impede

I verb annul, arrest, barricade, be a drag on, be an obstacle to, be in the way, block, blockade, bolt, bother, brake, bring to a standstill, burden, cause to delay, check, circumscribe, confine, cramp, cumber, curb, dam up, deadlock, decelerate, delay, detain, deter, disable, drag, embarrass, encumber, erect a barrier, estop, fetter, foreclose, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impair, impedire, incommode, inconvenience, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, keep back, keep in check, limit, load, mar, obstruct, paralyze, postpone, preclude, press, prevent, quell, restrain, restrict, retard, retardare, set one back, shackle, slacken, slow down, stalemate, stand in the way, stay, stop, stop in progress by hindrances, suffocate, suspend, thwart, trammel, turn aside associated concepts: impede negotiations foreign phrases:

- Ubi allquid impeditur propter unum, eo remoto, toliitur impedimentum. — Where anything is impeded by one single cause, with the removal of it, the impediment is removed

II index arrest (stop), balk, bar (hinder), bind (restrain), block, check (restrain), clog, condemn (ban), constrain (restrain), constrict (inhibit), contain (restrain), control (restrain), counter, curb, debar, defer (put off), delay, detain (restrain), deter, disadvantage, discommode, disrupt, encumber (hinder), enjoin, estop, fetter, fight (counteract), foil, forbid, forestall, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up (delay), inconvenience, inhibit, interdict, interfere, interpose, keep (restrain), limit, lock, obstruct, occlude, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repulse, stall, stave, stay (halt), stem (check), stop, thwart, toll (stop), trammel, withstand