stonewallers
Those who block
Stonewallers are people who refuse to answer questions or cooperate, typically by evading, delaying, or giving non-responses.
The term appears most often in political contexts, where officials stonewall investigations or journalists: The committee grew frustrated with the stonewallers who claimed not to recall key meetings.
Someone who stonewalls blocks progress the way a stone wall blocks passage.
Surfaces that redirect forces
- dodgersThose who evade
- avoidersThose who evade
- evadersThose who sidestep
- equivocatorsDeliberately unclear speakers
prevaricators · nonresponders · concealers · obfuscators · deceivers · dissemblers · tight-lipped · closemouthed
Things that obstruct
- impedimentsThings that obstruct progress
- hinderersThose who obstruct
- delayersThose who cause lateness
- saboteursIntentional disruptors of operations
filibusterers · holdouts · roadblocks · bottlenecks · opponents · resisters · naysayers · dissenters
Those refusing to yield
- diehardsUnyielding supporters
- hardlinersUncompromising faction members
- immovablesProperty fixed in place
- refuseniksEmigrants denied exit permits
dead-enders · bitter-enders · absolutists · purists · recalcitrants
Players who hit
- defendersThose who shield others
- blockersThings that obstruct
- openersThings that begin
- tailendersThose in last positions
deflectors
Surfaces that redirect forces
equivocators · prevaricators · nonresponders · concealers · obfuscators · deceivers · dissemblers · tight-lipped · closemouthed
blockers
Things that obstruct
- impedimentsThings that obstruct progress
- hinderersThose who obstruct
- delayersThose who cause lateness
saboteurs · filibusterers · holdouts · roadblocks · bottlenecks · opponents · resisters · naysayers · dissenters · objectors
holdouts
Those refusing to yield
- diehardsUnyielding supporters
- hardlinersUncompromising faction members
- immovablesProperty fixed in place
refuseniks · dead-enders · bitter-enders · absolutists · purists · recalcitrants
batsmen
Players who hit
tailenders · nightwatchmen · time-wasters · grinders · grafters
stonewallerscollaborators
People who work jointly
cooperators · open books · facilitators · willing participants · team players
stonewallerscommunicators
Those who convey information
responders · disclosers · informants · whistleblowers · confessors