Synonyms of filibustering

filibustering 1 of 2

adjective

as in procrastinating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• procrastinating
• stalling
• decelerating
• slowing
• plodding
• dilatory
• ambling
• strolling
• lingering
• shuffling
• lethargic
• loitering
• deliberate
• lounging
• creeping
• tarrying
• crawling
• dragging
• inactive
• heavy-footed
• inert
• dillydallying
• slow-footed
• loafing
• lagging
• pokey
• dallying
• leisurely
• poking
• laggard
• inching
• tardy
• unhurried
• dawdling
• sluggish
• poky
• measured
• snaillike
• slow
• snail-paced
• languid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rapid
• rushing
• running
• lightning
• flying
• speedy
• hasty
• fleet
• racing
• swift
• whirlwind
• speeding
• bolting
• meteoric
• brisk
• breathless
• expeditious
• quick
• dizzy
• rocketing
• fast
• warp-speed
• prompt
• snappy
• ready
• whirling
• hurrying
• scudding
• barreling
• breakneck
• scooting
• whisking
• careering
• zipping
• accelerated
• scurrying
• rushed
• hastened
• quickened
• hurried

filibustering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of filibuster

1

as in temporizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• temporizing
• stalling
• procrastinating
• delaying
• dawdling
• lingering
• moping
• lallygagging
• lagging
• dragging
• lollygagging
• loitering
• creeping
• tarrying
• trifling
• diddling
• crawling
• dillydallying
• poking
• dallying
• shilly-shallying
• loafing
• fiddling (around)
• idling
• puttering (around)
• pottering (around)
• playing
• fooling around
• hanging (around or out)
• lounging
• monkeying (around)
• strolling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• messing around
• lolling
• ambling
• staggering
• plodding
• inching
• decelerating
• lumbering
• slowing (down or up)
• easing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hustling
• stampeding
• darting
• scrambling
• running
• humping
• bowling
• galloping
• hurtling
• trotting
• breezing
• sprinting
• accelerating
• jogging
• quickening
• speeding (up)
• overtaking
• flying
• outrunning
• rushing
• tearing
• outpacing
• racing
• hurrying
• whirling
• speeding
• ripping
• catching up
• outstripping
• bolting
• hastening
• dashing
• scooting
• whisking
• scudding
• barreling
• careering
• scurrying
• whizzing
• zipping
• coursing
• rocketing
• fast-forwarding
• barrelling
• hotfooting (it)

2

as in lecturing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lecturing
• speaking
• expatiating
• haranguing
• discoursing
• orating
• declaiming
• descanting
• pontificating
• sermonizing
• talking
• expounding
• soliloquizing
• disserting
• reciting
• spouting
• mouthing