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lobby

/ˈlɑ.bi/noun, verb2 syllables

Lobby means: an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying.

Synonyms for lobby14

noun, as in an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying

special interest, special-interest group, special interest group, advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, third house

noun, as in a large entrance or reception room or area

anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, vestibule

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

buttonhole

What does lobby mean?4

noun

1

an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying

2

a large entrance or reception room or area

3

the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

verb

1

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with lobby?2

two syllables

bobbyhobby
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Lobby in a sentence

  • I'll meet you in the lobby at three.CK
  • You're not supposed to wear your slippers down to the lobby.CK
  • I have a friend waiting for me in the lobby.CK
  • Sami was in the lobby of the hotel.OsoHombre
  • Just hang around in the lobby until the basketball game.Zifre
  • Five businesswomen started an association that would eventually become a powerful national lobby.papabear
  • The clerk in the hotel lobby knows a lot about the local traffic conditions.Eccles17
  • I'll be waiting for you in the lobby.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of lobby

as a noun

plural
lobbies

as a verb

past tense
lobbied
present participle
lobbying
third-person singular
lobbies