obstructed

The word “obstructed” has 3 syllables: ob-struct-ed

It's pronounced as /əbˈstrʌktɪd/


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In the thesaurus, “obstructed” has 207 synonyms and 82 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for obstructed

  • airtight
  • arrested
  • baffled
  • balked
  • barred
  • barricaded
  • blind
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • bolted
  • bound
  • bounded
  • braked
  • bridled
  • broken
  • broken off
  • bunged
  • caught
  • chained
  • checked
  • chock-full
  • choked
  • choking
  • clogged
  • closed
  • clotted
  • clumped
  • confined
  • congested
  • constrained
  • controlled
  • corked
  • costive
  • crammed
  • cramped
  • cramping
  • crowded
  • crushing
  • curbed
  • cut short
  • cutting
  • dammed
  • decreased
  • defined
  • delayed
  • deprived
  • derailed
  • deterred
  • diminished
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • discontinued
  • discontinuous
  • discouraged
  • disrupted
  • embarrassed
  • encircled
  • encumbered
  • excluded
  • fast
  • fastened
  • fettered
  • filled
  • firm
  • fixed
  • flooded
  • foiled
  • forbidden
  • frozen
  • frustrated
  • furred
  • gave a hard time
  • glutted
  • gorged
  • governed
  • gridlocked
  • haltered
  • hampered
  • handcuffed
  • handicapped
  • held back
  • held up
  • held-back
  • hermetic
  • hermetically sealed
  • hindered
  • hitched
  • hobbled
  • hog-tied
  • immovable
  • impeded
  • impenetrable
  • impermeable
  • impervious
  • ineffable
  • inhibited
  • insurmountable
  • interfered with
  • intermittent
  • inundated
  • irregular
  • jam-full
  • jam-packed
  • jammed
  • leashed
  • locked
  • lodged
  • malfunctioning
  • manacled
  • massed
  • mired
  • mobbed
  • moderated
  • modified
  • muzzled
  • nailed
  • narrowed
  • objectionable
  • occluded
  • out of order
  • overcrowded
  • overfilled
  • overflowing
  • overwhelmed
  • packed
  • packed like sardines
  • padlocked
  • pathless
  • pinching
  • plugged
  • postponed
  • precluded
  • prescribed
  • prevented
  • proof
  • reduced
  • refused
  • reined
  • reined in
  • rejected
  • repressed
  • restrained
  • retained
  • retarded
  • revoked
  • roadblocked
  • ruled out
  • sabotaged
  • sandwiched
  • secure
  • secured
  • shackled
  • short
  • short-circuited
  • shortened
  • shrunken
  • shut
  • shut out
  • silted
  • skintight
  • slammed
  • small
  • smothered
  • smothering
  • snapped
  • sound
  • spiled
  • stayed
  • stiff
  • stifled
  • stopped
  • stopped up
  • stoppered
  • stoppled
  • strangled
  • stuffed
  • stuffed-up
  • stumped
  • stymied
  • suffocated
  • suppressed
  • surrounded
  • suspended
  • swamped
  • swollen
  • teeming
  • tempered
  • tethered
  • thwarted
  • tied
  • tied up
  • tied-up
  • trackless
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • uncomfortable
  • unmentionable
  • unsanctioned
  • unseemly
  • unsuitable
  • untrodden
  • unworkable
  • up to the rafters
  • vetoed
  • warped
  • watertight
  • wedged

Antonyms for obstructed

  • OK
  • acceptable
  • accepted
  • accorded
  • accredited
  • aided
  • allowable
  • allowed
  • appropriate
  • approved
  • assisted
  • authorized
  • bearable
  • brooked
  • certified
  • clear
  • cleared
  • commanded
  • condoned
  • countenanced
  • emptied
  • empty
  • encouraged
  • endorsed
  • endurable
  • excavated
  • facilitated
  • free
  • freed
  • furthered
  • granted
  • helped
  • impermanent
  • indorsed
  • lawful
  • legal
  • legitimate
  • liberated
  • licensed
  • lightened
  • loose
  • loosened
  • made way
  • mandatory
  • okay
  • open
  • opened
  • operating
  • ordered
  • passable
  • permissible
  • permissive
  • permitted
  • promoted
  • proper
  • regular
  • released
  • required
  • sanctioned
  • seemly
  • slack
  • smoothed
  • sufferable
  • suitable
  • supported
  • tolerable
  • tolerated
  • traveled
  • unblocked
  • unbounded
  • unclogged
  • uncongested
  • uncrowded
  • unfixed
  • unobjectionable
  • unplugged
  • unsealed
  • unstopped
  • untied
  • vacant
  • vouchsafed
  • warranted

Meanings of obstructed

  • verb
    1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
    2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
    3. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

Example Sentences

  • The view from the window was obstructed by overgrown bushes.
  • Due to the landslide, the road was obstructed and impassable.
  • The construction site obstructed the usual path to the park, causing inconvenience for pedestrians.
  • The debris from the storm obstructed the river, leading to localized flooding.
  • The fallen tree obstructed the driveway, preventing the car from leaving the garage.

