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6-letter words (1 found)

HINDER,

5-letter words (4 found)

DINER,HIDER,HIRED,RHINE,

4-letter words (22 found)

DENI,DERN,DINE,DIRE,HEID,HEIR,HEND,HERD,HERN,HIDE,HIED,HIND,HIRE,IRED,NERD,NIDE,NIED,REIN,REND,RIDE,RIND,RINE,

3-letter words (23 found)

DEI,DEN,DIE,DIN,EDH,END,ERN,HEN,HER,HID,HIE,HIN,IDE,IRE,NED,NID,NIE,RED,REH,REI,REN,RID,RIN,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DI,ED,EH,EN,ER,HE,HI,ID,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 63 words from hinder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hinder

hinder

English

Alternative forms

  • hindre (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɪndə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɪndɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndə(ɹ)

Verb

hinder (third-person singular simple present hinders, present participle hindering, simple past and past participle hindered)

  1. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
    Synonyms: delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwart; see also Thesaurus:hinder
    Antonyms: assist, expedite, facilitate, help
  2. (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
    Synonyms: bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stop
    Antonyms: aid, assist, help
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

comparative form of hind: more hind

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪn.də/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪn.dɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪndə(ɹ)

Adjective

hinder (not comparable)

  1. Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
    the hinder end of a wagon
    the hinder parts of a horse

Adjective

hinder

  1. comparative form of hind: more hind
Usage notes

Most current uses of this adjective occur in anatomical contexts.

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hinder.
Synonyms
  • (of or belonging to that part in the rear): back, hind, rear, posterior
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “of or belonging to that part in the rear”): fore, front
Derived terms
Related terms
  • hind
  • hindermost
  • hindmost
Translations

Noun

hinder (plural hinders)

  1. (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hinder.
Translations

Anagrams

  • herdin', hindre

Danish

Etymology 1

From the verb hindre (“to hinder”). Compare Swedish hinder, German Low German hinder, hinter, Dutch hinder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /henˀ(d)ər/, [ˈhenˀɐ], [ˈhenˀd̥ɐ]

Noun

hinder n

  1. (obsolete) hindrance, obstacle, impediment, obstruction
    in the modern language only in the expression være til hinder (“to be in the way”)
Related terms
  • hindre, hindring

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • hinde

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /henˀər/, [ˈhenˀɐ]

Noun

hinder c

  1. indefinite plural of hind

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /henər/, [ˈhenɐ]

Noun

hinder c

  1. indefinite plural of hinde

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɪn.dər/
  • Hyphenation: hin‧der
  • Rhymes: -ɪndər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hinder, from the verb hinderen.

Noun

hinder m (uncountable)

  1. hindrance, impediment, obstruction
    Hij ondervindt veel hinder van de chronische ziekte. ― He experiences much hindrance due to the chronic disease.
Derived terms
  • geluidshinder

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hinder

  1. inflection of hinderen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

German

Pronunciation

Verb

hinder

  1. inflection of hindern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French aider (“to help”).

Verb

hinder

  1. (Saint-Domingue) to help
    Hinder nion monde dans bisoin. ― To help a person in need.

References

  • S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hindr.

Noun

hinder n (definite singular hinderet or hindret, indefinite plural hinder or hindre, definite plural hindra or hindrene)

  1. obstacle, hindrance, impediment
  2. fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
  3. hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)

References

  • “hinder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “hinder” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hindr.

Noun

hinder n (definite singular hinderet, indefinite plural hinder, definite plural hindera)

  1. obstacle, hindrance, impediment
  2. fence, jump, hurdle (in a competition)
  3. hurdles (athletics, race over hurdles)

References

  • “hinder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, back”)

Adverb

hinder

  1. back, behind, down

References

  • Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hinder”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from hindra.

Pronunciation

Noun

hinder n

  1. an obstacle, an obstruction
  2. (figuratively) an obstacle, a barrier, a hindrance, a hurdle, etc.
  3. (athletics) steeplechase
    3 000 m hinder ― 3000m steeplechase

Usage notes

  • (for some cases): Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • förhinder
  • hindra

References

  • hinder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • hinder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • hinder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • hindra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • hirden

Source: wiktionary.org