Synonyms of the word

stymy

• n. Alternative spelling of stymie.
• v. Alternative spelling of stymie.

block

• n. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
• n. A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
• n. A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
• n. A residential building consisting of flats.
• n. The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
• n. Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
• n. (slang) The human head.
• n. A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
• n. A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
• n. A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
• n. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
• n. (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
• n. (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
• n. (rigging) A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for…
• n. (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present…
• n. Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage).
• n. (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball,…
• n. (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum…
• n. (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s…
• n. (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
• n. A section of split logs used as fuel.
• n. (Britain) Solitary confinement.
• n. A cellblock.
• n. (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
• n. (printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
• n. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
• n. A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
• n. (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
• n. (cricket) A blockhole.
• n. (cricket) The popping crease.
• n. Misspelling of bloc.
• v. (transitive) To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
• v. (transitive, sports) To impede an opponent.
• v. (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
• v. (transitive) To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.
• v. (computing, intransitive) To wait.
• v. (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

blockade

• n. The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic…
• n. By extension, any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
• n. (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
• n. (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
• v. (transitive) To create a blockade against.

embarrass

• v. (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely;…
• v. (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
• v. (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with…

forbid

• v. (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
• v. (transitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
• v. (transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To accurse; to blast.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To defy; to challenge.

foreclose

• v. (transitive) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments;…
• v. (transitive) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged…
• v. (transitive) To prevent from doing something.
• v. (transitive) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

forestall

• v. (transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to…
• v. (transitive) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
• v. (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly…
• v. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
• v. To deprive (with of).
• v. (Britain, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the…
• n. (obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
• n. Something situated or placed in front.

hinder

• v. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
• v. (transitive) To keep back; to delay or impede; to prevent.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.
• adj. Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
• adj. comparative form of hind: more hind.
• n. (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.

obstacle

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

obstruct

• v. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
• v. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
• v. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

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;…

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

preclude

• v. (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.

prevent

• v. (transitive) To stop; to keep from.
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

situation

• n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
• n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
• n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
• n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
• n. (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
• n. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.

stymie

• n. An obstacle or obstruction.
• n. (golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on…
• v. To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
• v. (golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.