Related Words for barrier

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roadblock
/x
Noun, Noun
hurdle
/x
Noun
obstacle
/xx
Noun
impediment
x/xx
Noun
barricade
/xx
Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
boundary
/xx
Noun
gate
/
Noun
wall
/
Noun
impermeable
x/xxx
Adjective
chasm
/x
Noun
fence
/
Noun
impenetrable
x/xxx
Adjective
hindrance
/x
Noun
entrance
/x
Noun
insurmountable
xx/xx
Adjective
bulwark
/x
Noun
restriction
x/x
Noun
permeable
/xxx
Adjective
limitation
xx/x
Noun
resistance
x/x
Noun
bridge
/
Noun
blockade
x/
Noun
breach
/
Noun, Verb
crossing
/x
Noun
shield
/
Noun
doorway
/x
Noun
bottleneck
/xx
Noun
structure
/x
Noun
limit
/x
Noun
membrane
/x
Noun
blocking
/x
Verb
separating
/xxx
Verb
factor
/x
Noun
impervious
x/xx
Adjective
protection
x/x
Noun
pathway
/x
Noun
gaps
/
Noun
semipermeable
xx/xxx
Adjective
separation
xx/x
Noun
entry
/x
Noun
door
/
Noun
pillar
/x
Noun
requirement
x/x
Noun
inaccessibility
xxxx/xx
Noun
impeding
x/x
Verb
level
/x
Noun
breaking
/x
Noun
blockage
/x
Noun
curtain
/x
Noun
protective
x/x
Adjective
bypass
/x
Noun
nontariff
x/x
Adjective
precondition
xx/x
Noun
discontinuity
xxx/xx
Noun
permeability
xxx/xx
Noun
insuperable
x/xxx
Adjective
constraint
x/
Noun
bulkhead
/x
Noun
capillary
/xxx
Noun
prohibitive
x/xx
Adjective
conduit
/xx
Noun
epidermal
xx/x
Noun
impassable
x/xx
Adjective
surface
/x
Noun
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun
passageway
/xx
Noun
ramp
/
Noun
friction
/x
Noun
deterrent
x/x
Noun
handicap
/xx
Noun
veil
/
Noun
potential
x/x
Noun
berm
/
Noun
gateway
/x
Noun
threat
/
Noun
screen
/
Noun
passage
/x
Noun
brick wall
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
wicket
/x
Noun
entryway
/xx
Noun
trap
/
Noun
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gatehouse
/x
Noun
cage
/
Noun
wicket gate
/x/
Phrase, Noun
communication
xxx/x
Noun
shelter
/x
Noun
building
/x
Noun
footbridge
/x
Noun
ingress
/x
Noun
blockhouse
/x
Noun
iron curtain
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
partition
x/x
Noun
barrack
/x
Noun
scaffold
/x
Noun
covered bridge
/x/
Phrase, Noun
construction
x/x
Noun
shed
/
Verb
shut
/
Verb
hall
/
Noun
sept
/
Name
corridor
/xx
Noun
hoarding
/x
Noun
cover
/x
Noun
blind
/
Noun
fort
/
Noun
hood
/
Noun
room divider
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
house
/
Noun
lobby
/x
Noun
guardhouse
/x
Noun
port of entry
///x
Phrase, Noun
hatch
/
Noun
hyphen
/x
Noun
reefs
/
Verb
surmount
x/
Verb
tunneling
/xx
Noun, Verb
placental
x/x
Adjective
islands
/x
Verb
forbidding
x/x
Adjective
impregnable
x/xx
Adjective
permeation
/xxx
Noun
formidable
/xxx
Adjective
encroachments
x/x
Noun
peroxidase
x/xx
Noun
mucosal
x/x
Adjective
diffusional
x/xx
Adjective
advantage
x/x
Noun, Verb
anti
/x
Adjective, Noun
apartheid
x/x
Noun, Verb
backstop
/x
Noun, Verb
barrera
x/x
Name
biomimetic
/xx/x
Adjective
boom
/
Noun, Verb
border
/x
Noun, Verb
brake
/
Noun, Verb
breakwater
/xx
Noun
buffer
/x
Noun, Verb
burden
/x
Noun, Verb
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
checkpoint
/x
Noun, Verb
combinational
xx/xx
Adjective
containment
x/x
Noun
cord
/
Noun, Verb
cordon
/x
Noun, Verb
dam
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
demarcation
xx/x
Noun
dielectric
x/x
Adjective, Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
dike
/
Noun, Verb
disability
xx/xx
Noun
discriminate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
disincentive
xx/x
Noun
dispersive
x/x
Adjective
dissipative
/xxx
Adjective
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
doped
/
Adjective
drawback
/x
Noun
electrode
x/x
Noun
epitaxial
xx/xx
Adjective
estrangement
x/x
Noun
fender
/x
Noun, Verb
ferroelectric
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
frontier
x/
Noun, Verb
grate
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
groin
/
Noun, Verb
hedge
/
Noun, Verb
hindered
/x
Verb
hitch
/
Noun, Verb
impairment
x/x
Noun
impedance
x/x
Noun
inducement
x/x
Noun
interference
xx/x
Noun, Verb
jetty
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
language barrier
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
lanyard
/x
Noun
layer
/x
Noun, Verb
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
levee
/x
Noun, Verb
line
/
Noun, Verb
lossy
/x
Adjective
mark
/
Noun, Verb
mole
/
Noun
mur
x
Noun
night
/
Noun, Verb
nonlinear
x/xx
Adjective
nuisance
/x
Noun
obstruction
x/x
Noun
obstructive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
overlay
/xx
Noun, Verb
panel
/x
Noun, Verb
parapet
/xx
Noun
pitfall
/x
Noun
prejudice
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
prevented
x/x
Verb
prey
/
Noun, Verb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
rail
/
Noun, Verb
rampart
/x
Noun, Verb
road
/
Noun, Adjective
safeguard
/x
Verb, Noun
scattering
/xx
Noun
seawall
/x
Noun
secession
x/x
Noun
setback
/x
Noun
shelf
/
Noun
silicon
/xx
Noun
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
starting gate
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
surveyed
x/
Verb
viscoelastic
x/x/x
Adjective, Noun
visor
/x
Noun, Verb
wail
/
Noun, Verb
watertight
/xx
Adjective
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
weir
/
Noun
wing
/
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
headlines
/x
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun