Synonyms for filibuster
ˈfɪl əˌbʌs tərfil·i·buster

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1. filibuster, filibusterernoun

   a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

   Synonyms:
   filibusterer

2. filibusterverb

   (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

   Synonyms:
   filibusterer

3. filibusterverb

   obstruct deliberately by delaying

Matched Categories

1. • Block
   • Delayer
   • Legislation
   • Legislator

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1. filibusternoun

   Synonyms:
   [Modern.] pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, sea-robber, sea-rover, lawless adventurer

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1. List of paraphrases for "filibuster":

   obstruction

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1. Rogers Brown:

   So if he wants to -- I gather he no longer believes in the filibuster – if he wants to get right on that and wants to make amends for his opposition to her historic nomination, he should nominate her. And I think that would be very unifying.

2. Joe Manchin:

   The majority of my colleagues in the Democrat caucus, they changed. They change their minds, i respect that. You have a right to change your mind. I haven't. I hope they respect that too. I've never changed my mind on the filibuster.

3. Morgan Harper:

   What we're actually talking about is clearing the path for legislation that's going to support the needs of working people throughout our country, and the filibuster is a roadblock to doing that.

4. Jim Acosta:

   Congresswoman, let me ask you about something Harry Reid told me just before his passing in interviews this year. He said it’s time to get rid of the filibuster, he did issue a cautionary warning about expanding the Supreme Court, so he was an institutionalist in many ways. But as somebody who, you know, practiced the art of the filibuster and so on as a Senate leader, at the end of his life, he was warning the country that this is standing in the way of important progress.

5. Adam Jentleson:

   The filibuster is effectively gone. If you don't filibuster Gorsuch, McConnell will just get rid of it next time.