Need another word that means the same as “hurdle”? Find 32 synonyms and 30 related words for “hurdle” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Hurdle” are: vault, obstacle, difficulty, problem, barrier, bar, snag, stumbling block, impediment, obstruction, complication, handicap, hindrance, fence, jump, barricade, railing, rail, wall, hedge, hedgerow, jump over, leap, leap over, skip, skip over, leapfrog, spring over, bound over, sail over, clear
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hurdle” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| bar | Barristers collectively. He bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar. |
| barricade | A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. The police action led to riots with hundreds of demonstrators building barricades and burning vehicles. |
| barrier | Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access. The mountain barrier between Norway and Sweden. |
| complication | The act or process of complicating. To add further complication English speakers use a different name. |
| difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result. They agreed about the difficulty of the climb. |
| fence | A person who deals in stolen goods. |
| handicap | A race or contest in which a handicap is imposed. He plays off a handicap of 10. |
| hedge | A fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs. Index linked gilts are a useful hedge against inflation. |
| hedgerow | A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes. |
| hindrance | A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone. A hindrance to the development process. |
| impediment | A hindrance or obstruction in doing something. A serious impediment to scientific progress. |
| jump | An obstacle to be jumped especially by a horse and rider in an equestrian competition. The horse made a nonsense of the second jump. |
| obstacle | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted. Lack of imagination is an obstacle to one s advancement. |
| obstruction | The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. He was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty. |
| problem | A thing that is difficult to achieve. A problem family. |
| rail | A steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a pair forming a railway track. A curtain rail. |
| railing | A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. Wrought iron railings. |
| snag | A rent or tear in fabric caused by a snag. She had snags in her stockings. |
| stumbling block | An unintentional but embarrassing blunder. |
| vault | An arched brick or stone ceiling or roof. A Gothic ribbed vault. |
| wall | Anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. He curled a free kick around the wall for a late equalizer. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hurdle” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| bound over | Spring back; spring away from an impact. |
| clear | Clear from impurities blemishes pollution etc. I would hope to clear 50 000 profit from each match. |
| jump | Cause to jump or leap. He jumped twenty five feet to the ground. |
| jump over | Run off or leave the rails. |
| leap | Move forward by leaps and bounds. Peter leapt the last few stairs. |
| leap over | Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another. |
| leapfrog | Progress by large jumps instead of small increments. Attempts to leapfrog the barriers of class. |
| sail over | Traverse or travel on (a body of water. |
| skip | Cause to skip over a surface. She skipped her home amid rumours of a romance. |
| skip over | Cause to skip over a surface. |
| spring over | Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
| barricade | Block or defend with a barricade. They barricaded the building and occupied it all night. |
| barrier | Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access. The cultural barriers to economic growth. |
| deceleration | The act of decelerating; decreasing the speed. The deceleration of the arms race. |
| deterrent | A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something. Britain s nuclear deterrent. |
| difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one’s ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome. Guy had no difficulty in making friends. |
| disrupt | Make a break in. If an explosion of volcanic steam had formed the crater the blast from below would have disrupted the underlying rock. |
| distraction | An obstacle to attention. The firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight. |
| hie | Go quickly. I hied me to a winehouse. |
| hinderance | The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding. |
| hindrance | The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding. A hindrance to the development process. |
| hustle | Pressure or urge someone into an action. The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater. |
| impassable | Impossible to travel along or over. The narrow channels are impassable to ocean going ships. |
| impediment | Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. A serious impediment to scientific progress. |
| inconvenience | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. The inconveniences of life in a remote city. |
| insuperable | (of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome. Insuperable heroes. |
| insupportable | Unable to be endured; intolerable. The heat was insupportable. |
| jump | An act of jumping from a surface by pushing upwards with one s legs and feet. Gordon jumped to my defence. |
| might | Used tentatively to ask permission or to express a polite request. Might I just ask one question. |
| obstacle | An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented. Lack of imagination is an obstacle to one s advancement. |
| obstruction | The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. The tractor hit an obstruction. |
| pitfall | A trap in the form of a concealed hole. The pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions. |
| puissance | Great power, influence, or prowess. The puissance of the labor vote. |
| retardation | Any agent that retards or delays or hinders. The goals of treatment include retardation of disease progression. |
| rush | Cause to move fast or to rush or race. How much did they rush you for this heap. |
| slowdown | The act of slowing down or falling behind. The drop in earnings was due to an extreme economic slowdown. |
| snag | A rent or tear in fabric caused by a snag. Thorns snagged his sweater. |
| sprint | Run very fast, usually for a short distance. A sprint planning session. |
| stumble | Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. He parodied my groping stumble across the stage. |
| stutter | A tendency to stutter while speaking. A machine gun shattered the quiet with its explosive stutter. |
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