obstacle
Syllables: ob·sta·cleUK/ˈɒbstəkəl//ˈɑbstəkəl/
obstacle noun: something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively.
Noun
obstacle (plural obstacles)
- Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
- A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.
- Synonyms:
- impediment, hindrance, hurdle, barrier, complication, snag
obstacle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
obstacle in Hindi
- something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
- बाधा bādhā, रुकावट rukāvaṭ, अड़चन aṛcan
obstacle in Tamil
- something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
- தடை taṭai, இடையூறு iṭaiyūṟu
obstacle in Marathi
- obstacle, difficulty, objection
- अडचण aḍċaṇ
obstacle in Urdu
- something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
- رُکاوَٹ rukāvaṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- obstacle in Bengali
- বাধা badha, হরকত horkot, বাগড়া bagoṛa
- obstacle in Telugu
- ఆటంకం āṭaṅkaṁ, అడ్డం aḍḍaṁ
- obstacle in Malayalam
- തടസ്സം taṭassaṁ
- obstacle in Kannada
- ವಿಘ್ನ vighna
- obstacle in Punjabi
- ਰੁਕਾਵਟ, ਅਡ਼ਿੱਕਾ
- obstacle in Gujarati
- કનડ kanaḍ, ટેક ṭek, કાંટો kā̃ṭo, પરદો pardo
- obstacle in Odia
- ଗଡ଼ gaṛa
- obstacle in Sanskrit
- अन्तराय antarāya, विघ्न vighna, मार māra, प्रतिरोध pratirodha
- obstacle in Assamese
- বাধা badha, হেঙাৰ heṅar
- obstacle in Tagalog
- balakid, harang
- obstacle in Arabic
- عَقَبَة ʕaqaba, حَاجِز ḥājiz, عَائِق ʕāʔiq
- obstacle in Malay
- halangan, aral
- obstacle in Persian
- مانع mâne', سد sadd
- obstacle in Thai
- อุปสรรค ùp-bpà-sàk, ขวากหนาม kwàak-nǎam, มาร maan
- obstacle in Vietnamese
- bước cản, chướng ngại, trở ngại
- obstacle in Myanmar
- အဆီးအတား a.hci:a.ta:, အတားအဆီး a.ta:a.hci:
Examples of obstacle in a sentence
- With that obstacle removed, I am now able to proceed with my plan.
- Infertility is a considerable obstacle for women wishing to make a family.
- You need to find a route that you can take between these two obstacles.
Synonyms of obstacle
Forms of obstacle
| plural | obstacles |
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Origin of obstacle
From Middle English obstacle, from Old French obstacle, from Latin obstāculum.
Words formed from obstacle
Phrases with obstacle
Questions about obstacle
- What does obstacle mean?
- Obstacle means something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively.
- What is obstacle in Hindi?
- Obstacle in Hindi is बाधा (bādhā), रुकावट (rukāvaṭ), अड़चन (aṛcan). See Obstacle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is obstacle?
- Obstacle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce obstacle?
- Obstacle is pronounced /ˈɒbstəkəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of obstacle?
- The plural of obstacle is obstacles.
Words near obstacle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: obstacle (page history and authors); अडचण (Marathi) (page history and authors); বাগড়া (Bengali) (page history and authors); തടസ്സം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); obstacle (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); કનડ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଗଡ଼ (Odia) (page history and authors); अन्तराय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); বাধা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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