Entry Word: room

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing <need more room to do a cartwheel> <made room for him on the bench>

Synonyms elbowroom, place, space, way

Related Words capacity, range, scope; clearance, freedom, latitude, leeway, play

2 an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall <finally had a room to himself when his brother went off to college>

Synonyms apartment, cell, chamber, closet

Related Words accommodation, berth, booth, cabin, compartment, cubicle

3 a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place <thereʼs still room for improvement> — see opportunity