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[syn: obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Obstructionist \Ob*struc"tion*ist\, n.
One who deliberately hinders progress; one who obstructs
business, as in a legislative body. -- a. Of or pertaining to
obstructionists; causing obstruction; as, obstructionist
tactics. [Recent]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
obstructionist
n 1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that
others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor,
obstructer, resister, thwarter]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, wrangler