impediment synonyms

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bar

batten
billet
boom
crossbar
crosspiece
ingot
lever
paling
pig
pole
rail

barricade

bar
barrier
blank wall
block
blockade
bulwark
fence
obstruction
palisade
rampart
roadblock

barrier

bar
barricade
blank wall
blockade
bound
boundary
confines
curtain
ditch
enclosure
fence

block

bar
brick
cake
chunk
cube
hunk
ingot
loaf
lump
oblong
piece

blockage

bar
barricade
barrier
block
clog
hamper
hindrance
impasse
impediment
jam
obstacle

bottleneck

barrier
block
blockage
clog
congestion
hindrance
hold-up
impediment
jam
obstruction
snag

burden

Herculean task
accountability
affliction
albatross
anxiety
ball and chain
blame
care
charge
clog
concern

catch

bolt
buckle
clamp
clasp
clip
hasp
hook
hook and eye
latch
snap

Catch-22

contradiction
dilemma
lose-lose
paradox
quagmire

chain

alternation
catena
concatenation
conglomerate
consecution
continuity
group
order
progression
row
sequence

check

analysis
audit
checkup
control
inquiry
investigation
poll
rein
research
review
scrutiny

clog

bar
block
blockade
burden
cumbrance
dead weight
drag
encumbrance
hindrance
impedance
impediment

cramp

ache
charley horse
circumscription
confinement
constipation
contraction
convulsion
crick
hindrance
impediment
kink

curb

barrier
border
brake
bridle
chain
control
deterrent
edge
harness
hindrance
ledge

dead weight

bar
block
blockade
burden
cumbrance
drag
encumbrance
hindrance
impedance
impediment
obstruction

defect

birthmark
blot
blotch
break
bug
catch
check
crack
deficiency
deformity
discoloration

delay

adjournment
bind
check
cooling-off period
cunctation
dawdling
demurral
detention
discontinuation
downtime
filibuster

deterrent

bridle
check
curb
defense
determent
discouragement
disincentive
hindrance
leash
obstacle
preventative

detriment

damage
disability
disservice
drawback
handicap
harm
hurt
impairment
injury
liability
loss

difficulty

adversity
arduousness
awkwardness
barricade
check
complication
crisis
crux
dead end
deadlock
deep water

disadvantage

damage
deprivation
detriment
disservice
harm
injury
prejudice

drag

annoyance
bore
bother
burden
encumbrance
hang-up
hindrance
impediment
nuisance
pain
pest

drawback

check
defect
deficiency
detriment
difficulty
disability
evil
failing
fault
flaw
fly in the ointment

encumbrance

albatross
ball and chain
cross
debt
duty
guilt
handicap
hindrance
impediment
load
millstone

fault

accountability
answerability
blunder
crime
culpability
defect
delinquency
dereliction
error
evil doing
failing

flaw

Catch-22
blemish
bug
catch
defect
disfigurement
failing
fault
foible
glitch
gremlin

handicap

affliction
baggage
barrier
block
burden
detriment
disability
drawback
encumbrance
hangup
hindrance

hazard

double trouble
dynamite
endangerment
hot potato
imperilment
jeopardy
peril
risk
risky business
thin ice
threat

hitch

block
bug
catch
check
delay
discontinuance
drawback
glitch
hang-up
hindrance
hold-up

holdup

bottleneck
delay
difficulty
gridlock
hitch
obstruction
setback
snag
stoppage
traffic jam
trouble

hurdle

bar
barricade
blockade
complication
difficulty
fence
hamper
handicap
hedge
hindrance
impediment

inhibition

bar
barrier
blockage
check
embargo
hangup
interdict
interference
obstacle
prevention
prohibition

load

amount
bale
bundle
capacity
charge
consignment
contents
encumbrance
goods
haul
heft

manacle

bond
bracelet
chain
fetter
iron
pinion
shackle

millstone

accountability
affliction
albatross
anxiety
ball and chain
blame
charge
concern
cross
deadweight
difficulty

obstacle

Catch-22
bar
block
booby trap
bump
catch
check
clog
crimp
difficulty
disincentive

prohibition

bar
constraint
disallowance
don't
embargo
exclusion
injunction
interdict
interdiction
negation
no-no

red tape

authority
bureaucracy
bureaucratic paperwork
city hall
government
management
official forms
official procedures
officialdom
officialism
paper shuffling

restraint

abstemiousness
abstinence
caution
coercion
command
compulsion
confines
constraint
control
coolness
curtailment

restriction

ball and chain
bounds
brake
catch
check
circumscription
condition
confinement
constraint
containment
contraction

retardation

adjournment
bind
check
cooling-off period
cunctation
dawdling
demurral
detainment
detention
discontinuation
downtime

retardment

adjournment
bind
check
cooling-off period
cunctation
dawdling
demurral
detention
discontinuation
downtime
filibuster

road block

barrier
blank wall
catch
complication
deterrent
difficulty
discouragement
drawback
handicap
hindrance
hitch

rub

abrasion
attrition
brushing
caress
friction
grinding
kneading
pat
polish
rasping
scouring

setback

about-face
backset
bath
blow
bottom
check
comedown
defeat
delay
difficulty
drawing board

shackle

bracelet
chain
cuff
electronic ankle bracelet
fetter
handcuff
irons
leg-iron
manacle
rope
trammel

snag

Catch-22
bar
barrier
blockade
brake
bug
catch
clog
crimp
cropper
crunch

stoppage

abeyance
arrest
blockage
check
close
closure
cutoff
deduction
discontinuance
down
downtime

stricture

blame
criticism
obloquy
rebuke
reprobation

stumbling block

Catch-22
barricade
barrier
blockage
catch
clog
complication
delay
deterrent
difficulty
discouragement

tie

attachment
band
bandage
bond
brace
connection
cord
fastener
fetter
gag
hookup

trammel

bridle
check
clog
cramp
curb
disrupt
encumber
fetter
frustrate
hamstring
handcuff

wall

bank
bar
barricade
barrier
block
blockade
bulwark
curb
dam
embankment
enclosure

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