On this page you'll find 289 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obstructed, such as: OK, acceptable, accepted, accorded, accredited, aided, airtight.

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Related Words

baffled

  • abashed
  • addled
  • addlepated
  • adhered
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • agnostic
  • agog
  • appalled
  • arrested
  • astonished
  • astounded
  • at a loss
  • at sea
  • at sixes and sevens
  • averted
  • awe-struck
  • awed
  • balked
  • bamboozled
  • barred
  • beat
  • befogged
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bested
  • bewildered
  • blocked
  • bollixed
  • bothered
  • bowled over
  • buffaloed
  • caught
  • chagrined
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • circumvented
  • clogged
  • clueless
  • come apart
  • come unzipped
  • confounded
  • confused
  • confusional
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • cowed
  • cozened
  • crushed
  • dazed
  • dazzled
  • deceived
  • defeated
  • deluded
  • disappointed
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • disorganized
  • disoriented
  • disquieted
  • distracted
  • distressed
  • distrustful
  • disturbed
  • dizzy
  • dopey
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • dubious
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • duped
  • embarrassed
  • encumbered
  • equivocal
  • faithless
  • faltering
  • fazed
  • fettered
  • fixed
  • flabbergasted
  • flipped-out
  • floored
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • foggy
  • foiled
  • fooled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • foxed
  • frozen
  • frustrated
  • fuddled
  • giddy
  • glassy-eyed
  • glued
  • gone
  • got
  • graveled
  • gravelled
  • gulled
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • hard put
  • hard-pressed
  • held back
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hindered
  • hoaxed
  • hobbled
  • hoodwinked
  • humbled
  • humbugged
  • hung up
  • impeded
  • in a dither
  • in a fog
  • in a quandary
  • in clouds
  • in dilemma
  • indecisive
  • inhibited
  • irresolute
  • joined
  • licked
  • like doubting Thomas
  • lost
  • loused up
  • manacled
  • mastered
  • mazed
  • messed-up
  • mind-blown
  • mired
  • misguided
  • misled
  • mixed up
  • mortified
  • mucked up
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • mystified
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • not following
  • not with it
  • nullified
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • of two minds
  • offset
  • out to lunch
  • overcame
  • overcome
  • overpowered
  • overthrown
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • posed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • put out
  • put to it
  • puzzled
  • questioning
  • rattled
  • reeling
  • routed
  • ruined
  • saddled
  • screwed-up
  • screwy
  • set back
  • shackled
  • shocked
  • shook
  • shook-up
  • short-circuited
  • shot to pieces
  • skeptical
  • slap-happy
  • slaphappy
  • snowed
  • spaced out
  • speechless
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • startled
  • stopped
  • strung along
  • stuck
  • stumped
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • stymied
  • subjugated
  • surmounted
  • surprised
  • suspicious
  • taken aback
  • tentative
  • theoretical
  • thrown
  • thrown off balance
  • thunderstruck
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • took in
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • tricked
  • troubled
  • trounced
  • turbid
  • uncertain
  • unconvinced
  • undecided
  • undone
  • unglued
  • unhinged
  • unresolved
  • unscrewed
  • unsettled
  • unsure
  • unzipped
  • upset
  • vacillating
  • vanquished
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wavering
  • weirded out
  • without a clue
  • without belief
  • woolly
  • worsted

balked

  • aghast
  • arrested
  • averted
  • baffled
  • barred
  • beat
  • beaten
  • blocked
  • chapfallen
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • clogged
  • complaining
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • crabbed
  • cramped
  • crestfallen
  • crimped
  • defeated
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discontented
  • discouraged
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disheartened
  • disillusioned
  • dissatisfied
  • distressed
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • embittered
  • encumbered
  • fettered
  • foiled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • frustrated
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • held back
  • hindered
  • hobbled
  • hopeless
  • hung up on
  • impeded
  • inhibited
  • irked
  • manacled
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nullified
  • objecting
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • offset
  • overcame
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • resentful
  • set back
  • shackled
  • short-circuited
  • shot down
  • stalled
  • stonewalled
  • stopped
  • stymied
  • taken down
  • through the mill
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • ungratified
  • unhappy
  • unsated
  • unsatisfied
  • unslaked
  • up the wall
  • upset
  • vanquished
  • worsted

