filibuster
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
Types & categories
- delayer hypernym
- legislator hypernym
Related & opposite
- filibuster derivation
Sense 2 verb
obstruct deliberately by delaying
Types & categories
- blockade hypernym
Related & opposite
- filibuster derivation
- filibuster derivation
- legislating domain topic
Sense 3 noun
(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
Types & categories
- holdup hypernym
Related & opposite
- filibuster derivation
- law domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | filibuster |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | delayer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | legislator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filibuster |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filibuster |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | legislating |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | blockade |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | filibuster |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | holdup |