Synonyms of obstructs

obstructs

verb

present tense third-person singular of obstruct

1

as in impedes

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impedes
• hinders
• hampers
• embarrasses
• inhibits
• stymies
• handicaps
• blocks
• short-circuits
• disrupts
• restrains
• encumbers
• delays
• interferes (with)
• constrains
• hobbles
• clogs
• thwarts
• frustrates
• cramps
• trammels
• ties up
• fetters
• shackles
• holds back
• stifles
• handcuffs
• hog-ties
• binds
• curbs
• ties
• gives a hard time
• cramps one's style
• retains
• balks
• retards
• manacles
• reins
• sabotages
• strangles
• brakes
• checks
• baffles
• chains
• derails
• holds up
• chokes
• tethers
• roadblocks
• arrests
• smothers
• barricades
• represses
• suffocates
• blockades
• bogs (down)
• confines
• suppresses
• foils
• leashes
• stumps
• mires
• muzzles
• halters
• hedges (in)
• hems (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in blocks

to prevent passage through by filling with something

at the moment the city's only tunnel between downtown and the airport is obstructed by an overturned tanker truck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocks
• occludes
• fills
• congests
• jams
• chokes
• clogs
• stuffs
• floods
• stops (up)
• plugs (up)
• gums (up)
• clots
• overwhelms
• dams
• packs
• inundates
• corks
• silts
• gridlocks
• furs
• stopples
• bungs
• swamps
• stoppers
• spiles
• gluts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• frees
• clears
• opens (up)
• unblocks
• unplugs
• excavates
• unclogs
• empties
• lightens
• unstops
• hollows (out)
• scoops (out)