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hamper - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: hamper
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: basket for storage
Synonyms: bassinet, carton, crate, creel, laundry basket, pannier
Main Entry: hamper
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: impede, restrict
Synonyms: baffle, balk, bar, bind, block, check, clog, cramp, cramp one's style, cumber, curb, drag one's feet, embarrass, encumber, entangle, fetter, foil, frustrate, get in the way, hamstring*, handicap, hang up*, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold up*, inconvenience, inhibit, interfere with, leash, obstruct, prevent, restrain, retard, shackle, slow down, stymie, thwart, tie, tie one's hands, tie up, trammel
Antonyms: aid, allow, assist, encourage, expedite, help, permit, promote
Main Entry: basket
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: woven container
Synonyms: bassinet, bin, box, cradle, crate, hamper, bushel, creel, nacelle, pannier
Main Entry: brake
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stopping device; check
Synonyms: anchor, constraint, control, curb, damper, deterrent, discouragement, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, obstacle, rein, restraint, binders, cinchers, retarding device
Notes: to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack
Antonyms: accelerator
Main Entry: burden
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encumber, strain
Synonyms: afflict, bother, crush, depress, dish out*, encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, load, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, snow*, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry, bear down on, cumber, dish it out, dump on, give it to, lade, make heavy, saddle with, snow under, stick it to
Antonyms: aid, help, relieve
Main Entry: circumscribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mark off, delimit
Synonyms: bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, limit, nail down*, outline, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel, hem in, prelimit
Antonyms: free, loose, open
Main Entry: clog
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: block, hinder
Synonyms: burden, choke, close, curb, encumber, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel, congest, dam up, entrammel, stop up
Antonyms: clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop
Main Entry: container
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: holder for physical object
Synonyms: bag, beaker, bin, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, bunker, caisson, can, canteen, capsule, carton, cask, casket, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crate, crock, dish, ewer, flask, hamper, hutch, jar, jug, kettle, package, packet, pail, pit, pod, poke, pot, pottery, pouch, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, sack, scuttle, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vat, vessel, vial, alembic, canister, carafe, cauldron, firkin, hod, hopper, humidor, jeroboam, magnum, stein
Main Entry: cramp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hinder, restrain
Synonyms: bottle up*, check, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clog, confine, constrain, encumber, fasten, grip, hamper, hamstring, handicap, impede, inhibit, limit, object, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart, box up, coop up
Antonyms: allow, release, let go
Main Entry: curb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: repress, restrict
Synonyms: abstain, bit, bottle up*, bridle, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook*, deny, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, ice*, impede, inhibit, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, restrain, retard, scrub*, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold, box in, bring to screeching halt, cool down, cool off, entrammel, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, keep tight rein on, rein in, send up
Antonyms: aid, assist, encourage, foster, help
Main Entry: delay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause stop in action
Synonyms: adjourn, arrest, bar, block, check, choke, clog, confine, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dilly-dally*, discourage, drag, encumber, filibuster, hamper, hold, impede, inhibit, interfere, keep, lag, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold, bide time, gain time, hold over, intermit, keep back, lay over, prorogue, remand
Antonyms: advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed
Main Entry: disappoint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: sadden, dismay; frustrate
Synonyms: abort, baffle, balk, bungle, chagrin, circumvent, dash, deceive, delude, disconcert, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound, embitter, fail, foil, founder, hamper, hinder, leave in the lurch, let down, mislead, put out, tease, thwart, torment, vex, bring to naught, cast down, come to nothing, dash hopes, disenchant, disgruntle, fall down on, fall flat, fall short of, miscarry, not show, ruin prospects, stand up
Antonyms: delight, excite, please, satisfy, make happy
Main Entry: encumber
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, burden
Synonyms: block, charge, clog, cramp, discommode, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, inconvenience, load, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overload, retard, saddle, tax, trammel, weigh down, weight, hang up, hog-tie, incommode, lade, make difficult, saddle with, slow down
Antonyms: aid, assist, help
Main Entry: entangle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: involve, mix up
Synonyms: bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, embarrass, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle, duke in, embrangle, enchain, intertangle, lead on, rope in
Antonyms: disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist
Main Entry: fetter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tie up, hold
Synonyms: bind, chain, check, clog, confine, cuff, curb, encumber, hamper, hamstring*, hinder, hobble, leash, manacle, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, trammel, drag feet, handcuff, hang up, hog-tie, hold captive, put straitjacket on, throw monkey wrench in
Antonyms: free, loose, loosen, release, let go
Main Entry: handicap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give disadvantage
Synonyms: burden, cripple, encumber, hamper, hamstring*, hinder, hold back, impede, limit, restrict, sideline*, hog-tie, put out of commission, take out*
Antonyms: aid, assist, benefit, further, help, promote, give advantage
Main Entry: hinder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prevent, slow down
Synonyms: arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, hamper, hamstring*, handicap, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, offset, oppose, preclude, prohibit, resist, retard, shut out, snafu*, stay, stop, stymie*, terminate, thwart, trammel, box in, crab, get in the way, hog-tie, louse up
Antonyms: advance, aid, allow, assist, encourage, facilitate, forward, further, help, permit, promote, push
Main Entry: hurdle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: barrier, obstacle
Synonyms: bar, barricade, blockade, complication, difficulty, fence, hamper, handicap, hedge, hindrance, impediment, interference, mountain, obstruction, rub, snag, stumbling block, traverse, wall
Antonyms: opening, clear path
Main Entry: impede
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obstruct, hinder
Synonyms: bar, block, blow whistle on, brake, check, clog, close off, cramp one's style, curb, cut off, dam, delay, deter, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, embarrass, faze, flag one, freeze, hamper, hang up, hold up, interfere, oppose, rattle, restrain, retard, saddle with, shut down, shut off, slow, slow down, stonewall*, stop, stymie, thwart
Antonyms: advance, aid, assist, facilitate, forward, help, support
Main Entry: interfere
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: meddle, intervene
Synonyms: baffle, balk, barge in, busybody*, butt in*, conflict, discommode, foil, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, intercede, intermediate, interpose, intrude, jam, make*, obstruct, obtrude, oppose, prevent, remit, step in, stop, suspend, tamper, thwart, trammel, trouble, fool with, get in the way, get involved, hang up*, incommode, interlope, intermeddle, intermit, mix in, poke nose in
Antonyms: aid, assist, help
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