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hamper1

ham·per1

hamper1

 
 
pronunciation:
haem pr
features:
Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: verb
inflections: hampers, hampering, hampered
definition: to get in the way of.
Bad weather hampered our climb up the mountain.
synonyms:
hinder, interfere with
antonyms:
aid, assist, facilitate, help
similar words:
block, frustrate, handicap, obstruct
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)hamper greatly, increasingly, severely, somewhat
(v.)hamper + adverb potentially
(v.)hamper + nounHelp ability, access, accuracy, adoption, ankle, attempt, bid, budget, career, cloud, communication, complexity, condition, cooperation, currency, delay, delivery, development, effectiveness, effort, enforcement, expansion, export, failure, flexibility, flight, flow, funding, growth, implementation, initiative, injury, innovation, integration, investigation, knee, lack, movement, observation, offense, operation, oversight, performance, preparation, probe, production, progress, rain, recovery, recruiting, relief, rescue, ruling, search, shortage, spending, traffic, transportation, understanding, wind [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: hamperer (n.)