hinder

1. 1.

   located at or near the back of an animal

   “back (or hind) legs”

   “the hinder part of a carcass”

   Synonymsbackhind

   Similarposterior

Other forms of hinder

past tense

hinderred·

present participle

hinderring·

third person

hinders·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hinder

What does hinder mean?

hinder means "be a hindrance or obstacle to". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hinder?

hinder has 2 syllables: hin-der. The stress falls on "hin". In IPA it is /ˈhɪndɚ/.

What is another word for hinder?

Close synonyms include impede, obstruct, blockade, block, stymie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hinder a common word?

hinder is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.