Anteroom

Quick meaning: Anteroom is a noun meaning A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom.

[T]his was one of the anterooms off the main throneroom in which the king was accustomed to hold court with his entire retinue.

These stories take on pulp fiction’s sensational subjects. But episodes of murder, suicide and adultery turn out to be just anterooms to an echo chamber filled with subtle and far-reaching thematic reverberations.

Word Forms

• anterooms
• ante-room
• anti-room
• antiroom

Synonyms for anteroom

Depending on context, synonyms include antechamber, foreroom, vestibule, foyer, lobby, hall.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foyer, lobby, hall, antechamber, vestibule, forepassage.

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