gag rule

Questions about gag rule

What is another word for gag rule?

It depends which gag rule you mean. In the sense “a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body”, the synonyms are closure, cloture, gag law. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of gag rule?

WordNet records no antonym for gag rule. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for gag rule come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of gag rule

• Full entry for gag ruleAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for gag ruleWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.