lobby
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a large entrance or reception room or area
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- building part holonym
Sense 2 verb
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Types & categories
- solicit hypernym
Related & opposite
- pressure group derivation
- lobbyist derivation
Sense 3 noun
the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
Types & categories
- political unit hypernym
- National Rifle Association hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | building |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | room |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | narthex |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pressure group |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lobbyist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | solicit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lobbyist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lobby |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | political unit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | National Rifle Association |