| NOUN | cognition | impediment, hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, balk, baulk, check, handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
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| artifact | impediment, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impedimenta | any structure that makes progress difficult |
| Sounds | ihmpeh'dahmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. | |
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| Synonyms | hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, balk, baulk, check, handicap | |
| Narrower | albatross, millstone | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps |
| bind | Something that hinders as if with bonds | |
| diriment impediment | (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage) | |
| drag | Something that slows or delays progress | |
| obstacle, obstruction | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted | |
| straitjacket | Anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines | |
| Broader | difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
| Spanish | estorbo, freno, impedimento, obstáculo | |
| Catalan | força dissuasiva, fre, impediment, nosa, obstacle | |
| Verbs | impede | be a hindrance or obstacle to |
| Meaning | Any structure that makes progress difficult. | |
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| Synonyms | obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impedimenta | |
| Narrower | bar | An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal |
| barrier | A structure or object that impedes free movement | |
| blockade | prevents access or progress | |
| blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage | An obstruction in a pipe or tube | |
| hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference | Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome | |
| obstacle | An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented) | |
| tumbler | A movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown | |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
| Spanish | impedimento, obstáculo, obstrucción | |
| Catalan | impediment, obstacle, obstrucció | |
| Verbs | impede | block passage through |
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