Synonyms for headwind
ˈhɛdˌwɪndhead·wind

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1. headwindnoun

   Antonyms:
   tailwind

2. headwindnoun

   Antonyms:
   tailwind

Princeton's WordNet

1. headwindnoun

   wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft

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1. Justin Gatlin:

   I thought we could have broke 38( seconds) if we did not have that headwind, we wanted to play it safe on that backstretch from second to third( runners) because of the wind.

2. Bob Yawger:

   The extra barrels hitting international markets have served as a headwind for Brent, with the US Oil Fund (exchange traded fund) reporting inflows of $104 million on Monday, the largest inflow since August, serving as a tailwind for WTI.

3. Alliance Bernstein:

   OPEC, Russia and the U.S. beat our initial supply expectations, adding to an existing inventory headwind. For 2016 we think of it as the market rebalancing year, but only from 2H (the second half of 2016), next year will be the year of undersupply which means we should see at least an eighteen month bull market from the middle of this year.

4. Scott Mather:

   In general, more global divergence, more volatility and more overshoots will create great opportunities for active fixed income investors, but a good defense is required as monetary policy is likely to represent a headwind for all financial assets instead of the steady tailwind it has been for the past several years.

5. Ben Bernanke:

   This fiscal headwind contributed to the high unemployment of the Great Recession, which peaked at 10 % in late 2009.