lobby

/lˈɑbi/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a large entrance or reception room or area
2. the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
3. an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying

verb

1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

Synonyms for lobby

• anteroom
• antechamber
• entrance hall
• hall
• foyer
• vestibule
• special interest
• special-interest group
• special interest group
• advocacy group
• lobby group
• pressure group
• third house
• buttonhole

Words that rhyme with lobby

• hobby
• kohlrabi
• bobby
• knobby
• snobby
• blobby
• bobbi
• bobbie
• chalabi
• dhabi
• dobbie
• dobey
• dobie
• hobbie
• rabi
• robbie
• robby
• scobee
• scobie
• stobie
• swaby