Synonyms for lobby
ˈlɒb ilob·by

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1. anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibulenoun

   a large entrance or reception room or area

   Synonyms:
   third house, antechamber, entrance hall, mansion, dorm, anteroom, hall, vestibule, hallway, mansion house, pressure group, foyer, manse, residence hall, residence, dormitory, manor hall, student residence

2. lobbynoun

   the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest

   Synonyms:
   foyer, anteroom, third house, hall, entrance hall, vestibule, antechamber, pressure group

3. lobby, pressure group, third houseverb

   a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

   Synonyms:
   foyer, anteroom, third house, hall, entrance hall, vestibule, antechamber, pressure group

4. lobby, buttonholeverb

   detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

   Synonyms:
   buttonhole

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1. List of paraphrases for "lobby":

   lobbying, hall, lobbyist, foyer, pressure, vestibule, ewl, hallway, concourse, persuade

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1. Hillary Clinton:

   I understand why people get angry. They're angry about the Great Recession, which so knocked everybody flat. They're angry about the failures of, you know, our government and the powerful interests -- it's not only Wall Street, it's the gun lobby, the prescription drug lobby, the insurance lobby and so many others. Let's talk about big oil, i understand that.

2. Robert Jenkins:

   Some regulators continue to chip away at leverage. The banking lobby is chipping away at the chipping away, and the banking lobby is winning.

3. Alexis McGill Johnson:

   I am seeing a level of rage that we could be living in a world six months from now - where our children have fewer rights than we have now. Don't you love the irony? People who lobby for abortion say, think of the children. Those of us committed to life are thinking of the children, that's precisely why we are opposed to killing them.

4. Ralph Nader:

   The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.

5. Bill Clinton:

   When it really mattered, Senator Sanders voted with the gun lobby and I voted against the gun lobby.