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. In NOV 24 story EBA:

   Although gradually improving, quality of assets remains a major concern in the EU and an impediment to new lending and banks' profitability, particularly in countries already under economic stress.

2. 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.

3. Mark McCloskey:

   The loss of that property would certainly be a legal disqualification, impediment or other legal disadvantage, of which I have now been absolved by the governor, and therefore the state no longer has any legitimate reason to hold the property.

4. Paige Austin:

   We definitely observed that issues with the portal were an impediment to finalizing release and referrals.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   They keep taking it to court and no, we're not going to wait until the courts decide, that might be information that's available to the Senate in terms of how far we go and when we go, but we can't wait for that because again it's a technique. It's obstruction of justice, obstruction of Congress, so we can not let their further obstruction of Congress be an impediment to our honoring our oath of office.