'obstacle' definitions:
Definition of 'obstacle'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: obstacle, obstruction]
noun
An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
Synonyms of 'obstacle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bar,
- barrier,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- bottleneck,
- catch,
- cecum,
- check,
- choking,
- choking off,
- clog,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- cordon,
- costiveness,
- crimp,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtain,
- dead end,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- disincentive,
- drawback,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- gorge,
- hamper,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hurdle,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- jam,
- joker,
- mountain,
- objection,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- rub,
- sealing off,
- snag,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strangulation,
- stumbling,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone