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obstructionist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun obstructionist has 1 sense
- obstructionist(n = noun.person) obstructer, obstructor, resister, thwarter - someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take; Array is a kind of controversialist, disputant, eristic
has particulars: naysayer, stonewaller
Derived form noun obstructionism1
CIDE DICTIONARY
obstructionist, n.
One who deliberately hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
obstructionist
bitter-ender, brawler, defendant, diehard, disputant, dissentient, dissident, filibuster, filibusterer, frustrater, hinderer, impeder, intransigent, irreconcilable, last-ditcher, litigant, marplot, naysayer, negativist, noncooperator, objector, obstructer, obstructive, opposer, oppositionist, plaintiff, protester, quarreler, resister, scrapper, thwarter, wranglerROGET THESAURUS
obstructionist
Opponent
N opponent, antagonist, adversary, adverse party, opposition, enemy, the other side, assailant, oppositionist, obstructive, brawler, wrangler, brangler, disputant, filibuster, obstructionist, malcontent, Jacobin, Fenian, demagogue, reactionist, rival, competitor, bete noir.
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