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obstacle - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | obstacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impediment, barrier |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, bar, block, booby trap*, bump*, catch, check, clog*, crimp*, difficulty, encumbrance, hamper, handicap, hang-up*, hardship, hindrance, hitch*, hurdle, interference, interruption, joker*, monkey wrench*, mountain, obstruction, restriction, rub*, snag, stumbling block*, traverse, vicissitude, disincentive |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, blessing, clearance, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blockade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, clog, closure, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, restriction, roadblock, snag, stop, stoppage, wall, blank wall, embolus, encirclement, infarct, infarction, siege |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| 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: | complication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, complexity, confusion, development, difficulty, dilemma, drawback, embarrassment, entanglement, factor, intricacy, obstacle, problem, snag, web |
| Antonyms: | ease, peace, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | dead end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cul-de-sac; deadlock |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, blind alley, corner, draw, impasse, obstacle, road block, stalemate, standoff, stumbling block, blank wall, nowhere to turn |
| Main Entry: | deterrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impediment, restraint |
| Synonyms: | bridle, check, curb, defense, discouragement, hindrance, leash, obstacle, preventative, preventive, rein, shackle, determent, disincentive |
| Antonyms: | catalyst, encouragement, incentive |
| Main Entry: | drawback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | check, defect, deficiency, detriment, difficulty, disability, evil, failing, fault, flaw, handicap, hindrance, hitch, ill, impediment, imperfection, inconvenience, lack, nuisance, obstacle, shortcoming, snag, stumbling block*, trouble, weakness, fly in the ointment |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, boon, extra, perfection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gridlock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traffic jam |
| Synonyms: | barrier, bottleneck, clog, congestion, impasse, obstacle, stoppage, blockage, logjam |
| 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: | interruption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break; interference |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, breach, cessation, check, delay, disconnection, discontinuance, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, division, doldrums, gap, halt, hiatus, hindrance, hitch, impediment, interim, intermission, interval, intrusion, lacuna, layoff, letup*, obstacle, obstruction, pause, quiescence, rift, rupture, separation, split, stop, stoppage, suspension, abeyancy, blackout, break-off, cutoff, disuniting, dormancy, latency, parenthesis, severance |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prevention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop |
| Synonyms: | avoidance, halt, hindrance, impediment, interception, interruption, obstacle, obstruction, prohibition, stoppage, blockage, deterence, determent, forestalling, inhibitor, thwarting |
| Main Entry: | setback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, bath*, blow, bottom, check, comedown, defeat, delay, difficulty, drawing board, flip-flop*, hindrance, hitch*, impediment, misfortune, obstacle, rebuff, regress, reversal, reverse, slowdown, stumbling block*, trouble, upset, backset, hold-up, regression, reversal of fortune, whole new ballgame |
| Antonyms: | achievement, advance, blessing, boon, boost, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication in situation |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, bar, barrier, blockade, brake, bug*, catch, clog, crimp, crunch, curb, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, fix*, glitch, hamper, hitch, holdup*, hole*, hurdle, impediment, inconvenience, knot, obstacle, obstruction, pickle*, problem, scrape, spot, stumbling block, cropper, puzzler, the rub, tight spot |
| Antonyms: | advantage, convenience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stumbling block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hindrance |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, barricade, barrier, blockage, catch, catch*, clog, complication, delay, deterrent, difficulty, discouragement, drag*, drawback, fly in the ointment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, holdup, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, road block, road block*, setback, snag, stone in one's path, stumbling stone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | road block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prevention to progress |
| Synonyms: | barrier, blank wall, catch, complication, deterrent, difficulty, discouragement, drawback, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stone in one's path, stumbling block |
| 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: | difficulty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem; situation requiring great effort |
| Synonyms: | adversity, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard, hindrance, hitch*, hot water, impasse, knot*, labor, mess, misfortune, muddle, obstacle, obstruction, pain, paradox, pickle*, predicament, quagmire, quandary, scrape*, snag*, stew*, strain, strait, struggle, stumbling block*, tribulation, trouble, arduousness, deep water, laboriousness, painfulness, perplexity, strenuousness |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, felicity, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disadvantage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty, trouble |
| Synonyms: | bar, burden, defect, deficiency, deprivation, detriment, disability, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, hamper, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, imperfection, imposition, inadequacy, inconvenience, lack, liability, limitation, minus, nuisance, objection, obstacle, privation, problem, restraint, snag, stumbling block*, weakness, adverse circumstance, blocking, discommodity, fly in the ointment, inutility, weak point |
| Antonyms: | advantage, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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