Impede

Verb

 * 1) to get in the way of; to hinder

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:hinder

Antonyms

 * assist, help
 * expede
 * expedite

Related terms

 * expede, expedite

Adverbs for Impede
unaccountably; tragically; purposely; premeditatedly; totally; partially; mechanically.

Thesaurus
arrest, backpedal, backwater, bar, block, bottle up, brake, burden, check, clip the wings, confine, confound, countercheck, cramp, cripple, cumber, curb, dam, dam up, damp, dampen, decelerate, delay, detain, discomfit, disconcert, drag, draw rein, ease off, ease up, embarrass, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, faze, fetter, foil, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold in check, hold up, inhibit, intercept, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, involve, keep back, keep in check, lag, lame, let down, let up, lime, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, lumber, make late, meddle, moderate, net, obstruct, oppose, press down, rattle, reef, rein in, relax, repress, resist, restrain, retard, saddle with, scotch, set back, shackle, slack off, slack up, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, snarl, snub, spike, stay, stop, suppress, take in sail, tangle, throttle down, thwart, toil, trammel, weigh down

Etymology
From impedire:, from pes: (compare pedestrian:). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Translations

 * Dutch:, , belleten, impediëren,
 * Finnish:
 * French: entraver


 * Portuguese: impedir
 * Russian:, препятствовать