| Main Entry: | hamstring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disable |
Synonyms: |
cripple, debilitate, handicap, hinder, hobble, immobilize, impair, lame, maim, mangle, paralyze, weaken |
| Main Entry: | cramp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, restrain |
Synonyms: |
bottle up, box up, check, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clog, confine, constrain, coop up, encumber, fasten, grip, hamper, hamstring, handicap, impede, inhibit, limit, object, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart |
Antonyms: |
allow, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | cripple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disable; make lame |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, blunt, debilitate, disarm, dislimb, dismember, enfeeble, hamstring, hurt, immobilize, incapacitate, injure, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, palsy, paralyze, prostrate, sap, sideline, stifle, undermine, unstrengthen, weaken |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, enable, help, strengthen, support |
| Main Entry: | cripple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder action, progress |
Synonyms: |
bring to standstill, cramp, damage, destroy, halt, hamstring, impair, put out of action, ruin, spoil, stifle, vitiate |
Antonyms: |
aid, allow, assist, capacitate, encourage, help |
| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hogtie, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh, knock out, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shoot down, spoil, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, total*, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
| Main Entry: | fetter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tie up, hold |
Synonyms: |
bind, chain, check, clog, confine, cuff, curb, drag feet, encumber, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, hang up, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold captive, leash, manacle, put straitjacket on, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, throw monkey wrench in, trammel |
| Notes: | a manacle (handcuff shackle) comes from Latin manus 'hand'; the ankle counterpart is fetter |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, loose, loosen, release |
| 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: | handicap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give disadvantage |
Synonyms: |
burden, cripple, encumber, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, impede, limit, put out of commission, restrict, sideline, take out* |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, benefit, further, give advantage, help, promote |
| Main Entry: | hinder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, slow down |
Synonyms: |
arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, box in, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, crab, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hog-tie, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, louse up, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, offset, oppose, preclude, prohibit, resist, retard, shut out, snafu, stay, stop, stymie*, terminate, thwart, trammel |
Antonyms: |
advance, aid, allow, assist, encourage, facilitate, forward, further, help, permit, promote, push |
| Main Entry: | hobble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cripple, restrict |
Synonyms: |
clog, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, curb, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gimp, hamper, hamstring, hang up, hinder, hog-tie, leash, put a crimp in, shackle, tie, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |