Synonyms of tying up

tying up

verb

variants or tieing up

present participle of tie up

as in interfering (with)

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

an accident is tying up traffic at 5th and Broadway

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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