hinder

Meanings

Verb

• To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
• To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
• To cause harm.

Adjective

• Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
• Comparative form or more of hind

Noun

• The buttocks.

Related

Similar words

• back, hind, rear, posterior

Opposite words

• fore, front

Origin

• From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną, from Proto-Germanic *hinder (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra ("back, against").
• Comparative form or more of hind