Synonyms for filibustered
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fil-uh-buhs-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl əˌbʌs tər |
Top 10 synonyms for filibustered Other synonyms for the word filibustered
- abide
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- bide
- bide time
- brake
- check
- choke
- clog
- confine
- curb
- dally
- dawdle
- deter
- die
- dilly-dally
- discourage
- drag
- drag one's feet
- dwell
- encumber
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- gain time
- get no place fast
- goof around
- hang around
- hedge
- hold off
- hold over
- hold the phone
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- interrupt
- keep
- keep back
- lag
- lay over
- linger
- lodge
- loiter
- lose time
- not move
- obstruct
- pause
- play for time
- poke
- postpone
- prevaricate
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- put off
- quibble
- rebuff
- remain
- remand
- repress
- resist
- rest
- restrict
- retard
- shelve
- shut down
- slacken
- slow
- slow down
- sojourn
- stall
- stand
- stand off
- stand still
- stave off
- stay
- stick around
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- stop over
- suspend
- table
- tail
- take one's time
- tarry
- temporize
- tool
- trail
- visit
- wait
- warm a chair
- withhold
Définition of filibustered
Origin :- 1580s, flibutor "pirate," probably ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter "freebooter," a word which used of pirates in the West Indies in Spanish (filibustero) and French (flibustier) forms, either or both of which gave the word to American English (see freebooter).
- Used 1850s and '60s of lawless adventurers from the U.S. who tried to overthrow Central American governments. The legislative sense is not in Bartlett (1859) and seems not to have been in use in U.S. legislative writing before 1865. Probably the extension in sense is because obstructionist legislators "pirated" debate or overthrew the usual order of authority. Not technically restricted to U.S. Senate, but that's where the strategy works best.
- As in stall : verb delay for own purposes
- As in tarry : verb dawdle, delay
- As in stonewall : verb delay
- As in delay : verb cause stop in action
- He actually got these boys to think it could be filibustered into his possession.
- Extract from : « A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
Antonyms for filibustered
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019