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Impede

🔄 Synonyms of "Impede"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
obstructverb	To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
jamnoun	(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
occludeverb	(transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
close upverb	(intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
hinderverb	(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.

↔️ Antonyms of "Impede"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
freenoun	(social) Unconstrained.
disengageverb	(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Impede"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hinderverb	(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
obstructverb	To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
occludeverb	(transitive) To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
close upverb	(intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
blockverb	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
jamverb	To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
hindrancenoun	Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
blocked	Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
subvertverb	(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
thwartverb	(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
suppressverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
avertverb	(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
stopverb	(intransitive) To cease moving.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
forestallverb	(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
undermineverb	(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
deterverb	(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
inhibitverb	(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
retardverb	(transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing.