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Synonyms for obstructionist
əbˈstrʌk ʃə nɪstob·struc·tion·ist

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 2 votes

  1. obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarternoun

    someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take

    Synonyms:
    antagonist, impedimenta, obstructer, opposer, obstructor, obstruction, impediment, adversary, opponent, thwarter, resister

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  1. List of paraphrases for "obstructionist":

    obstruction

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  1. Nathan Brown:

    It will be difficult to cobble together a majority.  The regime is likely to find it a nuisance. Individual deputies will have an incentive to make a lot of noise or to secure benefits for those who elected them, the result is likely to seem obstructionist and venal. It will be both, but that's the way it has been designed.

  2. George Bachrach:

    They have filed 26 lawsuits, they have lost 26 lawsuits. These have really been obstructionist lawsuits by people that don’t want their views impeded on Nantucket Sound, opposite of what the wealthy folks on Cape Cod think, this will actually attract tourists.

  3. Senator Warren:

    The people of Texas' 28th district are ready for systematic change and deserve a Democrat that will be on the side of working people ; not the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans.

  4. Daniel Goldberg:

    It will be telling if the rest of the Republican caucus is so obstructionist and so oppositional to anything Joe Biden does that they are willing to oppose nominees that a senior conservative Republican, Rob Portman, supports.

  5. Donald Trump:

    I also learned -- and this is very sad, because we have a country that we have to take care of -- the Democrats have been totally obstructionist. Chuck Schumer has turned out to be a bad leader. He's a bad leader for the country. And the Democrats are extremely obstructionist, all they do is obstruct. All they do is delay.


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