banned

  • banished
  • barred
  • black-market
  • blackballed
  • blacklisted
  • blocked
  • bridled
  • ceased
  • checked
  • checked off
  • closed out
  • crushed
  • curbed
  • debarred
  • deported
  • deprived
  • deterred
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • discontinued
  • discouraged
  • disregarded
  • dissuaded
  • eliminated
  • embargoed
  • enjoined
  • excepted
  • excluded
  • excommunicated
  • exiled
  • expelled
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forbidden
  • froze out
  • halted
  • hindered
  • illegal
  • illegitimate
  • illicit
  • impeded
  • impermissible
  • improper
  • inappropriate
  • ineffable
  • inhibited
  • interdicted
  • intolerable
  • objectionable
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • ostracized
  • ousted
  • outlawed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • prohibited
  • proscribed
  • put down
  • quashed
  • quelled
  • refused
  • rejected
  • repressed
  • repudiated
  • restrained
  • revoked
  • ruled out
  • shut out
  • silenced
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • staved off
  • stopped
  • subdued
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • taboo
  • tabu
  • threw out
  • unacceptable
  • unauthorized
  • unbearable
  • unendurable
  • unlawful
  • unlicensed
  • unmentionable
  • unsanctioned
  • unseemly
  • unsuitable
  • verboten
  • vetoed

calked

canned

  • abolished
  • aborted
  • alcoholic
  • annulled
  • apish
  • arrested
  • artificial
  • axed
  • backup
  • beery
  • befuddled
  • besotted
  • bibulous
  • blasted
  • bleary-eyed
  • blind
  • blitzed
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • blotto
  • bogus
  • bombed
  • boozy
  • bottled
  • bounced
  • braked
  • broke
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • called
  • cashiered
  • ceased
  • checked
  • clamped down
  • cockeyed
  • completed
  • concluded
  • conserved
  • copied
  • counterfeit
  • crapulous
  • cribbed
  • crocked
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • cut-and-dried
  • cut-and-dry
  • dammed
  • deactivated
  • debauched
  • deceptive
  • delayed
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • detained
  • dipsomaniacal
  • discharged
  • discontinued
  • dismissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolved
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • downsized
  • dropped
  • drunk
  • drunken
  • duplicated
  • emulative
  • ended
  • epigonic
  • epigonous
  • excessed
  • factitious
  • fake
  • false
  • filmed
  • finished
  • fired
  • forged
  • formulaic
  • fraudulent
  • fried
  • furloughed
  • gassed
  • gave over
  • had done with
  • halted
  • hammered
  • held
  • held back
  • high
  • hindered
  • imitation
  • imitative
  • impaired
  • impeded
  • in the bag
  • inebriate
  • inebriated
  • intoxicated
  • juiced
  • kept
  • kiboshed
  • kicked out
  • killed
  • knocked off
  • laid off
  • left off
  • lit
  • lit up
  • loaded
  • looped
  • man-made
  • maudlin
  • mimetic
  • mimic
  • misleading
  • mock
  • mustered out
  • obstructed
  • oiled
  • paused
  • perfunctory
  • photocopied
  • pickled
  • pie-eyed
  • pink-slipped
  • plagiarized
  • plastered
  • potted
  • prerecorded
  • put the kibosh on
  • quit
  • quitted
  • reduplicated
  • released
  • removed
  • reproduced
  • retired
  • ripped
  • rocky
  • routine
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • scuttled
  • sent packing
  • separated
  • sham
  • shut off
  • simulated
  • slavish
  • sloshed
  • smashed
  • snuffed
  • sottish
  • soused
  • sozzled
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • squiffed
  • squiffy
  • stamped
  • stanched
  • staunched
  • stayed
  • stemmed
  • stewed
  • stiff
  • stinking
  • stoned
  • stopped
  • strung out
  • stunted
  • stupefied
  • substitute
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • synthetic
  • tanked
  • taped
  • terminated
  • three sheets in the wind
  • three sheets to the wind
  • threw out
  • tiddly
  • tight
  • tipsy
  • transcribed
  • trimmed
  • turned back
  • turned off
  • under the influence
  • under the weather
  • uninspired
  • unoriginal
  • unseated
  • wasted
  • wet
  • wiped out

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