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Synonyms for filibuster
ˈfɪl əˌbʌs tərfil·i·buster

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. filibusternoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database4.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "filibuster":

    obstruction

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  1. Carl Bernstein:

    And this also goes into the question of voting rights because unless there’s something that can be done about the filibuster rule in the Senate which Manchin again has indicated he will not change, there is not going to be an effective legislative means of doing what needs to be done to guarantee American democracy through the right to vote for all Americans without being suppressed as we’re seeing now.

  2. Michael Steel:

    Until there is some signal from those Senate Democrats what would break their filibuster, there's little point in additional House action.

  3. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal:

    Look they give great speeches, they filibuster, and I am proud they have large bladders, but that is not enough.

  4. Arndrea Waters King:

    We believe the filibuster has to be abolished, this relic has to go. It is really unfortunate that we have to have this discussion this time. ... This should have already been done.

  5. Ben Sasse:

    It’s CYA [cover your a--] week in Washington, the Senate is taking a guaranteed-to-fail vote on blowing up the filibuster so that Chuck Schumer can ward off a primary challenge from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and so that Ron Klain can throw some chum at the Democratic Party’s progressive base.


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