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100 Best Synonyms for “Hinder”

October 31, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. arrest stop or check progress
2. balk check or hinder progress
3. bar prevent or exclude
4. bind restrict or obligate
5. block stop passage or progress
6. bog down cause to stall
7. bottleneck create a blockage
8. box in trap or restrict
9. brake slow or stop
10. break up disrupt or divide
11. check slow or stop progress
12. circumscribe limit strictly
13. clog choke or obstruct
14. complicate make harder to do
15. constrain limit or restrict
16. counteract work against effectively
17. cramp restrict movement or action
18. cripple seriously weaken or impede
19. curb keep under control
20. curtail reduce or limit
21. defer put off until later
22. delay cause to happen later
23. derail throw off course
24. deter discourage or prevent
25. disable make unable to function
26. disrupt interrupt normal progress
27. disturb interfere with normal activity
28. drag on proceed too slowly
29. encumber burden and impede
30. exclude keep out or prevent
31. fence off block with a barrier
32. fetter restrain or restrict
33. foil prevent from succeeding
34. forbid not allow
35. forestall prevent by acting first
36. foul up disrupt or hinder
37. freeze stop or halt temporarily
38. frustrate prevent success or progress
39. gum up clog or hinder
40. hamper make progress difficult
41. hamstring severely restrict effectiveness
42. handicap put at a disadvantage
43. head off prevent from happening
44. hem in restrict movement or freedom
45. hold back keep from advancing
46. hold in check keep under control
47. hold up delay or obstruct
48. immobilize prevent movement or action
49. impair damage or reduce ability
50. impede slow or block progress
51. inconvenience cause difficulty or delay
52. inhibit hold back or restrain
53. interfere with get in the way of
54. interrupt break continuity or progress
55. jam block tightly
56. keep back hold from advancing
57. keep down suppress or restrain
58. keep from prevent from doing
59. limit reduce freedom or extent
60. mess up spoil or hinder
61. muffle deaden or suppress
62. mute reduce strength or effect
63. narrow limit range or scope
64. obstruct block movement or progress
65. oppose act against or resist
66. paralyze make unable to act
67. plug block an opening
68. postpone delay until later
69. preclude make impossible
70. prevent stop from happening
71. prohibit formally prevent
72. protract make longer or delay
73. put the brakes on slow or restrain
74. resist withstand or oppose
75. restrain hold back from action
76. restrict put limits on
77. retard slow down progress
78. rule out exclude as impossible
79. sap drain strength from
80. set back delay or reverse progress
81. shackle bind or severely restrict
82. sidetrack divert and delay
83. slacken make slower or less active
84. slow reduce speed or progress
85. stall cause to stop progressing
86. stay stop or delay
87. stop bring to an end
88. stymie block or frustrate progress
89. throw a wrench in disrupt a plan
90. thwart frustrate or defeat
91. tie down restrict freedom
92. tie the hands of restrict freedom to act
93. tie up occupy and delay
94. trammel restrict or impede
95. trip up cause to fail
96. undermine weaken gradually
97. veto reject or block officially
98. wall off isolate by blocking
99. ward off prevent or repel
100. weigh down burden and impede

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