Synonyms for hinderance
Most common
handicap deterrent impediment hindrance interference encumbrance
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hindrance
hindrance, impediment, deterrent, handicap, retardation, check, balk US, baulk UK
2. Encumbrance
Forms
- Plural
- hinderances → hindrances, impediments, deterrents, handicaps…
Example sentences
- handicap She seems to be laboring under the family handicap.
- deterrent That would act as a deterrent, don't you think?
- impediment Impatience is a definite impediment to success.
- hindrance Those new rules were more of a hindrance than a help.
- interference How do you handle language interference or mixing up words?
- encumbrance Since the temperature has warmed, my coat has become an encumbrance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hinderance | falling | |
| handicap | falling | |
| deterrent | falling | |
| impediment | steady | |
| hindrance | steady | |
| interference | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- balk1
- 5 letters
- check1, hitch1, baulk
- 8 letters
- handicap3
- 9 letters
- deterrent3, hindrance2
- 10 letters
- preventive3, impediment4
- 11 letters
- retardation4, encumbrance
- 12 letters
- interference4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (handicap3 = 3 syllables).