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

dams

jams

  • backups
  • bathing costume
  • beach costume
  • beachwear
  • bikini
  • binds
  • bloats
  • blocks
  • bores
  • bottlenecks
  • boxes
  • brims
  • bulks
  • bulldozes
  • bulls
  • bungs
  • catch-22s
  • charges
  • chokes
  • clogs
  • clothing for swimming
  • clots
  • clutches
  • congestions
  • congests
  • corks
  • corners
  • crams
  • crashes
  • crawls
  • crises
  • crossroads
  • crowds
  • crushes
  • dams
  • deadlocks
  • delays
  • difficulties
  • dilemmas
  • drenches
  • elbows
  • emergencies
  • exigencies
  • fills
  • fixes
  • floods
  • furs
  • gluts
  • gridlocks
  • halts
  • heaps
  • holes
  • honeycombs
  • hot waters
  • impasses
  • inundates
  • jackpots
  • jam-packs
  • jam-ups
  • jamas
  • jammies
  • jostles
  • junctures
  • kettles of fish
  • loads
  • locks
  • logjams
  • loungewear
  • lounging robe
  • maillot
  • mats
  • mires
  • muscles
  • nightdress
  • nightie
  • nightshirt
  • nightwear
  • nodes
  • obstructs
  • occludes
  • one-piece
  • one-piece bathing suit
  • one-piece suit
  • overcharges
  • overfills
  • overflows
  • overwhelms
  • packs
  • penetrates
  • pickles
  • pinches
  • plights
  • predicaments
  • presses
  • pushes
  • quagmires
  • quandaries
  • rabbit holes
  • rams
  • rattraps
  • refills
  • refreshes
  • reloads
  • repacks
  • replenishes
  • sandwiches
  • saturates
  • scrapes
  • shoehorns
  • shoulders
  • shoves
  • silts
  • sleeper
  • sleeping suit
  • slowdowns
  • snarls
  • soups
  • spiles
  • spots
  • squashes
  • squeezes
  • stalemates
  • standstills
  • sticky wickets
  • stoppages
  • stoppers
  • stopples
  • straits
  • string bikini
  • stuffs
  • sunning
  • swamps
  • swimming trunks
  • swimsuit
  • swimwear
  • tailbacks
  • tangles
  • tank suit
  • thong
  • thrusts
  • tie-ups
  • traffic
  • troubles
  • trunks
  • two-piece
  • two-piece bathing suit
  • two-piece suit
  • wedges

keeps

  • abides by
  • accomplishes
  • achieves
  • administers
  • administrates
  • answers
  • arrests
  • averts
  • battles
  • bears
  • blesses
  • blocks
  • boasts
  • bridles
  • brings about
  • brings off
  • buffers
  • bulwarks
  • carries on
  • carries out
  • celebrates
  • cellars
  • checks
  • cherishes
  • codirects
  • comanages
  • commands
  • commemorates
  • commits
  • compasses
  • completes
  • concludes
  • conducts
  • consecrates
  • conserves
  • constrains
  • consummates
  • contains
  • contends
  • controls
  • covers
  • curbs
  • defends
  • detains
  • directs
  • discharges
  • effects
  • enjoys
  • executes
  • fences
  • fends
  • fetes
  • fights
  • files
  • fills
  • finalizes
  • finances
  • finishes
  • forfends
  • fulfills
  • fulfils
  • funds
  • gags
  • garages
  • governs
  • guards
  • guides
  • hampers
  • handcuffs
  • handles
  • hangars
  • hangs on to
  • harbors
  • has
  • hinders
  • holds
  • holds back
  • holds on to
  • honors
  • houses
  • hugs
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • interrupts
  • lauds
  • leads
  • maintains
  • makes
  • makes good
  • makes good on
  • manages
  • measures
  • meets
  • memorializes
  • micromanages
  • minces
  • minds
  • muffles
  • muzzles
  • observes
  • obstructs
  • operates
  • opposes
  • overlooks
  • oversees
  • owns
  • packs
  • palisades
  • patronizes
  • perfects
  • performs
  • pickets
  • pilots
  • pockets
  • possesses
  • praises
  • preserves
  • prevents
  • protects
  • pulls in
  • puts up
  • redeems
  • regulates
  • remembers
  • reposits
  • represses
  • reserves
  • resists
  • restrains
  • retains
  • rules
  • runs
  • safeguards
  • sanctifies
  • satisfies
  • saves
  • screens
  • secures
  • sets up
  • shelves
  • shields
  • silences
  • sinks
  • smothers
  • solemnizes
  • sponsors
  • squelches
  • stage-manages
  • stakes
  • stands up for
  • steers
  • stewards
  • stifles
  • stops
  • stores
  • stows
  • strangles
  • superintends
  • supervises
  • supports
  • suppresses
  • swallows
  • takes care of
  • tames
  • tends
  • treasures
  • underwrites
  • walls
  • wards
  • warehouses
  • wars
  • watches
  • watches over
  • withholds
  • withstands

