Filibusters

Synonyms for "filibusters" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
blockerdelaydelay tactic

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
delayerdelaying tacticimpede

Related words (6)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
delaying tacticlegislative procedurelegislatorobstructionpolitical actorprocedural tactic

More specific

8 entries
committee filibustermeeting filibustermotion filibusterprocedural filibusterrepresentativesenatorspeech filibusterspeechmaking filibuster

Collocations

11 entries
delaying tacticfilibuster strategyfilibuster tacticlegislative stalllengthy debatelengthy filibusterparliamentary filibusterpolitical obstructionprocedural delayspeech filibusterspeechmaking filibuster

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I think filibusters are misused, and in an ideal world, we shouldn't have to resort to it.

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