Definition of Obstructer

1. Noun. Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take.

Exact synonyms: Obstructionist, Obstructor, Resister, Thwarter
Generic synonyms: Controversialist, Disputant, Eristic
Specialized synonyms: Naysayer, Stonewaller
Derivative terms: Obstruct, Obstructionism, Obstruct, Resist, Thwart

2. Noun. Any structure that makes progress difficult.

Definition of Obstructer

1. n. One who obstructs or hinders.

Definition of Obstructer

1. Noun. Someone who obstructs, agent noun of obstruct ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstructer

obstinateness
obstinatenesses
obstination
obstipate
obstipation
obstipations
obstreperosity
obstreperous
obstreperously
obstreperousness
obstriction
obstrictions
obstropulous
obstruct
obstructed
obstructer (current term)
obstructers
obstructing
obstructing the field
obstruction
obstruction of justice
obstructionism
obstructionisms
obstructionist
obstructionists
obstructions
obstructive
obstructive apnea

Literary usage of Obstructer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... m. obstructer, obstructor. obstruction, /. obstruction. obstruer, vt obstruct. obtenir, vt obtain. —vr be obtained. obtention, /. obtaining, ..."

2. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1855)
"... Knox entitled to priority of rank to Generals Hamilton and Pinckney, this has operated very powerfully as an obstructer to all the army arrangements. ..."

3. History of the United States of America, Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1913)
"To become a spy and an obstructer, against the Executive nominally served in official confidence, must prove, in the end, a thankless task, as it certainly ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"... boys and loafers of the particular quarter, an obstructer of traffic, and the mark of a hundred questions in half 'the languages of the Levant. ..."

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