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APERTURE Antonyms

There are 7 antonyms of the word aperture. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For APERTURE

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
blockage
nounn
noun

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

closure
nounn
noun

• approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap

• a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

• a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

• termination of operations

verb

• terminate debate by calling for a vote

hindrance
nounn
noun

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

impediment
nounn
noun

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any structure that makes progress difficult

obstacle
nounn
noun

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

obstruction
nounn
noun

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

occlusion
nounn
noun

• closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)

• (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft

• (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• the act of blocking

Alternatives for BLOCKAGE

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Alternatives for CLOSURE

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Alternatives for HINDRANCE

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Alternatives for IMPEDIMENT

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Alternatives for OBSTACLE

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Alternatives for OBSTRUCTION

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Alternatives for OCCLUSION

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