impediment
Meaning of impediment
- a hindrance or obstruction in doing something.
a serious impediment to scientific progress
- a defect in a person's speech, such as a lisp or stammer.
late Middle English: from Latin impedimentum, from impedire (see impede).
Information about impediment
- It is a name.
- The plural form of impediment is: impediments.
- Languages in which impediment is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of impediment
im-ped-i-ment
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- impediment is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
impediment synonyms
Meaning hindrance:
hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, balk, baulk, check, handicap
Meaning obstruction:
obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impedimenta
Meaning a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress:
Meaning a circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents communication or progress:
Meaning a barrier or restriction to an action or advance:
Meaning a large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side:
Meaning a check or restraint on something:
Meaning a thing that slows or hinders a process:
Meaning deprivation or restriction of personal liberty or freedom of movement:
Meaning a limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one:
Meaning a limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction:
Meaning an impediment or burden:
Meaning a feature that renders something less acceptable; a disadvantage or problem:
Meaning a reversal or check in progress:
Meaning a thing that is hard to accomplish, deal with, or understand:
Meaning a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome:
Meaning an important topic or problem for debate or discussion:
Meaning an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback:
Meaning an act of catching something, typically a ball:
Meaning a temporary difficulty or problem:
Meaning an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm and respiratory organs, with a sudden closure of the glottis and a characteristic gulping sound:
Meaning a blow to the face:
Meaning a hindrance, obstruction, or burden:
Meaning a tendency to stammer:
Meaning a tendency to stutter while speaking:
Meaning a speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this:
Meaning the quality or state of being hesitant:
Meaning losing strength or momentum:
impediment antonyms
Meaning an advantage or profit gained from something:
Words that rhyme with impediment
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