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Detailed Synonyms for thwart in English

thwart:

to thwart verbe (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)

  1. to thwart
    to thwart; to hinder; to make more difficult; to make harder; to make heavier
    • thwart verbe (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • hinder verbe (hinders, hindered, hindering)
    • make more difficult verbe (makes more difficult, made more difficult, making more difficult)
    • make harder verbe (makes harder, made harder, making harder)
    • make heavier verbe (makes heavier, made heavier, making heavier)
  2. to thwart
    to hinder; to oppose; to thwart; to sabotage; to cross; to stem; to upset; to stop
    • hinder verbe (hinders, hindered, hindering)
    • oppose verbe (opposes, opposed, opposing)
    • thwart verbe (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • sabotage verbe (sabotages, sabotaged, sabotaging)
    • cross verbe (crosss, crossed, crossing)
    • stem verbe (stems, stemmed, stemming)
    • upset verbe (upsets, upset, upsetting)
    • stop verbe (stops, stopped, stopping)
    to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verbe (prevents, prevented, preventing)
  3. to thwart
    to counteract; to withstand; to resist; to oppose; to thwart
    • counteract verbe (counteracts, counteracted, counteracting)
    • withstand verbe (withstands, withstood, withstanding)
    • resist verbe (resists, resisted, resisting)
    • oppose verbe (opposes, opposed, opposing)
    • thwart verbe (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
  4. to thwart
    to hinder; to hamper; make impossible; to thwart; to block
    • hinder verbe (hinders, hindered, hindering)
    • hamper verbe (hampers, hampered, hampering)
    • thwart verbe (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • block verbe (blocks, blocked, blocking)
  5. to thwart
    to thwart
    • thwart verbe (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
  6. to thwart
    – hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 1
    to cross; to spoil; to foil; queer; to thwart; to baffle; to frustrate; scotch; bilk
    – hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 1
    • cross verbe (crosss, crossed, crossing)
    • spoil verbe (spoils, spoiled, spoiling)
    • foil verbe (foils, foiled, foiling)
      • foil your opponent1
    • queer verbe
    • thwart verbe (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • baffle verbe (baffles, baffled, baffling)
    • frustrate verbe (frustrates, frustrated, frustrating)
      • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge1
    • scotch verbe
    • bilk verbe

Conjugations for thwart:

present
  1. thwart
  2. thwart
  3. thwarts
  4. thwart
  5. thwart
  6. thwart
simple past
  1. thwarted
  2. thwarted
  3. thwarted
  4. thwarted
  5. thwarted
  6. thwarted
present perfect
  1. have thwarted
  2. have thwarted
  3. has thwarted
  4. have thwarted
  5. have thwarted
  6. have thwarted
past continuous
  1. was thwarting
  2. were thwarting
  3. was thwarting
  4. were thwarting
  5. were thwarting
  6. were thwarting
future
  1. shall thwart
  2. will thwart
  3. will thwart
  4. shall thwart
  5. will thwart
  6. will thwart
continuous present
  1. am thwarting
  2. are thwarting
  3. is thwarting
  4. are thwarting
  5. are thwarting
  6. are thwarting
subjunctive
  1. be thwarted
  2. be thwarted
  3. be thwarted
  4. be thwarted
  5. be thwarted
  6. be thwarted
diverse
  1. thwart!
  2. let's thwart!
  3. thwarted
  4. thwarting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

thwart [the ~] nom

  1. the thwart
    the rowing-bench; the thwart
  2. the thwart
    – a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat 1
    the thwart; the cross thwart
    – a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat 1

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Related Definitions for "thwart":

  1. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat1
  2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of1

Related Synonyms for thwart