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obstructive
adjective as in counter
Strongest match
Strong matches
adjective as in meddlesome
adjective as in opposed
Strong matches
adjective as in opposed/opposing
Weak matches
- against the grain
- allergic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- combating
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- dissentient
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- gainsaying
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
adjective as in oppositional
Weak matches
- adversarial
- adverse
- against the grain
- allergic
- antagonistic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- combating
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- dissentient
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- gainsaying
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- opposed
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
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Example Sentences
Snoring is a sign of obstructive sleep apnea, when your airway collapses or becomes blocked during sleep.
Wan Tan, et al. “Marijuana and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: A Population-Based Study.”
Inflammatory, obstructive, and membranous dysmenorrhoea are commonly made worse by marriage.
His lordship began at this time to display an obstructive disposition towards the government with which he had so long acted.
In the nose the sneezing, the discharge, the obstructive swelling suggest at once catarrhal rhinitis.
Need we more to bid the mind perceive through obstructive flesh the God who reigns, a devil vanquished?
"The flippancy of the half-educated is more obstructive to science than the obtuseness of the ignorant," said he.
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On this page you'll find 202 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obstructive, such as: antithetical, anti, antipodal, conflicting, contradictory, and contrary.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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