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

989 3.0

To stop movement, access, or progress

often means making things difficult without always fully stopping them

G

to get in the way

vsto hinder

235 3.3

To stop or slow something from happening

is more general, covering many ways of making things difficult

D

to discourage

vsto hinder

152 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

S

to stand in someone's way

vsto hinder

151 3.4

Stop someone from reaching their goal

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

H

to hold back

vsto hinder

141 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

89 5.1

To block a path or view

includes blocking but also covers non-physical difficulty and delay

T

to thwart

vsto hinder

77 7.4

To stop someone from doing what they want

can cause difficulty without always fully preventing success

I

to impede

vsto hinder

59 6.5

To slow the progress or movement of people and things

makes progress difficult in general rather than only causing delay

I

to inhibit

vsto hinder

51 5.4

Stop or make something less likely to happen

focuses more on active obstruction or blocking of progress

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

C

to check

vsto hinder

20 3.7

Stop something from growing or spreading

is more about making actions difficult rather than simply limiting them

F

to frustrate

vsto hinder

19 3.6

Stop someone from doing something they planned to do

also covers making progress hard without necessarily blocking efforts fully

S

to stymy

vsto hinder

17 8.7

To stop someone from making progress toward a goal

is broader and can mean causing difficulty without complete stoppage

R

to retard

vsto hinder

14 8.4

To make something happen more slowly

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

H

to handicap

vsto hinder

12 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

E

to encumber

vsto hinder

6 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

O

to obstruct someone's plans

vsto hinder

1 5.6

To stop someone on purpose from doing what they planned

is broader, covering any action that makes progress harder

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

Antonyms

F

to facilitate

• Formal

168 4.9

To make a task or process easier and help it happen

A

assist

38 1.8

Help given to someone to make a task easier

How Obstructive

to block

989 3.0

to obstruct

89 5.1

to impede

59 6.5

to hinder

75 3.6

to delay

442 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology