Astroturf

/ˈæstɹoʊˌtɝf/

Synonyms for "astroturf" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(5 words)
artificialartificial turfastroturf campaigncontrivedcover with synthetic turf

Strong matches (8)

Noun(5 words)
engineerengineered grassroots movementfabricatefake grassfake grassroots campaign

Related words (14)

Noun(12 words)
install synthetic turflay artificial turfmanmademanufacturemanufacturednonnaturalshillssimulatestagestagedsyntheticsynthetic turf

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries
adjectiveartificial surfacedescriptorinfluence operationlandscape practicepolitical actionpolitical manipulationpropagandapublic relations campaignsurface materialsurface modification

More specific

16 entries
artificial grassartificial turf layingastroturf networkastroturf organizationfabricated mobilizationfake grassrootsfake protestfield resurfacingfront group campaignonline astroturfingpaid petition drivepolyethylene turfpolypropylene turfsynthetic turfsynthetic turf installationturf installation

Collocations

15 entries
artificial turfartificial turf replacementastroturf campaignastroturf fieldastroturf installationastroturf lobbyingastroturf movementastroturf surfaceastroturfing campaignastroturfing tacticsfake grassfield resurfacingsynthetic turfsynthetic turf installationturf installation

Inflections

5 entries
astroturfedastroturfingastroturfsmore astroturfmost astroturf

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And then there's AstroTurf. Invented in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and patented by Monsanto in 1965, AstroTurf is the world's first synthetic turf used as a sports playing surface, coming to fame—and its name—when it was put into the Houston Astrodome in 1966.

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But what was there left to Astroturf? The sitting-room? Hugh's bald patch?

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Is it just me, or is it hard to find anyone nowadays to Astroturf your car?

Source: wiktionary

We have been Astroturfed by some of the biggest players in the business. As you will read in the coming pages, a reasonable-sounding group called Americans for Balanced Energy Choices spent us$40 million during the last presidential[…]

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