Dictionary entry details
• OBSTRUCT (verb)
Meaning:
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
blockade; obstruct; stymie; stymy; block; embarrass; hinder
Context example:
His brother blocked him at every turn
Hypernyms (to "obstruct" is one way to...):
forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "obstruct"):
stonewall (obstruct or hinder any discussion)
filibuster (obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation)
check (block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey)
hang (prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury)
bottleneck (slow down or impede by creating an obstruction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Block passage through
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
obturate; occlude; close up; impede; obstruct; jam; block
Context example:
obstruct the path
Hypernyms (to "obstruct" is one way to...):
hinder; impede (be a hindrance or obstacle to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "obstruct"):
block off; blockade (obstruct access to)
back up; choke; choke off; clog; clog up; congest; foul (become or cause to become obstructed)
bar; barricade; block; block off; block up; blockade; stop (render unsuitable for passage)
earth up; land up (block with earth, as after a landslide)
block out; screen (prevent from entering)
dam; dam up (obstruct with, or as if with, a dam)
tie up (restrain from moving or operating normally)
asphyxiate; choke; stifle; suffocate (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of)
barricade (prevent access to by barricading)
barricade; barricado (block off with barricades)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
free (free or remove obstruction from)
Meaning:
Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
obstruct; block
Context examples:
The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage / The trees obstruct my view of the mountains
Hypernyms (to "obstruct" is one way to...):
conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
