'obstruct' definitions:
Definition of 'obstruct'
From: WordNet
verb
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass]
verb
Block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant: disengage, free]
verb
Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" [syn: obstruct, block]
Synonyms of 'obstruct'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bar,
- barricade,
- beat off,
- bind,
- block,
- block out,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- brake,
- bung,
- caulk,
- check,
- chink,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- clip the wings,
- clog,
- clog up,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- confine,
- congest,
- constipate,
- constrict,
- cork,
- counter,
- cover,
- crowd,
- curb,
- dam,
- dam up,
- debar,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- detain,
- dog,
- drag,
- draw rein,
- drive back,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- fend,
- fend off,
- fill,
- fill up,
- forbid,
- foul,
- halt,
- hamper,
- hinder,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold off,
- hold up,
- impede,
- interfere with,
- interrupt,
- jam,
- keep at bay,
- keep back,
- keep off,
- lag,
- let down,
- let up,
- lock,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make late,
- moderate,
- obstipate,
- occlude,
- pack,
- parry,
- plug,
- plug up,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- push back,
- put back,
- rebuff,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- repel,
- repulse,
- retard,
- set back,
- shroud,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut tight,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- spile,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stall,
- stanch,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stench,
- stifle,
- stop,
- stop up,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- stuff,
- stuff up,
- suffocate,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- turn aside,
- ward off