to hinder

Examples

• All

• Finally, family members and work colleagues can both help and hinder students as they pursue their educational goals.

  Academic text (2011)

• Are you here to help me or hinder me?

  Cyrano (2021)

• How might those steps help or hinder the net zero goal?

• Or is doing these kind of big general groups, does that hinder progress?

  Lex Fridman

• Do social programs help the poor or hinder the poor?

  Triggernometry

• It's sad, because that tape did more to hinder the investigation than it ever did to help it.

  Malibu Horror Story (2023)

• There are important problems that hinder the growth of new ICT in developing countries.

  Academic text (2011)

• If the patient is obese, is insulin initiation going to help or hinder their weight management?

  Academic text (2011)

• It's urgent for Congo and Congo's partners to address the obstacles that hinder justice in Congo.

• Negative emotions from your own past could hinder your ability to be a positive parent figure.

Synonyms

B

to block

vsto hinder

∞ 3.0

To stop movement, access, or progress

often means making things difficult without always fully stopping them

D

to discourage

vsto hinder

257 3.5

To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it

works broadly to make tasks harder, not only by lowering morale

G

to get in the way

vsto hinder

206 3.3

To stop or slow something from happening

is more general, covering many ways of making things difficult

H

to hold back

vsto hinder

187 3.2

Stop someone or something from moving forward

is the general act of making progress difficult, not just holding it

O

to obstruct

vsto hinder

119 5.1

To block a path or view

includes blocking but also covers non-physical difficulty and delay

C

to check

vsto hinder

104 3.7

Stop something from growing or spreading

is more about making actions difficult rather than simply limiting them

T

to thwart

vsto hinder

87 7.4

To stop someone from doing what they want

can cause difficulty without always fully preventing success

H

to hamper

vsto hinder

47 4.2

To make it harder for someone or something to move forward

is broader, covering difficulty whether or not physical obstacles exist

I

to impede

vsto hinder

35 6.5

To slow the progress or movement of people and things

makes progress difficult in general rather than only causing delay

F

to frustrate

vsto hinder

35 3.6

Stop someone from doing something they planned to do

also covers making progress hard without necessarily blocking efforts fully

I

to inhibit

vsto hinder

30 5.4

Stop or make something less likely to happen

focuses more on active obstruction or blocking of progress

R

to retard

vsto hinder

26 8.4

To make something happen more slowly

can also stop or block progress entirely rather than only slow it

S

to stymy

vsto hinder

20 8.7

To stop someone from making progress toward a goal

is broader and can mean causing difficulty without complete stoppage

E

to encumber

vsto hinder

9 7.6

To make it difficult for someone or something to act

focuses on causing difficulty generally, not only by burdening

S

to stymie

vsto hinder

5 8.0

To stop or slow progress

is a more general term for making actions or progress difficult

H

to handicap

vsto hinder

2 4.9

To make it harder for someone to do something because of injury or illness

is the general act of making progress difficult, not only causing disadvantage

D

to derail a plan

vsto hinder

1 5.2

Cause a plan to fail or stop moving forward

is wider, affecting people or things beyond specific plans

S

to stand in someone's way

vsto hinder

1 3.4

Stop someone from reaching their goal

can include indirect ways of making progress harder, not only direct blockage

O

to obstruct someone's plans

vsto hinder

5.6

To stop someone on purpose from doing what they planned

is broader, covering any action that makes progress harder

Antonyms

F

to facilitate

• Formal

187 4.9

To make a task or process easier and help it happen

A

assist

33 1.8

Help given to someone to make a task easier

How Obstructive

to block

∞ 3.0

to obstruct

119 5.1

to impede

35 6.5

to hinder

75 3.6

to delay

562 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology