What is another word for filibuster?
518 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈɪlɪbˌʌstə], [ fˈɪlɪbˌʌstə], [ f_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_b_ˌʌ_s_t_ə]
A filibuster is a political tactic used to delay or obstruct legislation by continuously talking or using other parliamentary procedures. The word has become increasingly common in recent years due to its use in the US Senate. However, there are several synonyms for filibuster that can be used interchangeably, such as obstruction, delay, stalling tactic, or parliamentary maneuver. Other related words include sabotage, hindrance, barrier, and impediment. The use of these synonyms can help to emphasize the intentional effort to prevent progress, rather than simply the act of speaking for an extended period of time.
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Synonyms for Filibuster:
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n.
• act • delay- cooling off period ,
- cooling off periods ,
- cooling-off periods ,
- coolingoff period ,
- coolingoff periods ,
- cunctations ,
- dawdlings ,
- de lay ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-lays ,
- demurrals ,
- dis continuation ,
- dis continuations ,
- dis-continuation ,
- dis-continuations ,
- hold ups ,
- lingerings ,
- loiterings ,
- pro rogation ,
- pro rogations ,
- pro-rogation ,
- pro-rogations ,
- prorogations ,
- putting offs ,
- re mission ,
- re missions ,
- re-mission ,
- re-missions ,
- retardments ,
- showstoppers ,
- sur cease ,
- sur ceases ,
- sur-cease ,
- sur-ceases ,
- tarryings ,
- tieup .
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v.
• delay- bided time ,
- bides time ,
- biding time ,
- bode time ,
- de laying ,
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-laying ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- dilly dally ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- gained time ,
- gaining time ,
- gains time ,
- holds over ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- intermits ,
- laid over ,
- laying over ,
- lays over ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pone ,
- post-pones ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- pro long ,
- pro longing ,
- pro longs ,
- pro rogue ,
- pro rogued ,
- pro rogues ,
- pro roguing ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-long ,
- pro-longed ,
- pro-longing ,
- pro-longs ,
- pro-rogue ,
- pro-rogued ,
- pro-rogues ,
- pro-roguing ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re strict ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-strict ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- beating around bush ,
- beats around bush ,
- beats around the bush ,
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- not moves ,
- played for time ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- standing off ,
- stands off ,
- stands still ,
- stood off ,
- stood still ,
- take one time ,
- take ones time ,
- takes one time ,
- takes one's time ,
- takes ones time ,
- takes time ,
- taking one time ,
- taking ones time ,
- taking time ,
- took one time ,
- took one's time ,
- took ones time ,
- took time .
- gat no place fast ,
- gets no place fast ,
- getting no place fast ,
- goofed around ,
- goofing around ,
- goofs around ,
- got no place fast ,
- gotten no place fast ,
- held phone ,
- held the phone ,
- hold phone ,
- holding phone ,
- holding the phone ,
- holds phone ,
- holds the phone ,
- loses time ,
- losing time ,
- lost time ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re sting ,
- re-main ,
- re-mains ,
- re-sting ,
- sticked around ,
- sticking around ,
- sticks around ,
- stopped over ,
- stops over ,
- stopt over ,
- stuck around ,
- warm chair ,
- warmed a chair ,
- warmed chair ,
- warming a chair ,
- warming chair ,
- warms a chair ,
- warms chair .
Other synonyms:
- Right Honourable ,
- backbench ,
- dispatch box ,
- lord ,
- private member ,
- raider ,
- the Commons ,
- the House ,
- the House of Commons ,
- the House of Lords ,
- the Houses of Parliament ,
- the Shadow Cabinet ,
- westminster .
- agent .
Other relevant words:
- Filibustering ,
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- Loitered ,
- Prolonging ,
- Prorogued ,
- Proroguing ,
- Remanded ,
- Remanding ,
- Shelving ,
- beat around bush ,
- beat around the bush ,
- beating around the bush ,
- bide time ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- encumber ,
- encumbered ,
- filibustered ,
- gain time ,
- get no place fast ,
- goof around ,
- held over ,
- hold over ,
- hold the phone ,
- intermit ,
- keep back ,
- keeping back ,
- keeps back ,
- kept back ,
- lay over ,
- lose time ,
- not move ,
- not moved ,
- not moving ,
- play for time ,
- playing for time ,
- plays for time ,
- prorogue ,
- prorogues ,
- protract ,
- put off ,
- remand ,
- remands ,
- slackens ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- stall ,
- stand off ,
- stand still ,
- standing still ,
- stick around ,
- stonewall ,
- stop over ,
- stopping over ,
- take one's time ,
- take time ,
- taking one's time ,
- tarry ,
- tooled ,
- tooling ,
- warm a chair ,
- withhold ,
- withholds .
- Brangler ,
- Bushranger ,
- CHOR ,
- Depredator ,
- Hinderer ,
- Impedite ,
- Kidnaper ,
- Marplot ,
- Mosstrooper ,
- Oppositionist ,
- Outspeak ,
- Outtalk ,
- Picaroon ,
- Pickeer ,
- Pickeerer ,
- Piqueerer ,
- Rapparee ,
- Salutatory ,
- Speechification ,
- Speeching ,
- Spoliate ,
- Tabling ,
- abductor ,
- address ,
- after-dinner speech ,
- allocution ,
- arrest ,
- badger ,
- baffle ,
- bail up ,
- bandit ,
- bar ,
- be dilatory ,
- block ,
- brawler ,
- brigand ,
- buccaneer ,
- bunco ,
- bunko ,
- cattle thief ,
- chalk talk ,
- clog ,
- cloture ,
- constitute ,
- contrabandist ,
- corsair ,
- counteract ,
- crook ,
- cumber ,
- dacoit ,
- debate ,
- declamation ,
- decree ,
- deferment ,
- delay ,
- deliberation ,
- despoil ,
- detain ,
- detention ,
- diatribe ,
- discourage ,
- disputant ,
- disturb ,
- division ,
- embarrass ,
- enact ,
- enact laws ,
- encroach ,
- eulogy ,
- exhortation ,
- extension ,
- falcon ,
- filibusterer ,
- filing ,
- first reading ,
- forage ,
- forbid ,
- forensic ,
- forestall ,
- freebooter ,
- get ,
- get the floor ,
- gut ,
- hamper ,
- hang ,
- hang back ,
- hang fire ,
- harangue ,
- harpy ,
- hawk ,
- hindrance ,
- hold off ,
- hold up ,
- holding the floor ,
- holdup ,
- holdup man ,
- impede ,
- impeder ,
- inaugural ,
- inaugural address ,
- infringe ,
- inhibit ,
- interfere ,
- interference ,
- interrupt ,
- introduction ,
- intrude ,
- invective ,
- jackleg ,
- jeremiad ,
- kill ,
- legislate ,
- legislator ,
- lobby ,
- logroll ,
- logrolling ,
- loot ,
- make time ,
- maraud ,
- marauder ,
- negativist ,
- obstruct ,
- obstructer ,
- obstruction ,
- obstructionist ,
- obstructive ,
- oppose ,
- opposition ,
- oration ,
- ordain ,
- outlast ,
- pass ,
- pause ,
- pep talk ,
- peroration ,
- philippic ,
- pigeonhole ,
- pillage ,
- pillager ,
- pirate ,
- pitch ,
- plunder ,
- poach ,
- poacher ,
- postponement ,
- preclude ,
- prepared speech ,
- prevent ,
- privateer ,
- procrastination ,
- prohibit ,
- put in force ,
- put through ,
- railroad ,
- railroad through ,
- ranger ,
- ransack ,
- reading ,
- recital ,
- recitation ,
- resist ,
- retardation ,
- rifle ,
- roll call ,
- rover ,
- run ,
- rustler ,
- sack ,
- sales talk ,
- salutatory address ,
- sandbagger ,
- say ,
- screed ,
- sea king ,
- sea rover ,
- second reading ,
- set speech ,
- shark ,
- skin ,
- smuggle ,
- smuggler ,
- sneak thief ,
- speech ,
- spieler ,
- spoil ,
- spoiler ,
- stall for time ,
- stick up ,
- stonewalling ,
- strip ,
- sweep ,
- table ,
- take the floor ,
- talk ,
- talk down ,
- talkathon ,
- temporize ,
- thief ,
- thug ,
- thwarter ,
- tirade ,
- valediction ,
- valedictory ,
- valedictory address ,
- veto ,
- viking ,
- vote ,
- wrangler ,
- wrecker .
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How to use "Filibuster" in context?
Filibuster, derived from the Dutch word for "terrorist," is a procedural debate tactic in the United States Senate in which a senator blockades a bill or motion from receiving a vote by talking endlessly in order to defeat it. A filibuster can last for days, weeks, or even months.
Paraphrases for Filibuster:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
blockage.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
obstruction, obstructionism, obstructionist, Filibustering.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Filibuster:
- fill-a-buster.
Hyponym for Filibuster:
Word of the Day
detacher
- Synonyms:
- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.
