Hurdle and Incentive

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Hurdle noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.

Usage example: the many hurdles he had to overcome on the road to success

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Incentive is an antonym for hurdle.

Nearby Words: hurdled, hurdling, hurdler

Incentive noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Hurdle is an antonym for incentive.

initial	initial hurdle	initial incentive
legal	legal hurdle	legal incentive
obvious	obvious hurdle	obvious incentive
big	big hurdle	big incentive
Other adjectives: great, huge, little, potential, main, major, final, next, biggest.

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