hampers

The word “hampers” has 2 syllables: hamp-ers

It's pronounced as /ˈhæmpərz/


What is synonym and antonym for hampers?

In the thesaurus, “hampers” has 99 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for hampers

  • arrests
  • baffles
  • bags
  • balks
  • barricades
  • basins
  • baskets
  • binds
  • bins
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • bottles
  • bowls
  • boxes
  • brakes
  • buckets
  • caddies
  • cans
  • carriers
  • cartons
  • cartridges
  • cases
  • caskets
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • confines
  • constrains
  • containers
  • coolers
  • cramps
  • crates
  • curbs
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • halters
  • handbaskets
  • handcuffs
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holders
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • jars
  • jugs
  • kegs
  • kettles
  • kits
  • leashes
  • lockers
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • obstructs
  • packs
  • pails
  • pitchers
  • pockets
  • pots
  • receptacles
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • sacks
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • smothers
  • stifles
  • strangles
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels
  • trunks
  • tubs
  • vats
  • vessels
  • warmers

Antonyms for hampers

  • aids
  • assists
  • clears
  • encourages
  • facilitates
  • frees
  • furthers
  • helps
  • liberates
  • loosens
  • makes way
  • opens
  • promotes
  • releases
  • smoothes
  • smooths
  • unclogs
  • unplugs
  • unstops
  • unties

Meanings of hampers

  • 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 dense fog hampers visibility for drivers on the highway.
  • Lack of sleep often hampers cognitive function and decision-making.
  • The broken elevator hampers accessibility to the upper floors of the building.
  • His procrastination habit often hampers his academic performance.
  • Heavy traffic hampers the flow of commuters during rush hour.

On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hampers, such as: aids, arrests, assists, baffles, bags, balks, barricades.

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Related Words

baffles

  • abashes
  • addles
  • agitates
  • arrests
  • averts
  • balks
  • bamboozles
  • barricades
  • bars
  • beats
  • befogs
  • befuddles
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewilders
  • blocks
  • bothers
  • buffaloes
  • buffers
  • bumpers
  • chagrins
  • checkmates
  • checks
  • clogs
  • cocoons
  • confounds
  • confuses
  • conquers
  • cordons
  • counteracts
  • cozens
  • cushionings
  • cushions
  • deceives
  • defeats
  • deludes
  • discombobulates
  • discomfits
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • disconcerts
  • discountenances
  • dismays
  • disorients
  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturbs
  • dupes
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fazes
  • fenders
  • fetters
  • flummoxes
  • flusters
  • foils
  • fools
  • forestalls
  • foxes
  • frustrates
  • fuddles
  • gets
  • gravels
  • gulls
  • halts
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hoaxes
  • hobbles
  • holds back
  • hoodwinks
  • humbugs
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • manacles
  • mazes
  • misguides
  • misleads
  • mortifies
  • muddies
  • muddles
  • mufflers
  • mystifies
  • negates
  • neutralizes
  • nonpluses
  • nonplusses
  • nullifies
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • offsets
  • overcomes
  • paddings
  • pads
  • perplexes
  • perturbs
  • poses
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • puzzles
  • rattles
  • safeguards
  • sets back
  • shackles
  • shields
  • short-circuits
  • snows
  • stalls
  • sticks
  • stops
  • strings along
  • stumps
  • stuns
  • takes in
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • trammels
  • tricks
  • unhinges
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • weirds out

balks

  • adversities
  • arrests
  • averts
  • baffles
  • barriers
  • bars
  • beats
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catches
  • chains
  • checkmates
  • checks
  • clogs
  • conquers
  • constraints
  • counteracts
  • cramps
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • defeats
  • delays
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • disadvantages
  • discomfits
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrassments
  • encumbers
  • encumbrances
  • fetters
  • foils
  • forestalls
  • frustrates
  • halts
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • holdbacks
  • holds back
  • holdups
  • hurdles
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • interferences
  • lets
  • loads
  • manacles
  • negates
  • neutralizes
  • nullifies
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • offsets
  • overcomes
  • perils
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • reefs
  • reins
  • restraints
  • rubs
  • sets back
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbling blocks
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • trammels

decelerates

handbaskets

handcuffs

  • arrests
  • attaches
  • baffles
  • balks
  • band
  • barricades
  • bind
  • binds
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • bond
  • bracelet
  • bracelets
  • braces
  • brakes
  • captivity
  • chain
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clamps
  • clogs
  • collar
  • confinement
  • confines
  • constrains
  • constraint
  • cramps
  • cuffs
  • curb
  • curbs
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • enchainment
  • enchains
  • encumbers
  • enfetters
  • enslavement
  • entanglement
  • entangles
  • fastener
  • fastens
  • fetter
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • gyves
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • hold
  • hold-down
  • holding
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • immurement
  • impedes
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • inhibits
  • iron rings
  • irons
  • joins
  • lashes
  • leashes
  • ligature
  • limits
  • links
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • net
  • obstructs
  • pinions
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • restricts
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • secures
  • shackle
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • smothers
  • snaps
  • stifles
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • strangles
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tangles
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • tie
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammel
  • trammels
  • trap
  • trusses
  • wristlets

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