Antonyms for filibustering

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fil-uh-buhs-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl əˌbʌs tər

Definition of filibustering

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

Example sentences :

Take you for an English officer helping in a filibustering craft.
Extract from : « Fitz the Filibuster » by George Manville Fenn

The day of filibustering aggression has gone by in the United States.
Extract from : « Speeches of Benjamin Harrison » by Benjamin Harrison

Are we to have no peace even in this inner room, for your filibustering ways?
Extract from : « Tom Tufton's Travels » by Evelyn Everett-Green

Afterward came Commodore Aury, with one hundred and fifty men, on a filibustering expedition, and overpowered the Spanish troops.
Extract from : « Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes » by Sylvia Sunshine

The privilege was made use of occasionally near the close of a session for "filibustering" purposes.
Extract from : « Government in the United States » by James Wilford Garner

There was not the slightest proof or suggestion that she had ever engaged in filibustering or in any illegitimate commerce.
Extract from : « The History of Cuba, vol. 3 » by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The annexationist and filibustering schemes of the decade immediately preceding the War of Secession were prompted by two motives.
Extract from : « The United States and Latin America » by John Holladay Latan

Such actions are called obstructive tactics, or filibustering.
Extract from : « Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition » by J.A. James

The duty of opposition to filibustering has been admitted by every President.
Extract from : « A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant » by James D. Richardson

The election of Mr. McKinley has brought the filibustering parties no better luck.
Extract from : « The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, April 1, 1897 Vol. 1. No. 21 » by Various

Synonyms for filibustering

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