Synonyms of handicapping

handicapping

verb

present participle of handicap

as in hampering

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the baseball player's small size did not handicap him in the least

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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