Help
Help noun - A thing that helps.
Usage example: the computer is a great help for writing reports
Impediment is an antonym for help.
Impediment
Impediment noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Usage example: tough going for the burros on the canyon trail, even without the added impediment of heavy loads
Nearby Words: impede, impedimental
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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As it turns out, "Slow" Joe simply has a crippling speech impediment - which the school completely failed to diagnose, much less help him with.
Source: Western Animation / Unsupervised -
Hard Work Montage: One of the technicians who tries to stop Robo from entering the OCP archives complains about his speech impediment, and a fellow officer says he can help him.
Source: Film / Our Robocop Remake - If you dare mention the fact that he isn't a lord to "Lord" Vargo Hoat, or, heaven help you, mock his thpeeth impediment.
Source: Berserk Button / Literature
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Impediment and Help. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/help/impediment
Help & Impediment. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/help/impediment>.
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