obstructor
- noun
- /əbˈstrʌktər/
- Engineers identified a rusty pipe as the main obstructor to the water flow in the system.
Examples
-
The fallen tree was an obstructor on the road.
-
A fallen tree served as an obstructor on the hiking trail after last night's storm.
-
The committee removed the bureaucratic obstructor to speed up the approval process.
-
Heavy snow can act as an obstructor for travelers.
-
A fallen tree served as an obstructor on the hiking trail after last night's storm.
-
Engineers identified a rusty pipe as the main obstructor to the water flow in the system.
-
Heavy snow can act as an obstructor for travelers.
Synonyms
343
3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
163
2.8
A thing that blocks movement or keeps places apart
51
7.0
Something that stops or slows progress
50
3.9
A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach
43
4.4
A thing that blocks a passage like a pipe or artery
38
4.1
Something that blocks a pipe or blood vessel and stops flow
21
4.6
A narrow place, like where lanes merge, that slows movement
21
5.7
A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic
18
4.4
A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
1
7.0
A device that limits how much something moves or flows
1
7.7
A person or thing that stops something from happening
1
3.9
Something that stops a project or work from moving forward
Someone or something that blocks progress
A thing placed across a road or entrance to stop people entering and vehicles passing
A block that keeps a vehicle from moving past the end of a track
Something that makes progress slow or difficult
A device that stops or slows moving parts to keep people safe
Antonyms
How Obstructive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obstructor comes from Latin parts ob- meaning 'against' and struct meaning 'build', the same root you see in structure and construct. The picture is of something 'built against' a path, so an obstructor is a thing that blocks or stops movement or flow.