Synonyms for impediment
ɪmˈpɛd ə məntim·ped·i·ment

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1. impedimentnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstacle, hindrance, obstruction

2. impedimentnoun

   A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, obstacle, hindrance

3. impedimentnoun

   Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, hindrance, obstacle

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1. impediment

   Difficulty makes an undertaking otherwise than easy. That which rests upon one as a burden is an encumbrance. An impediment is primarily something that checks the foot or in any way makes advance slow or difficult; an obstacle is something that stands across the way, an obstruction something that is built or placed across the way. An obstruction is always an obstacle, but an obstacle may not always be properly termed an obstruction; boxes and bales placed on the sidewalk are obstructions to travel; an ice-floe is an obstacle to navigation, and may become an obstruction if it closes an inlet or channel. A hindrance (kindred with hind, behind) is anything that makes one come behind or short of his purpose. An impediment may be either what one finds in his way or what he carries with him; impedimenta was the Latin name for the baggage of a soldier or of an army. The tendency is to view an impediment as something constant or, at least for a time, continuous; as, an impediment in one's speech. A difficulty or a hindrance may be either within one or without; a speaker may find difficulty in expressing himself, or difficulty in holding the attention of restless children. An encumbrance is always what one carries with him; an obstacle or an obstruction is always without. To a marching soldier the steepness of a mountain path is a difficulty, loose stones are impediments, a fence is an obstruction, a cliff or a boulder across the way is an obstacle; a knapsack is an encumbrance.

   Synonyms:
   bar, barrier, clog, difficulty, encumbrance, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction

   Antonyms:
   advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, help, relief, succor

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1. impediment

   Synonyms:
   hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, stumbling block

   Antonyms:
   aid, aidance, help, assistance, succor, support, furtherance, coadjuvancy

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1. hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicapnoun

   something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

   Synonyms:
   hitch, verification, impedimenta, stoppage, hindrance, disability, halt, chip, tab, handicap, arrest, tick, check-out procedure, confirmation, impairment, check mark, rafter, obstruction, baulk, checkout, hinderance, curb, chit, stop, disablement, cheque, obstructer, substantiation, stay, obstructor, deterrent, encumbrance, balk, preventive, incumbrance, bank check, preventative, interference, assay, bridle, check

2. obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimentanoun

   any structure that makes progress difficult

   Synonyms:
   obstructor, baulk, obstructionist, deterrent, impedimenta, obstruction, handicap, balk, check, blockage, thwarter, hinderance, hindrance, resister, obstructer, obstacle

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1. impedimentnoun

   Synonyms:
   hinderance, obstruction, obstacle, check, bar, difficulty, stumbling-block

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1. impedimentnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstacle, barrier, obstruction, stumblingblock

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1. List of paraphrases for "impediment":

   obstacle, barrier, hindrance, hurdle, constraint, obstruction, handicap, obstacles

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How to use impediment in a sentence?

1. Lucas Padgett:

   These items belong to me and I have never been charged with any offense, i am entitled to their return and there is no legal impediment to my possession of said property.

2. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar:

   It's our hope that this matter would be looked at fairly and sensibly and would hopefully not be an impediment to the free trade deal.

3. President Jacob Zuma:

   Shortage of energy does not only cause enormous inconvenience, it is a serious impediment to economic growth. Today, I am here to say, there is light.

4. Vincent Canby, The New York Times, November 11, 1984:

   America, meaning mostly the United States, is not an easy concept to comprehend. It may be appropriate that it was discovered by a Genoese sailor, in the service of the Spanish crown, looking for some place else and that, for the next half-century, it was treated as a geological impediment to be gotten through or around in order to reach some far more profitable other side.

5. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau:

   Lord open for me my chest, ease my task for me and remove the impediment from my speech.