hamper

The word “hamper” has 2 syllables: ham-per

It's pronounced as /ˈhæmpər/


What is synonym and antonym for hamper?

In the thesaurus, “hamper” has 113 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hamper along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for hamper

  • arrest
  • baffle
  • bag
  • balk
  • bar
  • barricade
  • basin
  • basket
  • bassinet
  • bin
  • bind
  • block
  • blockade
  • bottle
  • bowl
  • box
  • brake
  • bucket
  • caddy
  • can
  • carrier
  • carton
  • cartridge
  • case
  • casket
  • chain
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • confine
  • constrain
  • container
  • cooler
  • cramp
  • crate
  • creel
  • cumber
  • curb
  • delay
  • derail
  • disrupt
  • embarrass
  • encumber
  • entangle
  • fetter
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • get in the way
  • give a hard time
  • halter
  • hamstring
  • handbasket
  • handcuff
  • handicap
  • hang up
  • hinder
  • hobble
  • hog-tie
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • holder
  • impede
  • inconvenience
  • inhibit
  • interfere with
  • jar
  • jug
  • keg
  • kettle
  • kit
  • laundry basket
  • leash
  • locker
  • manacle
  • mire
  • muzzle
  • obstruct
  • pack
  • pail
  • pannier
  • pitcher
  • pocket
  • pot
  • prevent
  • receptacle
  • rein
  • repress
  • restrain
  • retain
  • retard
  • roadblock
  • sabotage
  • sack
  • shackle
  • short-circuit
  • slow down
  • smother
  • stifle
  • strangle
  • stump
  • stymie
  • suffocate
  • suppress
  • tether
  • thwart
  • tie
  • tie up
  • trammel
  • trunk
  • tub
  • vat
  • vessel
  • warmer

Antonyms for hamper

  • abet
  • advance
  • aid
  • allow
  • assist
  • benefit
  • clear
  • encourage
  • expedite
  • explain
  • facilitate
  • forward
  • free
  • further
  • help
  • let go
  • liberate
  • loose
  • loosen
  • make way
  • open
  • permit
  • promote
  • push
  • release
  • smooth
  • support
  • unclog
  • unfasten
  • unplug
  • unstop
  • untie

Meanings of hamper

  • noun
    1. A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
    2. (uncommon except in) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper.
    3. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
    4. Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
  • verb
    1. To put into a hamper.
    2. To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
    3. To impede in motion or progress.

Example Sentences

  • The heavy rain did not hamper our enthusiasm for the outdoor barbecue.
  • Please don't let anything hamper your creativity, let your ideas flow freely.
  • The traffic congestion may hamper our arrival time, but we'll do our best to be there on schedule.
  • The economic downturn is starting to hamper business growth in the region.
  • She carefully packed her belongings into the hamper before heading off on her weekend getaway.

On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hamper, such as: abet, advance, aid, allow, arrest, assist, baffle.

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Related Words

jam-up

  • Catch-22
  • albatross
  • backup
  • baggage
  • ball and chain
  • ban
  • bar
  • barrier
  • black out
  • block
  • bottle
  • bottle up
  • bottleneck
  • box in
  • bring to screeching halt
  • catch
  • chasten
  • check
  • clog
  • collect
  • compose
  • congestion
  • constrain
  • control
  • cool
  • cork
  • crawl
  • crimp
  • crush
  • cumbrance
  • curb
  • debar
  • delay
  • deterrent
  • disallow
  • drag
  • drawback
  • encumbrance
  • enjoin
  • excess baggage
  • foot dragging
  • forbid
  • forfend
  • freeze
  • glitch
  • gridlock
  • halt
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • hang up
  • hang-up
  • hinder
  • hitch
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • impedance
  • impede
  • impediment
  • inhibit
  • interdict
  • interference
  • interruption
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  • jam
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  • joker
  • keep in
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  • keep lid on
  • keep under wraps
  • kill
  • limitation
  • lock
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  • logjam
  • master
  • millstone
  • monkey wrench
  • muffle
  • nix
  • obstacle
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  • outlaw
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  • pass on
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  • proscribe
  • put a lock on
  • put a stopper in
  • put chill on
  • put down
  • put half nelson on
  • quash
  • quelch
  • quell
  • rein
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restriction
  • rule out
  • shush
  • shut out
  • silence
  • simmer down
  • slowdown
  • smother
  • snag
  • snarl
  • spike
  • squelch
  • stifle
  • stoppage
  • stumbling block
  • stymie
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • suppress
  • swallow
  • taboo
  • tailback
  • tangle
  • throw cold water on
  • tie up
  • tie-up
  • traffic
  • trammel
  • veto
  • zing

