obstruct

Other forms of obstruct

past tense

obstructed·

present participle

obstructing·

third person

obstructs·

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 obstruct

What does obstruct mean?

obstruct means "hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in obstruct?

obstruct has 2 syllables: ob-struct. The stress falls on "struct". In IPA it is /əbˈstɹʌkt/.

What is another word for obstruct?

Close synonyms include blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy. 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.

What is the opposite of obstruct?

The recorded antonyms are free.

Is obstruct a common word?

obstruct is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with obstruct?

6 words rhyme with obstruct. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.