Need another word that means the same as “room”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “room” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Room” are: elbow room, way, space, free space, scope, capacity, margin, leeway, latitude, freedom, chamber, lodgings, quarters, board, lodge, have rooms
Room as a Noun
Definitions of "Room" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “room” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A set of rooms, typically rented, in which a person, couple, or family live.
- Opportunity or scope for something to happen or be done.
- Space that can be occupied or where something can be done.
- A part or division of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling.
- Opportunity for.
- The people who are present in a room.
- The people present in a room.
- Space for movement.
- An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.
Synonyms of "Room" as a noun (13 Words)
capacity | (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive. Cases where a patient s testamentary capacity is in doubt. |
chamber | A private room, especially a bedroom. The upper chamber is the senate. |
elbow room | A length of pipe with a sharp bend in it. |
free space | People who are free. |
freedom | The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints. He accepted the freedom of the City of Glasgow. |
latitude | The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator, or of the equator of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. Temperate latitudes. |
leeway | A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. The government had greater leeway to introduce reforms. |
lodgings | The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily. |
margin | A line ruled on paper to mark off a margin. Launching these new products helped increase margins and market share. |
quarters | A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds. He found quarters for his family. |
scope | A telescope microscope or other device having a name ending in scope. Infrared night scopes. |
space | The unlimited expanse in which everything is located. It is the media person s job to buy the press space or the TV or radio spots. |
way | A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. I hated their way of cooking potatoes. |
Usage Examples of "Room" as a noun
- He wandered from room to room.
- Room for improvement.
- There's room for improvement in the way the programme is managed.
- My rooms at Mrs Jenks's house.
- He was trapped without room to move.
- She made room for Josh on the sofa.
- The whole room burst into an uproar of approval.
- Hardly enough elbow room to turn around.
- Room to pass.
- There's only room for a single bed in there.
- The rooms were very small but they had a nice view.
- The whole room was cheering.
- A policy which left the government with very little room to manoeuvre.
Room as a Verb
Definitions of "Room" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “room” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Share a room, house, or flat, especially a rented one at a college or similar institution.
- Provide with a shared room or lodging.
- Live and take one's meals at or in.
Synonyms of "Room" as a verb (3 Words)
board | Get on board of trains buses ships aircraft etc. The cousins boarded for a while with Ruby. |
have rooms | Receive willingly something given or offered. |
lodge | Be a lodger stay temporarily. The variety is high yielding but it has mostly lodged. |
Usage Examples of "Room" as a verb
- She rooms in an old boarding house.
- I was rooming with my cousin.
- They roomed us together.
Associations of "Room" (30 Words)
accommodation | Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. Overnight accommodations are available. |
antechamber | A large entrance or reception room or area. The antechamber to an interview room. |
anteroom | A large entrance or reception room or area. |
apartment | A block of apartments. A district of six storey apartments arranged along narrow streets. |
attic | The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia. I discovered a dozen rolls of the original wallpaper in a tin trunk in the attic. |
bathroom | A set of matching units to be fitted in a bathroom especially as sold together. I have to go to the bathroom. |
bedroom | A room for sleeping in. A two bedroom flat. |
bedside | The space beside a bed (used especially with reference to an invalid’s bed. A bedside lamp. |
cabinet | A wooden box or piece of furniture housing a radio, television set, or speaker. A cabinet meeting. |
caravan | Travel in a caravan. We were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels. |
chamber | Place in a chamber. The upper chamber. |
closet | A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes. His brother s decision to come out of the closet. |
compartment | A grassy mound or other support depicted below a shield. Religion and politics should be kept in different compartments. |
console | Comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment. You can console yourself with the thought that you did your best. |
dome | A sports stadium with a domed roof. The dome of the sky. |
doorstep | (of a journalist) wait uninvited outside the home of (someone) in order to obtain an interview or photograph. Doorstep sandwiches. |
flophouse | A dosshouse. They are living in a flophouse and discovering that the streets are not paved with gold. |
foyer | An entrance hall or other open area in a building used by the public, especially a hotel or theatre. The foyer of the concert hall. |
furniture | The mountings of a rifle. The more sophisticated Mac furniture number wheels colour pickers and so on. |
habitable | Fit for habitation. The house should be habitable by Christmas. |
hostel | Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips. |
hotel | A restaurant or cafe. A five star hotel. |
kitchen | A set of fitments and units that are sold together and fixed in place in a kitchen. Kitchen Swahili. |
lobby | In the UK lobby correspondents collectively. The organization was formed to lobby for student concerns. |
loft | Store in a loft. The best way to prevent this heat loss is by insulating the loft. |
motel | A roadside hotel designed primarily for motorists, typically having the rooms arranged in low blocks with parking directly outside. |
plank | Cover with planks. The central plank of the bill is the curb on industrial polluters. |
reservation | A statement that limits or restricts some claim. Some generals voiced reservations about making air strikes. |
sofa | An upholstered seat for more than one person. Sofa cushions. |
suite | A group of minerals, rocks, or fossils occurring together and characteristic of a location or period. A suite of reception rooms. |