impeded
Got in way
Impeded means hindered or obstructed.
Something impeded has had its progress slowed or blocked: Construction impeded traffic for weeks.
The word suggests obstacles that don't completely stop movement but make it harder: Her progress was impeded by lack of funding.
Past tense and past participle of impede.
Obstructed or restricted
- thwartedPrevented from succeeding
- stymiedBlocked from progressing
- obstructedBlocked from proceeding
- constrainedForced into narrow limits
restrained · curbed · inhibited · encumbered · checked · foiled · deterred · slowed
Passage prevented or impeded
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- blockadeSealing off a place
dam · wall · bottleneck · checkpoint · chokepoint · clog · gridlock · jam
State of being hard
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- headwindWind against travel direction
adversity · setback · hardship · challenge · uphill · handicap · disadvantage · burden
Theft by threat
- postponementDelaying to later
- setbackReverse in progress
- slowdownReduction in pace
- lagPeriod of falling behind
latency · stalling · waiting · deferment · suspension · pause · moratorium · hiatus
Bound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
embargo · cap · ceiling · quota · containment · clampdown · suppression · rationing
hampered
Obstructed or restricted
- thwartedPrevented from succeeding
- stymiedBlocked from progressing
- obstructedBlocked from proceeding
constrained · restrained · curbed · inhibited · encumbered · checked · foiled · deterred · slowed · retarded
blocked
Passage prevented or impeded
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- roadblockObstruction across a road
blockade · dam · wall · bottleneck · checkpoint · chokepoint · clog · gridlock · jam · logjam
difficulty
State of being hard
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
headwind · adversity · setback · hardship · challenge · uphill · handicap · disadvantage · burden · encumbrance
holdup
Theft by threat
- postponementDelaying to later
- setbackReverse in progress
- slowdownReduction in pace
lag · latency · stalling · waiting · deferment · suspension · pause · moratorium · hiatus · procrastination
limitation
Bound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
curtailment · embargo · cap · ceiling · quota · containment · clampdown · suppression · rationing · confinement
- stuckjammed, clogged, trapped, stuck in mud, snowed in
- burdenedburdened, laden, loaded, weighed down, overburdened
impededfacilitated
Made something simpler
assisted · aided · helped · accelerated · advanced
impededunimpeded
Free from obstruction
unobstructed · unhindered · unblocked · unrestricted · unhampered
- speech impedimentDifficulty producing clear sounds
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