impede

Verbs

(v) be a hindrance or obstacle to
- She is impeding the progress of our project
hinder,
(v) block passage through
- obstruct the path
obturate, occlude, close up, obstruct, jam, block,

Synonyms

hinder obturate occlude close up obstruct jam block

Antonyms

disengage free

Words of close approximity

impel

impend

impeded