Synonyms of obstructing

obstructing

verb

present participle of obstruct

1

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• embarrassing
• inhibiting
• delaying
• handicapping
• disrupting
• stymieing
• blocking
• restraining
• clogging
• interfering (with)
• encumbering
• constraining
• handcuffing
• cramping
• fettering
• hobbling
• thwarting
• shackling
• tieing up
• tying up
• holding back
• short-circuiting
• trammelling
• curbing
• tying
• trammeling
• tieing
• frustrating
• hog-tying
• manacling
• retarding
• stifling
• retaining
• checking
• binding
• arresting
• giving a hard time
• reining
• cramping one's style
• balking
• blockading
• braking
• strangling
• barricading
• holding up
• sabotaging
• tethering
• chaining
• leashing
• confining
• derailing
• choking
• baffling
• roadblocking
• foiling
• smothering
• bogging (down)
• suffocating
• stumping
• haltering
• miring
• repressing
• muzzling
• suppressing
• hedging (in)
• hemming (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aiding
• assisting
• helping
• facilitating
• opening
• clearing
• freeing
• releasing
• liberating
• promoting
• unclogging
• loosening
• unplugging
• furthering
• encouraging
• smoothing
• unstopping
• making way
• untying
• untieing

2

as in blocking

to prevent passage through by filling with something

at the moment the city's only tunnel between downtown and the airport is obstructed by an overturned tanker truck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocking
• jamming
• occluding
• filling
• choking
• clogging
• congesting
• flooding
• stopping (up)
• damming
• plugging (up)
• clotting
• gumming (up)
• packing
• stuffing
• corking
• stoppering
• overwhelming
• silting
• bunging
• inundating
• gridlocking
• swamping
• spiling
• furring
• stoppling
• glutting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• clearing
• opening (up)
• unblocking
• unplugging
• excavating
• unclogging
• emptying
• unstopping
• scooping (out)
• hollowing (out)
• lightening