keep

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accumulate
  • achieve
  • adhere to
  • administer
  • administrate
  • amass
  • answer
  • arrest
  • attend
  • avert
  • battle
  • bear
  • bless
  • block
  • board
  • boast
  • bridle
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • cache
  • care
  • care and feeding
  • care for
  • carry
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • celebrate
  • cellar
  • check
  • cherish
  • codirect
  • comanage
  • command
  • commemorate
  • commit
  • compass
  • complete
  • comply with
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • consecrate
  • conservancy
  • conservation
  • conserve
  • conserving
  • constrain
  • consummate
  • contain
  • contend
  • continue
  • control
  • cover
  • curb
  • custody
  • deal in
  • defend
  • defense
  • delay
  • deposit
  • detain
  • deter
  • direct
  • discharge
  • effect
  • endure
  • enjoy
  • execute
  • feed
  • fence
  • fend
  • fete
  • fight
  • file
  • fill
  • finalize
  • finance
  • finish
  • forfend
  • foster
  • fulfil
  • fulfill
  • fund
  • gag
  • garage
  • garner
  • govern
  • grasp
  • grip
  • guard
  • guardianship
  • guarding
  • guide
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handcuff
  • handle
  • hang on to
  • hangar
  • harbor
  • have
  • heap
  • hinder
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold on to
  • honor
  • house
  • hug
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • interrupt
  • laud
  • lead
  • limit
  • look after
  • maintain
  • maintenance
  • make
  • make good
  • make good on
  • manage
  • measure
  • meet
  • memorialize
  • micromanage
  • mince
  • mind
  • minister to
  • muffle
  • muzzle
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • obey
  • observe
  • obstruct
  • operate
  • oppose
  • ordain
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • own
  • pack
  • palisade
  • patronize
  • perfect
  • perform
  • picket
  • pile
  • pilot
  • place
  • pocket
  • possess
  • praise
  • preservation
  • preserve
  • preserving
  • prevent
  • protect
  • protection
  • provision
  • pull in
  • put
  • put up
  • redeem
  • regard
  • regulate
  • remember
  • reposit
  • repress
  • reserve
  • resist
  • respect
  • restrain
  • retain
  • retard
  • ritualize
  • rule
  • run
  • safeguard
  • safeguarding
  • safekeeping
  • sanctify
  • satisfy
  • save
  • screen
  • season
  • secure
  • set up
  • shackle
  • shelter
  • shelve
  • shield
  • silence
  • sink
  • smother
  • solemnize
  • sponsor
  • squelch
  • stack
  • stage-manage
  • stake
  • stall
  • stand up for
  • steer
  • steward
  • stifle
  • stock
  • stop
  • store
  • stow
  • strangle
  • subsidize
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • support
  • suppress
  • sustain
  • sustaining
  • sustentation
  • swallow
  • take care of
  • tame
  • tend
  • trade in
  • treasure
  • underwrite
  • upkeep
  • victual
  • wall
  • war
  • ward
  • warehouse
  • watch
  • watch over
  • withhold
  • withstand

lade

  • afflict
  • bail
  • baptize
  • bathe
  • bear down on
  • bleed
  • bother
  • bucket
  • burden
  • clog
  • clutter
  • crush
  • cumber
  • decant
  • deplete
  • depress
  • dip
  • dish
  • dish it out
  • dish out
  • douse
  • drain
  • draw
  • drench
  • duck
  • dump on
  • dunk
  • eliminate
  • empty
  • encumber
  • exhaust
  • fill
  • freight
  • give it to
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • heap
  • hinder
  • immerse
  • impede
  • irrigate
  • laden
  • ladle
  • lave
  • load
  • lower
  • lumber
  • make heavy
  • moisten
  • mound
  • obligate
  • oppress
  • overburden
  • overcharge
  • overload
  • overtax
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pile
  • pitch
  • plunge
  • press
  • pump
  • rinse
  • saddle
  • saddle with
  • scoop
  • siphon
  • slop
  • slosh
  • snow
  • snow under
  • soak
  • souse
  • splash
  • spoon
  • stack
  • steep
  • stick it to
  • strain
  • submerge
  • submerse
  • suction
  • surcharge
  • syphon
  • tax
  • trouble
  • try
  • vex
  • wash
  • water
  • weigh
  • weigh down
  • weight
  • wet
  • worry

laden

  • afflict
  • burden
  • burdened
  • charged
  • clog
  • clutter
  • encumber
  • encumbered
  • fill
  • fraught
  • freight
  • full
  • hamper
  • hampered
  • handicap
  • heap
  • lade
  • load
  • lumber
  • mound
  • oppress
  • oppressed
  • overburden
  • overload
  • overtax
  • pack
  • pile
  • press
  • saddle
  • stack
  • strain
  • surcharge
  • tax
  • taxed
  • weigh
  • weighed down
  • weight
  • weighted

sabotage

  • annihilate
  • arrest
  • attack
  • baffle
  • bang up
  • block
  • bollix
  • bottleneck
  • brake
  • break
  • break up
  • check
  • constrain
  • cripple
  • curb
  • damage
  • decelerate
  • deep-six
  • deface
  • defacement
  • defacing
  • demolish
  • demolishing
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depredate
  • depredation
  • desecrate
  • desecrating
  • desecration
  • despoil
  • despoiling
  • despoilment
  • destroy
  • destruction
  • devastate
  • disable
  • disrupt
  • disruption
  • do
  • do in
  • encumber
  • foil
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • graffiti
  • halt
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • harm
  • hinder
  • hobble
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • hurt
  • impair
  • impairment
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • injury
  • loot
  • looting
  • louse up
  • mar
  • maraud
  • marauding
  • mess up
  • mischief
  • obstruct
  • overthrow
  • pillage
  • pillaging
  • plunder
  • plundering
  • predation
  • put out of action
  • put out of commission
  • ransack
  • ransacking
  • ravage
  • ravaging
  • raven
  • raze
  • rein
  • restrain
  • retard
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sack
  • sacking
  • scourge
  • screw up
  • set back
  • shatter
  • slacken
  • slow
  • smash
  • spoil
  • spoliate
  • spoliation
  • stop
  • subversion
  • subversiveness
  • subvert
  • tag
  • take out
  • tear down
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • thwart
  • tie up
  • torpedo
  • total
  • trash
  • trashing
  • treachery
  • treason
  • undermine
  • undermining
  • vandalism
  • vandalization
  • vandalize
  • violate
  • waste
  • wipe out
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking

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