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annul, arrest, barricade, be a drag on, be an obstacle to, be in the way, block, blockade, bolt, bother, brake, bring to a standstill, burden, cause to delay, check, circumscribe, confine, cramp, cumber, curb, dam up, deadlock, decelerate, delay, detain, deter, disable, drag, embarrass, encumber, erect a barrier, estop, fetter, foreclose, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impair, impedire, incommode, inconvenience, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, keep back, keep in check, limit, load, mar, obstruct, paralyze, postpone, preclude, press, prevent, quell, restrain, restrict, retard, retardare, set one back, shackle, slacken, slow down, stalemate, stand in the way, stay, stop, stop in progress by hindrances, suffocate, suspend, thwart, trammel, turn aside
associated concepts: impede negotiations
foreign phrases:
- Ubi allquid impeditur propter unum, eo remoto, toliitur impedimentum. — Where anything is impeded by one single cause, with the removal of it, the impediment is removedII index arrest (stop), balk, bar (hinder), bind (restrain), block, check (restrain), clog, condemn (ban), constrain (restrain), constrict (inhibit), contain (restrain), control (restrain), counter, curb, debar, defer (put off), delay, detain (restrain), deter, disadvantage, discommode, disrupt, encumber (hinder), enjoin, estop, fetter, fight (counteract), foil, forbid, forestall, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up (delay), inconvenience, inhibit, interdict, interfere, interpose, keep (restrain), limit, lock, obstruct, occlude, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repulse, stall, stave, stay (halt), stem (check), stop, thwart, toll (stop), trammel, withstand
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
Look at other dictionaries:
Impede — Im*pede , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impeding}.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im in + pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Impeach}.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impede — (v.) c.1600, back formation from impediment, or else from L. impedire impede, be in the way, hinder, detain, lit. to shackle the feet (see IMPEDIMENT (Cf. impediment)). Related: Impeded; impedes; impeding … Etymology dictionary
impede — *hinder, obstruct, block, bar, dam Analogous words: clog, *hamper, fetter, trammel, shackle, manacle, hog tie: *embarrass, discomfit, disconcert, rattle, faze: thwart, baffle, balk, *frustrate Antonyms: assist: promote Contrasted words: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
impede — [v] obstruct, hinder bar, block, blow whistle on*, brake, check, clog, close off, cramp one’s style*, curb, cut off, dam, delay, deter, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, embarrass, faze, flag one*, freeze, hamper, hang up, hold up, interfere,… … New thesaurus
impede — ► VERB ▪ delay or block the progress or action of. ORIGIN Latin impedire shackle the feet of , from pes foot … English terms dictionary
impede — [im pēd′] vt. impeded, impeding [L impedire, to entangle, ensnare, lit., to hold the feet < in , in + pes (gen. pedis), FOOT] to bar or hinder the progress of; obstruct or delay SYN. HINDER1 impeder n … English World dictionary
impede — UK [ɪmˈpiːd] / US [ɪmˈpɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms impede : present tense I/you/we/they impede he/she/it impedes present participle impeding past tense impeded past participle impeded formal to make it more difficult for someone to do… … English dictionary
impede — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, seriously, severely, significantly ▪ The bad weather seriously impeded our progress. Impede is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ability, ↑development, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
impede — [[t]ɪmpi͟ːd[/t]] impedes, impeding, impeded VERB If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development, or progress difficult. [FORMAL] [V n] Debris and fallen rock are impeding the progress of the rescue workers. Syn: hinder,… … English dictionary
impede — verb your efforts to impede our progress will be unsuccessful Syn: hinder, obstruct, hamper, hold back/up, delay, interfere with, disrupt, retard, slow (down), hobble, cripple; block, check, stop, scupper, scuttle, thwart, frustrate … Thesaurus of popular words