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barrier - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall, blank wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction to goal |
| Synonyms: | bar, check, difficulty, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, pale, preventive, restraint, restriction, stumbling block |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | barricade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blocking object |
| Synonyms: | bar, barrier, block, blockade, bulwark, fence, obstruction, palisade, rampart, roadblock, stockade, stop, wall, blank wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | bottleneck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstacle |
| Synonyms: | barrier, block, clog, congestion, hindrance, impediment, jam, obstruction, snag, traffic jam, blockage, hold-up |
| Main Entry: | boundary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer limit |
| Synonyms: | ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderline, brink, circumference, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, line, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, verge, abuttals, borderland, bounds, circumscription, limits, line of demarcation, purlieus, terminus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | bulwark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortification, support |
| Synonyms: | barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, citadel, defense, embankment, fort, fortress, guard, mainstay, parapet, partition, protection, rampart, safeguard, security, stronghold, outwork, redoubt, vallation |
| Antonyms: | weak point |
| Main Entry: | curb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraining device; check |
| Synonyms: | barrier, border, brake, bridle, chain, control, deterrent, edge, harness, hindrance, ledge, limitation, lip, rein, restraint, restriction, rim, restrainer |
| Antonyms: | encouragement, opening |
| Main Entry: | dam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embankment, wall |
| Synonyms: | bank, barrage, barrier, dike, ditch, gate, grade, hindrance, levee, obstruction, milldam, millpond, weir |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Main Entry: | embargo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prohibition, restriction |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, barrier, check, hindrance, impediment, interdict, restraint, stoppage, blockage, interdiction, proscription |
| Main Entry: | fortification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reinforced position |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, block, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, consolidation, defense, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, keep, outpost, parapet, preparation, protection, reinforcement, stockade, stronghold, support, wall, blockhouse, breastwork, earthwork, embattlement, entrenchment, presidio, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | gridlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traffic jam |
| Synonyms: | barrier, bottleneck, clog, congestion, impasse, obstacle, stoppage, blockage, logjam |
| Main Entry: | hedge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants |
| Synonyms: | barrier, bush, enclosure, fence, guard, hurdle, protection, screen, shrubbery, thicket, hedgerow, quickset, windbreak |
| Main Entry: | hindrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, difficulty |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, albatross*, baggage*, ball and chain, bar, barrier, catch, check, clog, crimp, deterrent, drag, drawback, encumbrance, glitch*, gridlock, handicap, hang-up*, hitch, impediment, interference, interruption, intervention, joker, limitation, lock, millstone*, monkey wrench*, obstacle, restraint, restriction, snag, stoppage, stumbling block*, trammel, cumbrance, excess baggage, foot dragging, impedance, jam-up |
| Antonyms: | advance, aid, assistance, encouragement, expedition, help, promotion, push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impediment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, bar, barricade, barrier, block, bottleneck*, burden, catch*, chain, check, clog, cramp, curb, defect, delay, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, encumbrance, fault, flaw, handicap, hazard, hitch, holdup, hurdle, inhibition, load, manacle, millstone*, obstacle, prohibition, red tape*, restraint, restriction, road block*, rub*, setback, shackle, snag, stoppage, stricture, stumbling block*, tie, trammel, wall, blockage, dead weight, retardation, retardment |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, furtherance, help, support, facilitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inhibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | bar, barrier, check, embargo, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, shyness, suppression, blockage, hangup, self-consciousness, sublimation |
| Antonyms: | aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation |
| Main Entry: | jetty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pier |
| Synonyms: | barrier, breakwater, dock, groin, landing, quay, slip, wharf, seawall |
| Main Entry: | obstruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstacle, impediment |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, barrier, block, booby trap*, check, checkmate*, difficulty, gridlock*, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, interference, jam*, lock, monkey wrench*, mountain*, restraint, roadblock*, snag, stop, stoppage, stumbling block*, trammel, trouble, wall, blockage, blocking, circumvention |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, boost, help, promotion, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occlusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, block, closure, stoppage, blockage, blocking |
| Main Entry: | parapet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulwark |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, defense, embankment, fortification, partition, protection, rampart, safeguard, protective wall |
| Main Entry: | partition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | divider, division |
| Synonyms: | allotment, apportionment, barrier, detachment, disconnection, dissolution, distribution, hindrance, obstruction, parting, portion, rupture, screen, segregation, separation, share, wall, disunion, dividing, rationing, severance, splitting |
| Antonyms: | attachment, juncture, union, unity |
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