All filibuster synonyms
fil·i·bus·ter
F f noun filibuster
- procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
- interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
- postponement — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- talkathon — an unusually long speech or discussion, especially on a matter of public interest, as a Congressional filibuster or a televised question-and-answer session with a political candidate.
verb filibuster
- remanded — to send back, remit, or consign again.
- remand — to send back, remit, or consign again.
- slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- goof around — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- take one's time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- prorogue — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- tarry — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- lay over — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- stand off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stonewall — to engage in stonewalling.
- intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hold the phone — not hang up
- hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- intermitted — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- tooling — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- keep back — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- lose time — delay, fail to act
- drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.