anteroom
5 synonyms for anteroom, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A room that comes before another, or acts as its entryway; a waiting room.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Formed from ante- and room, as a calque of French antichambre or its model, Italian anticamera.
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