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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes
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obstacle
A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.
Synonyms:
bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint, restrictionAntonyms:
admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, wayPreposition:
A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.
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obstacle
Synonyms:
impediment, obstruction, hindrance, objection, bar, difficulty, check, obstructionAntonyms:
course, proceeding, career, advancement
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obstacle, obstructionnoun
something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
«lack of imagination is an obstacle to one’s advancement»; «the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education»; «the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan»
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obstructer, impediment, obstructor, blockage, impedimenta, obstruction -
obstaclenoun
an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
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obstruction
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List of paraphrases for «obstacle»:
barrier, impediment, hurdle, hindrance, obstacles, aqaba, constraint, barriers, obstruction, handicap, al-aqaba, roadblock, challenge, disincentive, bottleneck, stumbling-block, brake
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Hakeem Jeffries:
There are complicating factors in connection with the negotiations that are ongoing, in part that involve some of the law enforcement organizations at the national level trying to torpedo the progress that has been made. And that’s quite unfortunate because we can’t have a situation where a genuine bipartisan effort to achieve police accountability, it’s actually written by those police organizations that we’re trying to hold accountable — that makes zero sense. And so this is an obstacle and a stumbling block, but not an unsurprising one, because we always knew that it would exist and I still believe that it can be overcome as part of the effort to transform policing in America.
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Kevin Tsujihara:
It has become clear that my continued leadership could be a distraction and an obstacle to the company’s continued success, the hard work of everyone within our organization is truly admirable, and I won’t let media attention on my past detract from all the great work the team is doing.
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Asanga Abeyagoonasekera:
The interim President will be( the one) tasked to stabilize the economy for a few months, but he wouldn’t be a leader elected by the people and that is an obstacle.
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Taylor Collins:
For us, the biggest obstacle was creating a shelf stable product that didn’t have a bunch of preservatives in it, it took us about a year and a half to crack the code.
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Thomas Pkemei:
I hope to be able to participate in the Rio Olympics this year, the biggest obstacle is to keep on working to improve your ability and to overcome your injuries when they do happen.
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- عقبةArabic
- obstacleCatalan, Valencian
- překážkaCzech
- HindernisGerman
- εμπόδιοGreek
- obstáculoSpanish
- مانعPersian
- esteFinnish
- obstacleFrench
- bacadh, amaladhScottish Gaelic
- obstáculoGalician
- מכשולHebrew
- akadályHungarian
- արգելք, խոչընդոտArmenian
- obstakloIdo
- ostacolo, inciampoItalian
- 邪魔, 障害Japanese
- тосқауылKazakh
- ವಿಘ್ನKannada
- 방해물, 장애물Korean
- moraLatin
- kliūtisLithuanian
- taunahuaMāori
- obstakelDutch
- hindringNorwegian
- przeszkoda, trudnośćPolish
- obstáculoPortuguese
- hark’ayQuechua
- obstacol, piedicăRomanian
- препятствие, помехаRussian
- пре̏прека, prȅprekaSerbo-Croatian
- hinderSwedish
- ఆటంకం, అడ్డంTelugu
- engel, mahzur, mani, ketTurkish
- 障碍Chinese
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bar, barrier, block, check, difficulty, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, obstruction, snag, stumbling block
Antonyms
advantage, aid, asset, assistance, benefit, crutch, help, support
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
obstacle
( obstacles plural )
1 n-count An obstacle is an object that makes it difficult for you to go where you want to go, because it is in your way.
Most competition cars will only roll over if they hit an obstacle…, He left her to navigate her own way round the trolleys and other obstacles.
2 n-count You can refer to anything that makes it difficult for you to do something as an obstacle.
oft N to n/-ing
(=hindrance)
Overcrowding remains a large obstacle to improving conditions…, To succeed, you must learn to overcome obstacles.
obstacle course ( obstacle courses plural ) In a race, an obstacle course is a series of obstacles that people have to go over or round in order to complete the race. n-count
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adversity, annoyance, arrest, bar, barricade, en.synonym.one, barrier, block, blockade, bother, catch, check, complication, congestion, constraint, constriction, damper, delay, demur, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, discouragement, fence, handicap, en.synonym.one, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impasse, impediment, inconvenience, interference, interruption, irritation, jam, limitation, maze, obstruction, obtrusion, predicament, problem, quandary, rampart, resistance, restraint, rub, set-back, snag, stop, trouble, en.synonym.one, wall.
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While not impossible to overcome, those odds are actually more daunting than any of the obstacles last season’s team conquered along its path to the championship.
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WORDS RELATED TO OBSTACLE
- barricade
- blank wall
- block
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- encumbrance
- fence
- hindrance
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- pale
- rail
- railing
- restraint
- road block
- snag
- stop
- stumbling block
- traverse
- wall
- bar
- check
- difficulty
- drawback
- encumbrance
- handicap
- hindrance
- hurdle
- impediment
- limitation
- obstacle
- pale
- preventive
- restraint
- restriction
- stumbling block
- barricades
- bars
- blank walls
- blockades
- boundaries
- bounds
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- curtains
- ditches
- enclosures
- fences
- fortifications
- gullies
- hurdles
- impediments
- limits
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- hamper
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