INTERFERING (WITH) Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

interfering (with)

verb

present participle of interfere (with)

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of claims that the countless federal regulations interfere with his business and are of no benefit to anyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

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impeding
hampering
hindering
embarrassing
obstructing
tying up
holding back
tieing up
handicapping
giving a hard time
inhibiting
cramping one's style
delaying
trammelling
holding up
cramping
disrupting
stymieing
clogging
restraining
encumbering
manacling
hobbling
handcuffing
fettering
constraining
blocking
shackling
bogging (down)
short-circuiting
tieing
frustrating
tying
thwarting
hog-tying
trammeling
binding
curbing
checking
stifling
hedging (in)
braking
reining
retarding
balking
hemming (in)
retaining
tethering
chaining
leashing
barricading
arresting
baffling
strangling
blockading
choking
confining
sabotaging
haltering
derailing
roadblocking
suffocating
foiling
miring
smothering
stumping
muzzling
repressing
suppressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

helping
assisting
aiding
facilitating
opening
making way
clearing
freeing
releasing
liberating
promoting
unplugging
smoothing
loosening
encouraging
unclogging
unstopping
furthering
untying
untieing

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“Interfering (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interfering%20%28with%29. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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