hindrance

Noun
  1. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress (synset 105697054)
    is a type of: difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
    subtypes:
    • albatross, millstone - (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
    • bind - something that hinders as if with bonds
    • diriment impediment - (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage)
    • drag - something that slows or delays progress
    • obstacle, obstruction - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
    • straitjacket - anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
    same as: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, impediment
  2. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome (synset 103525974)
    is a type of: impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor - any structure that makes progress difficult
    subtypes:
    • clog - any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
    • speed bump - a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway
    same as: encumbrance, hinderance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive
  3. The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding (synset 101075919)
    is a type of: act, deed, human action, human activity - something that people do or cause to happen
    subtypes:
    • foiling, frustration, thwarting - an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
    • antagonism - (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
    • obstruction - the act of obstructing
    • complication - the act or process of complicating
    • deterrence - the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety
    • bar, prevention - the act of preventing
    same as: hinderance, interference

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