obstructionist

1. 1.

   someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take

   Synonymsobstructorobstructerresisterthwarter

   Broaderdisputant

   Narrowernaysayerstonewaller

Other forms of obstructionist

plural

obstructionists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about obstructionist

What does obstructionist mean?

obstructionist means "someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take".

How many syllables are in obstructionist?

obstructionist has 4 syllables: ob-struc-tio-nist. The stress falls on "struc". In IPA it is /əbˈstɹʌkʃənəst/.

What is another word for obstructionist?

Close synonyms include obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obstructionist a common word?

obstructionist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.