IMPEDE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • block passage through
   Synonym(s)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • close up (what does close up mean?)
   • jam (what does jam mean?)
   • obstruct (what does obstruct mean?)
   • obturate (what does obturate mean?)
   • occlude (what does occlude mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • obstruct the path
   Hypernyms(s) impede is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • impede (what does impede mean?)
   • hinder (what does hinder mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • free (what does free mean?)
   • disengage (what does disengage mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • blockade (what does blockade mean?)
   • block off (what does block off mean?)
   • barricade (what does barricade mean?)
   • barricado (what does barricado mean?)
   • barricade (what does barricade mean?)
   • suffocate (what does suffocate mean?)
   • stifle (what does stifle mean?)
   • asphyxiate (what does asphyxiate mean?)
   • choke (what does choke mean?)
   • tie up (what does tie up mean?)
   • dam (what does dam mean?)
   • dam up (what does dam up mean?)
   • screen (what does screen mean?)
   • block out (what does block out mean?)
   • land up (what does land up mean?)
   • earth up (what does earth up mean?)
   • barricade (what does barricade mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • blockade (what does blockade mean?)
   • stop (what does stop mean?)
   • block off (what does block off mean?)
   • block up (what does block up mean?)
   • bar (what does bar mean?)
   • clog (what does clog mean?)
   • choke off (what does choke off mean?)
   • clog up (what does clog up mean?)
   • back up (what does back up mean?)
   • congest (what does congest mean?)
   • choke (what does choke mean?)
   • foul (what does foul mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • blocking (what does blocking mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • interference (what does interference mean?)
   • blockage (what does blockage mean?)
   • closure (what does closure mean?)
   • occlusion (what does occlusion mean?)
   • obstruction (what does obstruction mean?)
   • obstructor (what does obstructor mean?)
   • obstructer (what does obstructer mean?)
   • impediment (what does impediment mean?)
   • impedimenta (what does impedimenta mean?)
   • obturator (what does obturator mean?)
   • obstruction (what does obstruction mean?)
   • obstruction (what does obstruction mean?)
   • obstructor (what does obstructor mean?)
   • obstructer (what does obstructer mean?)
   • impediment (what does impediment mean?)
   • impedimenta (what does impedimenta mean?)
   • obstruction (what does obstruction mean?)
   • obstructor (what does obstructor mean?)
   • obstructer (what does obstructer mean?)
   • impediment (what does impediment mean?)
   • impedimenta (what does impedimenta mean?)
2. Meaning
   • be a hindrance or obstacle to
   Synonym(s)
   • hinder (what does hinder mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She is impeding the progress of our project
   Hypernyms(s) impede is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • prevent (what does prevent mean?)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • obstruct (what does obstruct mean?)
   • obturate (what does obturate mean?)
   • impede (what does impede mean?)
   • occlude (what does occlude mean?)
   • jam (what does jam mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • close up (what does close up mean?)
   • interfere (what does interfere mean?)
   • set back (what does set back mean?)
   • hobble (what does hobble mean?)
   • stunt (what does stunt mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • hindrance (what does hindrance mean?)
   • hitch (what does hitch mean?)
   • preventive (what does preventive mean?)
   • preventative (what does preventative mean?)
   • encumbrance (what does encumbrance mean?)
   • incumbrance (what does incumbrance mean?)
   • interference (what does interference mean?)
   • hindrance (what does hindrance mean?)
   • deterrent (what does deterrent mean?)
   • impediment (what does impediment mean?)
   • balk (what does balk mean?)
   • baulk (what does baulk mean?)
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • handicap (what does handicap mean?)