impeding
Getting in way
Impeding means blocking, slowing, or obstructing progress.
Traffic impedes your commute; bureaucracy impedes efficiency.
Construction is impeding access to the building.
The word suggests an obstacle that doesn't fully stop movement but makes it harder or slower.
Obstruction preventing passage
- blockadeSealing off a place
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- hindranceBarrier to progress
obstacle · bottleneck · gridlock · logjam · impasse · congestion · blockage · stoppage
Precaution against harm
- deterrentThing that discourages action
- prophylacticMeasure preventing disease or harm
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- defenseProtection against harm
protection · shield · barrier · buffer · firewall · restraint · inhibition · suppression
Reduction in pace
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
- postponementDelaying to later
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- interruptionBreak in continuity
lag · setback · procrastination · dawdling · wait · holdup · traffic · detour
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
hindrance · obstacle · bottleneck · gridlock · logjam · impasse · congestion · blockage · stoppage · dam
safeguard
Precaution against harm
- deterrentThing that discourages action
- prophylacticMeasure preventing disease or harm
- precautionPreventive safety measure
defense · protection · shield · barrier · buffer · firewall · restraint · inhibition · suppression · interdiction
slowdown
Reduction in pace
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
- postponementDelaying to later
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
interruption · lag · setback · procrastination · dawdling · wait · holdup · traffic · detour · queue
- interferenceinterfering, meddling, intruding, butting in, obstructing
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
- blockagesblockage, dam, clog, congestion, drain clog
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
- interruptionsinterruption, cutting off, disruption, butting in, interjecting
- overwhelmingoverwhelming, overpowering, crushing, engulfing, smothering
impedingfacilitating
Making something simpler
accelerating · expediting · enabling · advancing · promoting
impedingaiding
Providing assistance to
helping · assisting · supporting · abetting · permitting
impedingpermitting
Giving consent or authorization
allowing · permissive · sanctioning · authorizing · letting
- speech impedimentDifficulty producing clear sounds