Noun

• S: (n) intervention, interference (a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries)
• S: (n) hindrance, hinderance, interference (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) frustration, thwarting, foiling (an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts)
• S: (n) antagonism ((biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure)
• S: (n) obstruction (the act of obstructing) "obstruction of justice"
• S: (n) complication (the act or process of complicating)
• S: (n) deterrence (the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety)
• S: (n) prevention, bar (the act of preventing) "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) noise, interference, disturbance (electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication)
• S: (n) interference ((American football) blocking a player's path with your body) "he ran interference for the quarterback"
• domain category
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference (any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome)