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Lobby

A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.

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Broader term 6

Beg 76% connected

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Interest 76% connected

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Solicit 76% connected

To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Tap 76% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Narthex 76% connected

A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Containing whole 2

Building 70% connected

of Build

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Edifice 70% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Synonym 6

Antechamber 92% connected

A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Anteroom 92% connected

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Buttonhole 92% connected

The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Foyer 92% connected

A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hall 92% connected

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Vestibule 92% connected

The porch or entrance into a house; a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a lobby; a porch; a hall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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