Synonyms for anteroom


Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-tee-room, -roo m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn tiˌrum, -ˌrʊm

Top 10 synonyms for anteroom Other synonyms for the word anteroom

Définition of anteroom

Origin :
  • also ante-room, 1762, literally "a room in front;" after French antichambre, Italian anticamera, from Latin ante "before" (see ante) + camera (see chamber).
  • As in vestibule : noun small room for arrivals
  • As in waiting room : noun room for attendants
  • As in alcove : noun nook, secluded spot
  • As in foyer : noun receiving area
  • As in hall : noun corridor
Example sentences :
  • Thus on his way in he had dismissed the creditors in the anteroom.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • Then he leapt back again, and his leap brought him to the threshold of the anteroom.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Valerie was at table in her anteroom, and "Battista" was in attendance.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He excused himself from Le Chapelier, and went briskly out to the anteroom.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • In an instant, from the anteroom to the street, all was commotion.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • The anteroom of the fort they found in a state of wild confusion.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • Was he going to die here in an anteroom at the hands of this common soldier?
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • Farley rose and tottered out into the anteroom with him and Cochise.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • He came to the anteroom and went in, seeing the two of them at once.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • And coming into the bank, Mr. Bowdoin shoved him into an anteroom.
  • Extract from : « Pirate Gold » by Frederic Jesup Stimson

Antonyms for anteroom

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