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filibusters

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present tense third-person singular of filibuster

Synonyms & Antonyms of filibusters

1 as in stalls, procrastinates

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for filibusters

procrastinates,
stalls,
temporizes

crawls,
creeps,
dallies,
dawdles,
delays,
diddles,
dillydallies,
drags,
lags,
lingers,
loiters,
lollygags
(also lallygags),
mopes,
pokes,
shilly-shallies,
tarries

fiddles (around),
fools around,
messes around,
monkeys (around),
plays,
potters (around),
putters (around),
trifles

hangs (around or out),
idles,
loafs,
lolls,
lounges

ambles,
eases,
inches,
lumbers,
plods,
saunters,
shuffles,
staggers,
strolls

decelerates,
slows (down or up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for filibusters

bowls,
breezes,
darts,
humps,
hurtles,
hustles,
scrambles,
stampedes

gallops,
jogs,
runs,
sprints,
trots

accelerates,
quickens,
speeds (up)

catches up,
fast-forwards,
outpaces,
outruns,
outstrips,
overtakes

barrels,
bolts,
careers,
courses,
dashes,
flies,
hastens,
hotfoots (it),
hurries,
races,
rips,
rockets,
runs,
rushes,
scoots,
scuds,
scurries,
speeds,
tears,
whirls,
whisks,
whizzes,
zips

2 as in speaks, harangues

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for filibusters

declaims,
descants,
discourses,
expatiates,
harangues,
lectures,
orates,
speaks,
talks

disserts,
expounds,
pontificates,
sermonizes

recites,
soliloquizes

mouths,
spouts

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“Filibusters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filibusters. Accessed 26 May. 2022.

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