Synonyms for filibuster
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
Related words
- Word family
- filibusterer
- Other spellings
- fillibuster
Forms
- Plural
- filibusters → pirates, filibusterers, freebooters…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| filibuster | steady | |
| freebooter | steady | |
| filibusterer | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- pirate2
- 10 letters
- freebooter
- 12 letters
- filibusterer
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pirate2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- flibustier
- Italiano
- filibustiere
- Español
- filibustero
- Deutsch
- Freibeuter