Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nimby

1 sense of nimby

Sense 1
NIMBY -- (someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard)
       => dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant -- (a person who dissents from some established policy)

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