Synonyms for obstacle
ˈɒb stə kəlob·sta·cle

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1. obstaclenoun

   Synonyms:
   hurdle, hindrance, impediment

2. obstaclenoun

   Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

   A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.

   Synonyms:
   hindrance, hurdle, impediment

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1. obstacle

   A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

   Synonyms:
   bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint, restriction

   Antonyms:
   admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

   Preposition:
   A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

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1. obstacle

   Synonyms:
   impediment, obstruction, hindrance, objection, bar, difficulty, check, obstruction

   Antonyms:
   course, proceeding, career, advancement

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1. obstacle, obstructionnoun

   something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

   "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"

   Synonyms:
   obstructer, impediment, obstructor, blockage, impedimenta, obstruction

2. obstaclenoun

   an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

   Synonyms:
   obstruction

Matched Categories

1. • Hindrance
   • Obstruction

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1. problem

   something that prevents progress

   poverty is the great obstacle to the development of the country

   Submitted by rinat on May 26, 2016  

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1. obstaclenoun

   Synonyms:
   hinderance, obstruction, impediment, difficulty, check, barrier, stumbling-block, lion in the way

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1. obstaclenoun

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, barrier, impediment, hindrance, stumbling-block

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1. List of paraphrases for "obstacle":

   barrier, impediment, hurdle, hindrance, obstacles, aqaba, constraint, barriers, obstruction, handicap, al-aqaba, roadblock, challenge, disincentive, bottleneck, stumbling-block, brake

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How to use obstacle in a sentence?

1. Genius Omuzira:

   When God paves your way to success, even an obstacle you find along the way inspires you.

2. Nobuhiro Suzuki:

   The quality of Japan's agriculture products are high but they are expensive, which is the biggest obstacle for expanding the (export) sales channel.

3. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool the truest heroism is, to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.

4. Vice President Joe Biden:

   I understand you're going to hear from a bunch of candidates tomorrow, ask them whether they think you're a drag on the community, whether you're an obstacle to overcome ... Make a judgment. Do they understand you? Do they get who you are? Do they get what this is about?

5. Louis Baxter:

   The major obstacle is the athlete’s competitive mindset, first of all, they don’t want to acknowledge that they have a problem, they don’t want to lose fame or a starting position, they may in fact hide injuries and hide difficulties they are having with substances.