peanut gallery
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance)
he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Sense 2 noun
rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
Types & categories
- area hypernym
Parts & wholes
- balcony part holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | balcony |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | area |