IMPEDIMENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for IMPEDIMENT?

Need another word that means the same as “impediment”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “impediment” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Impediment” are: impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor, balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, bar, block, curb, brake, restraint, restriction, limitation, encumbrance, speech defect, speech impediment, stammer, stutter, lisp

Impediment as a Noun

Definitions of "Impediment" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “impediment” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
• A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
• Any structure that makes progress difficult.
• A defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer.

Synonyms of "Impediment" as a noun (26 Words)

balk	The area on a billiard table behind the balkline. A balk of timber.
bar	A barrier or restriction to an action or advance. He bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar.
barrier	Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective. The mountain barrier between Norway and Sweden.
baulk	Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
block	A starting block. Jackson jetted out of his blocks.
brake	An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant. He slammed on his brakes.
check	A move by which a piece or pawn directly attacks the opponent s king and by which the king may be checkmated. They made a check of their equipment.
curb	An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones usually forming part of a gutter. Plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing.
deterrent	A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something. Cameras are a major deterrent to crime.
encumbrance	An impediment or burden. For parents childhood is too long a period of encumbrance.
handicap	A race or contest in which a handicap is imposed. Not being able to drive was something of a handicap.
hinderance	Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
hindrance	A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone. The visitor can wander around without hindrance.
impedimenta	Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance. She collected her briefcase and other impedimenta.
limitation	The quality of being limited or restricted. It is a good plan but it has serious limitations.
lisp	A speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this. He spoke with a slight lisp.
obstacle	Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted. The major obstacle to achieving that goal is money.
obstructer	Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take.
obstruction	The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. The filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan.
obstructor	Any structure that makes progress difficult.
restraint	Unemotional, dispassionate, or moderate behaviour; self-control. Restraints imposed on imports.
restriction	A principle that limits the extent of something. The restriction of the infection to a focal area.
speech defect	The mental faculty or power of vocal communication.
speech impediment	Communication by word of mouth.
stammer	A tendency to stammer. As a young man he had a dreadful stammer.
stutter	A tendency to stutter while speaking. She s p perfectly j justified he said with his intermittent stutter.

Usage Examples of "Impediment" as a noun

• A serious impediment to scientific progress.

Associations of "Impediment" (30 Words)

balk	The area on a billiard table between the balk line and the bottom cushion within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke. He raised every objection he could to balk this plan.
barrier	A circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents communication or progress. Intolerance is a barrier to understanding.
deterrent	Able or intended to deter. The deterrent effects of high prices.
difficulty	A situation that is difficult or dangerous. Guy had no difficulty in making friends.
disrupt	(of a company or form of technology) cause radical change in (an industry or market) by means of innovation. If an explosion of volcanic steam had formed the crater the blast from below would have disrupted the underlying rock.
distraction	A thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else. He drives me to distraction.
falter	Be unsure or weak. He faltered and finally stopped in mid stride.
hesitate	Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. He hesitated to spoil the mood by being inquisitive.
hinderance	Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
hindrance	A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone. A hindrance to the development process.
hurdle	Jump over a hurdle or other obstacle while running. All 450 runners had hurdled the barriers.
inconvenience	To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. The inconvenience of having to change trains.
incubus	A male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women. Debt is a big incubus in developing countries.
insuperable	Incapable of being surmounted or excelled. Insuperable heroes.
interference	The action of interfering or the process of being interfered with. An unwarranted interference with personal liberty.
intervene	Be situated between things. Christmas intervened and the investigation was suspended.
intervention	A proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings. It occurs without human intervention.
mumble	A soft indistinct utterance. The old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food.
murmur	Make complaining remarks or noises under one’s breath. A quiet murmur of thanks.
nuisance	An act which is harmful or offensive to the public or a member of it and for which there is a legal remedy. I hope you re not going to make a nuisance of yourself.
obstacle	An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented. The major obstacle to achieving that goal is money.
obstruction	The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. They were held for obstruction and other public order offences.
obtrude	Push to thrust outward. I felt unable to obtrude my private sorrow upon anyone.
pitfall	A trap in the form of a concealed hole. The pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions.
retardation	The action of delaying or slowing the progress or development of something. The goals of treatment include retardation of disease progression.
snag	Catch on a snag. Keep an emery board handy in case of nail snags.
stammer	A tendency to stammer. I stammered out my history.
stumble	An unintentional but embarrassing blunder. He broke a bone in his foot in a stumble down an Alpine pass.
stutter	A tendency to stutter while speaking. A machine gun shattered the quiet with its explosive stutter.