packs

  • abundances
  • alliances
  • armies
  • backpacks
  • bags
  • bales
  • barrels
  • basketfuls
  • basketsful
  • bears
  • bevies
  • bloats
  • blocks
  • blocs
  • boatloads
  • bodies
  • bonanzas
  • boxes
  • brims
  • brings
  • brotherhoods
  • buckets
  • bulks
  • bunches
  • bundles
  • bungs
  • bushels
  • calks
  • camps
  • carloads
  • carries
  • carry-ons
  • carryalls
  • carts
  • caulks
  • charges
  • charmed circles
  • chinks
  • chokes
  • chunks
  • circles
  • clans
  • cliques
  • clogs
  • closed shops
  • clots
  • clubs
  • coalitions
  • colleges
  • communes
  • communities
  • confederations
  • congests
  • congresses
  • containers
  • conveys
  • coteries
  • councils
  • covens
  • crams
  • crates
  • crowds
  • crushes
  • dams
  • deals
  • delivers
  • deluges
  • displays
  • dozen
  • dozens
  • drenches
  • droves
  • elites
  • embarrassments
  • epidemics
  • excesses
  • exhibits
  • factions
  • fanny packs
  • federations
  • fellowships
  • ferries
  • fetches
  • fills
  • fistfuls
  • flaunts
  • flocks
  • floods
  • folds
  • forwards
  • fraternities
  • gangs
  • gazillions
  • gilds
  • gluts
  • gobs
  • good deals
  • grips
  • guilds
  • handbags
  • hands over
  • hauls
  • haversacks
  • heaps
  • herds
  • holdalls
  • honeycombs
  • hordes
  • hosts
  • hundred
  • hundreds
  • in-groups
  • jam-packs
  • jams
  • jillions
  • kazillions
  • kit bags
  • klatches
  • klatsches
  • knapsacks
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • leagues
  • legions
  • loads
  • lots
  • lugs
  • masses
  • mats
  • messes
  • million
  • millions
  • mobs
  • mountains
  • moves
  • much
  • multiplicities
  • multitudes
  • myriads
  • networks
  • obstructs
  • occludes
  • oodles
  • orders
  • organizations
  • overabundances
  • overages
  • overcharges
  • overfills
  • overflows
  • overkills
  • overmuch
  • overnight bags
  • overnight cases
  • oversupplies
  • packages
  • packets
  • packsacks
  • parades
  • parcels
  • passels
  • pecks
  • penetrates
  • piles
  • plagues
  • platefuls
  • plenitudes
  • plenties
  • plentitudes
  • plethoras
  • plugs
  • pokes
  • portmanteaus
  • portmanteaux
  • potfuls
  • pots
  • pouches
  • presses
  • profusions
  • quantities
  • quite a bit
  • rafts
  • rams
  • rashes
  • reams
  • redundancies
  • refills
  • refreshes
  • reloads
  • removes
  • repacks
  • replenishes
  • restuffs
  • rings
  • rucksacks
  • sacks
  • saturates
  • scads
  • school bags
  • scores
  • seabags
  • seals
  • seas
  • sects
  • sends
  • sets
  • sheaves
  • shifts
  • shiploads
  • ships
  • shoves
  • shows
  • shows off
  • sides
  • sights
  • sisterhoods
  • slews
  • societies
  • sodalities
  • sororities
  • spates
  • sports
  • squads
  • squashes
  • squeezes
  • stacks
  • stops
  • stores
  • stuffs
  • suitcases
  • superabundances
  • superfluities
  • surfeits
  • surpluses
  • swamps
  • swarms
  • takes
  • thousands
  • throngs
  • tons
  • totes
  • transfers
  • transmits
  • transports
  • traveling bags
  • tribes
  • trillions
  • truckloads
  • unions
  • volumes
  • wads
  • wealths
  • weekend bags
  • yards
  • zillions

sabotages

  • annihilates
  • arrests
  • attack
  • baffles
  • bangs up
  • block
  • bollix
  • bottlenecks
  • brakes
  • break up
  • breaks
  • checks
  • constrains
  • cripple
  • curbs
  • damages
  • decelerates
  • deep six
  • defacements
  • defaces
  • demolishes
  • demolishments
  • demolition
  • depredates
  • depredations
  • desecrates
  • desecrations
  • despoilments
  • despoils
  • destroy
  • destroys
  • destruction
  • destructions
  • devastates
  • disable
  • disrupt
  • disruption
  • do
  • do in
  • encumbers
  • foils
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • frustrates
  • graffitis
  • halts
  • hamper
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • harms
  • hinder
  • hinders
  • hobbles
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • hurts
  • impairment
  • impairs
  • impedes
  • inhibits
  • injury
  • loots
  • louse up
  • marauds
  • mars
  • mess up
  • mischief
  • obstruct
  • obstructs
  • overthrow
  • pillages
  • plunders
  • predations
  • put out of action
  • put out of commission
  • ransacks
  • ravages
  • ravens
  • razes
  • reins
  • restrains
  • retards
  • ruinations
  • ruins
  • sackings
  • sacks
  • scourges
  • screw up
  • sets back
  • shatters
  • slackens
  • slows
  • smashes
  • spoils
  • spoliates
  • spoliations
  • stops
  • subversion
  • subversiveness
  • subvert
  • tags
  • take out
  • tears down
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • torpedo
  • totals
  • trashes
  • treachery
  • treason
  • undermine
  • undermining
  • vandalism
  • vandalisms
  • vandalizations
  • vandalize
  • vandalizes
  • violates
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • wracks
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking
  • wrecks

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