'obstruction' definitions:
Definition of 'obstruction'
From: WordNet
noun
Any structure that makes progress difficult [syn: obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta]
noun
The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction [syn: obstruction, blockage]
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
The act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"
noun
Getting in someone's way
Synonyms of 'obstruction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- bar,
- barrier,
- bind,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottleneck,
- bureaucratic delay,
- catch,
- cecum,
- cessation,
- check,
- checking,
- choking,
- choking off,
- clog,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- cordon,
- costiveness,
- cramp,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtain,
- dead end,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detainment,
- detention,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- drawback,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- fixation,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- forbiddance,
- forbidding,
- gorge,
- halt,
- halting,
- hamper,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hurdle,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- impeding,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interim,
- interruption,
- jam,
- joker,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- limitation,
- limiting,
- logjam,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- mountain,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstructionism,
- obstructive,
- occlusion,
- one small difficulty,
- opposition,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- proscription,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- repression,
- reprieve,
- resistance,
- respite,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- rub,
- sealing off,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- snag,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping,
- stranglehold,
- strangulation,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait