All hinder synonyms

verb hinder

• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• crimp — If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• hamstring — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
• prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• cripple — A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
• clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
• fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• snafu — a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
• stymie — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
• debar — If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• crab — A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.
• contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
• bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
• hog-tie — If someone hog-ties an animal or a person, they tie their legs together, or they tie their arms and legs together.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• shut out — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• louse up — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
• get in the way — be an obstacle