Synonyms for hurdle
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
He ran in the 100 metres hurdles.
Related words
- Word family
- hurdlesome
Forms
- Plural
- hurdles → obstacles, hindrances, vaults…
Example sentences
- obstacle Bypassing this obstacle, you find your way again.
- hindrance Those new rules were more of a hindrance than a help.
By length
- 5 letters
- vault1
- 8 letters
- obstacle3
- 9 letters
- hindrance2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obstacle3 = 3 syllables).