| Main Entry: | intervention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of intervening |
Synonyms: |
arbitration, intercession, interference, interposition, interruption, mediation |
| Main Entry: | intervention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armed interference |
Synonyms: |
armed intrusion, attack, invasion, military occupation |
| Main Entry: | agency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, instrumentality |
Synonyms: |
action, activity, auspices, channel, efficiency, force, influence, instrument, instrumentality, intercession, intervention, means, mechanism, mediation, medium, operation, organ, vehicle, work |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical assault |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggression, assailing, assailment, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, defilement, dirty deed, drive, encounter, encroachment, foray, incursion, initiative, inroad, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, mugging, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, raid, rape, rush, skirmish, storming, strike, thrust, violation, volley |
Antonyms: |
aid, defense, flight, protection, resistance, retreat, shelter, shield, support, surrender, sustenance |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
Synonyms: |
Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | hindrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, difficulty |
Synonyms: |
Catch-22, albatross, baggage, ball and chain, bar, barrier, catch, check, clog, crimp, cumbrance, deterrent, drag, drawback, encumbrance, excess baggage, foot dragging, glitch*, gridlock, handicap, hang-up, hitch, impedance, impediment, interference, interruption, intervention, jam-up, joker, limitation, lock, millstone, monkey wrench, obstacle, restraint, restriction, snag, stoppage, stumbling block, trammel |
Antonyms: |
advance, aid, assistance, encouragement, expedition, help, promotion, push |
| Main Entry: | interference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meddling, impedance |
Synonyms: |
arrest, background, backseat driving, barging in, barring, blocking, checking, choking, clashing, clogging, conflict, hampering, hindrance, intermeddling, interposition, intervention, intrusion, meddlesomeness, obstruction, opposition, prying, resistance, retardation, tackling, tampering, trespassing |
Antonyms: |
aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | mediation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to bring to agreement |
Synonyms: |
arbitration, conciliation, intercession, interposition, intervention, negotiation, reconciliation |
Antonyms: |
argument, contention, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | negotiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bargaining |
Synonyms: |
agreement, arbitration, colloquy, compromise, conference, consultation, debate, diplomacy, discussion, intervention, mediation, meeting, transaction |
| Main Entry: | intercession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mediation |
Synonyms: |
appeal, intervention, petition, prayer, request |