Synonyms of the word

hurdle

• n. An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race (for example…
• n. A perceived obstacle.
• n. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing…
• n. (Britain, obsolete) A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
• n. (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.
• v. To jump over something while running.
• v. To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
• v. To overcome an obstacle.
• v. To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
• v. (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.

barrier

• n. A structure that bars passage.
• n. An obstacle or impediment.
• n. A boundary or limit.
• n. (grammar) A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it…
• n. (physiology) A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain…

jump

• v. (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that…
• v. (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
• v. (transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
• v. (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
• v. (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound)…
• v. (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position…
• v. (transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
• v. (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
• v. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse.
• v. (transitive) To cause to jump.
• v. (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
• v. (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and…
• v. (cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
• v. (transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
• v. To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
• v. (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
• v. (obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the…
• n. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
• n. An effort; an attempt; a venture.
• n. (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
• n. (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
• n. An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
• n. An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
• n. An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
• n. An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
• n. A jumping move in a board game.
• n. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself…
• n. (sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over…
• n. (with on) An early start or an advantage.
• n. (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured…
• n. (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
• n. (computing) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
• adv. (obsolete) exactly; precisely.
• adj. (obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
• n. A kind of loose jacket for men.

jumping

• adj. (colloquial) Excellent, very fun.
• v. present participle of jump.
• n. The act of performing a jump.

obstacle

• n. Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress.

obstruction

• n. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
• n. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
• n. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions;…

overleap

• v. (transitive) To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping.
• v. (transitive) To pass over; to omit, leave out.

vault

• n. An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of…
• n. Any arched ceiling or roof.
• n. (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and…
• n. The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church…
• n. Any cellar or underground storeroom.
• n. Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
• n. The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms…
• n. (gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
• n. (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
• n. (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
• n. (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
• n. (obsolete) A underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
• n. (obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
• v. (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.
• n. An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
• n. (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
• n. (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.