#299175 | immobilise |
How to use impede in a sentence?
It looks like he was trying to impede the investigation, he was using his power to do that, and when James Comey didn't go along with him, when he wasn't his boy, he fired him.
I want to reiterate that these attacks will not impede the determination of the United Nations to support the Malian people and the peace process, including through assisting the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali.
Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your progress. Remind yourself, as often as necessary, that you are a creature of God and have the power to achieve any dream by lifting up your thoughts. You can fly when you decide that you can. Never consider yourself defeated again. Let the vision in your heart be in your life's blueprint. Smile!
The city does not try to do ICE's job, nor does it try to impede ICE. And we will continue to be a city that builds relationships, not walls.
These are not financial covenants, they're not the type of covenants that would impede a resolution.
Translations for impede
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- zabránit, překážet, bránitCzech
- behindern, vereiteln, erschweren, hemmem, hindernGerman
- impedirSpanish
- مانعPersian
- haitataFinnish
- entraverFrench
- बाधा डालनाHindi
- gátol, akadályozzákHungarian
- menghalangiIndonesian
- 방해Korean
- whakahōtaetae, roreMāori
- impediëren, belleten, hinderen, belemmeren, in de weg staanDutch
- hindreNorwegian
- impedirPortuguese
- împiedicaRomanian
- мешать, препятствоватьRussian
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