hinders

VERB

prevent, slow down

Synonyms

STRONGEST

block burden crimp curb delay deter frustrate hamper hamstring hold up impede inhibit interfere interrupt obstruct preclude prohibit retard thwart

STRONG

arrest balk bar bottleneck check choke clog contravene counteract crab cramp debar encumber fetter hog-tie muzzle neutralize offset oppose resist snafu stay stop stymie terminate trammel

WEAK

box in get in the way hold back louse up shut out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance aid allow assist encourage expedite facilitate forward further help permit promote push support

STRONG

approve begin free go let go liberate loosen open release start unblock

Example Sentences

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Kriss Hinders, 44, a Coast Guard pilot, says she’s “the whole package!”

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016

In the case of Carole Hinders, whose modest Mexican restaurant in Iowa specialized in Insane Tacos, she was following advice dispensed by her mother decades before: that smaller deposits meant less paperwork for the bank.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2015

Another recent example involves Carole Hinders, a grandmother who’s run a restaurant in Spirit Lake, Iowa, for 38 years.

From Forbes • Dec. 3, 2014

Ms. Hinders said that she did not know about the reporting requirement and that for decades, she thought she had been doing everyone a favor.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2014

Here's the garden she walked across, Arm in my arm, such a short while since: Hark, now I push its wicket, the moss Hinders the hinges and makes them wince!

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert