obstructs

The word “obstructs” has 2 syllables: ob-structs

It's pronounced as /əbˈstrʌkts/


What is synonym and antonym for obstructs?

In the thesaurus, “obstructs” has 82 synonyms and 24 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for obstructs

  • arrests
  • baffles
  • balks
  • barricades
  • binds
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • bungs
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • clots
  • confines
  • congests
  • constrains
  • corks
  • cramps
  • curbs
  • dams
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • encumbers
  • fetters
  • fills
  • floods
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • furs
  • gives a hard time
  • gluts
  • gridlocks
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handcuffs
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • inundates
  • jams
  • leashes
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • occludes
  • overwhelms
  • packs
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • silts
  • smothers
  • spiles
  • stifles
  • stoppers
  • stopples
  • strangles
  • stuffs
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • swamps
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels

Antonyms for obstructs

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

Meanings of obstructs

  • 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 fallen tree obstructs the road, preventing vehicles from passing through.
  • It's essential to clear any debris that obstructs the emergency exits in case of a fire.
  • The dense fog obstructs visibility, making driving hazardous on the highway.
  • The political opposition claims that the new law unfairly obstructs citizens' rights to freedom of speech.
  • A clot in the artery obstructs blood flow, leading to potential health complications.

On this page you'll find 106 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obstructs, such as: aids, arrests, assists, baffles, balks, barricades, binds.

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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

bans

  • anathemas
  • banishes
  • bars
  • blackballs
  • blacklists
  • blocks
  • bridles
  • caveats
  • ceases
  • censures
  • checks
  • checks off
  • closes out
  • commandments
  • condemnations
  • constraints
  • crushes
  • curbs
  • curses
  • damnations
  • debars
  • decrees
  • denials
  • denunciations
  • deports
  • deprives
  • deterrents
  • deters
  • dictates
  • disallowances
  • disallows
  • discontinues
  • discouragements
  • discourages
  • disregards
  • dissuades
  • edicts
  • eliminates
  • embargoes
  • enjoins
  • excepts
  • excludes
  • excommunicates
  • excommunications
  • execrations
  • exiles
  • expels
  • forbids
  • freezes out
  • halts
  • hexes
  • hinders
  • hoodoos
  • impedes
  • imprecations
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • injunctions
  • interdictions
  • interdicts
  • jinxes
  • limitations
  • maledictions
  • malisons
  • mandates
  • mojos
  • negations
  • no-nos
  • objections
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • ostracizes
  • ousts
  • outlaws
  • pox
  • poxes
  • precludes
  • preventions
  • prevents
  • prohibitions
  • prohibits
  • proscribes
  • proscriptions
  • protests
  • puts down
  • quashes
  • quells
  • refusals
  • rejections
  • rejects
  • represses
  • repressions
  • repudiates
  • restrains
  • restraints
  • restrictions
  • rules out
  • shuts out
  • silences
  • spells
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • staves off
  • stops
  • subdues
  • suppresses
  • suppressions
  • suspends
  • taboos
  • tabus
  • throws out
  • vetoes
  • voodoos
  • warnings
  • whammies
  • winzes

calks

dams

  • barrages
  • barricades
  • barriers
  • blocks
  • breakwaters
  • breastworks
  • bulwarks
  • bungs
  • calks
  • canals
  • caulks
  • channels
  • chinks
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • clots
  • congests
  • corks
  • dikes
  • ditches
  • earthworks
  • embankments
  • fills
  • floodgates
  • floods
  • furs
  • gluts
  • gridlocks
  • gutters
  • heads
  • inundates
  • jams
  • jetties
  • levees
  • locks
  • milldams
  • obstructs
  • occludes
  • overwhelms
  • packs
  • plugs
  • ramparts
  • repacks
  • restuffs
  • seals
  • seawalls
  • silts
  • sluices
  • spiles
  • stanks
  • stoppers
  • stopples
  • stops
  • stuffs
  • swamps
  • troughs
  • weirs

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