Antonyms for elbowroom
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : el-boh-room, -roo m |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl boʊˌrum, -ˌrʊm |
- block
- captivity
- center
- communism
- conclusion
- confinement
- core
- denial
- dependence
- difficulty
- egress
- exit
- extreme
- government
- halt
- height
- idleness
- immobility
- impotence
- imprisonment
- inability
- inaction
- inactivity
- incarceration
- incompetence
- inside
- insignificance
- interior
- limitation
- middle
- misfortune
- part
- refusal
- reserve
- responsibility
- restraint
- restriction
- servitude
- slavery
- stagnation
- stoppage
- subjection
- subordination
- suppression
- weakness
- work
Definition of elbowroom
- As in margin : noun border; room around something
- As in play : noun latitude, range
- As in range : noun sphere, distance, extent
- As in room : noun space, range
- As in space : noun room, scope
- As in way : noun direction, route
- As in sea room : noun open space
- As in independency : noun freedom
- As in purview : noun range
- As in self-government : noun freedom
- As in extent : noun range, magnitude
- As in freedom : noun independence, license to do as one wants
- Tellsons wanted not elbowroom, Tellsons wanted no light, Tellsons wanted no embellishment.
- Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge
Synonyms for elbowroom
- abandon
- abandonment
- ability
- access
- action
- activity
- admeasurement
- admission
- admittance
- advance
- allowance
- alternative
- ambit
- amount
- amplitude
- approach
- area
- arena
- artery
- autonomy
- avenue
- bearing
- bent
- blank
- boulevard
- bound
- boundary
- bounds
- breadth
- brim
- brink
- bulk
- byway
- capaciousness
- capacity
- carte blanche
- chance
- channel
- circle
- clearance
- compass
- confine
- confines
- course
- degree
- diapason
- dimension
- dimensions
- discretion
- distance
- domain
- door
- drag
- duration
- earshot
- edge
- elbowroom
- entrance
- entrée
- entry
- exemption
- exercise
- expanse
- expansion
- extension
- extensity
- extent
- extra
- facility
- field
- flexibility
- forward motion
- frame
- free rein
- full play
- full swing
- gamut
- gap
- gate
- gateway
- give
- headroom
- headway
- hearing
- hem
- highway
- immunity
- independence
- independency
- indulgence
- infinity
- ingress
- intensity
- interval
- journey
- ken
- lacuna
- laissez faire
- lane
- latitude
- laxity
- leeway
- length
- liberty
- license
- limit
- limits
- line
- lip
- location
- magnitude
- march
- margin
- mass
- matter
- measure
- motion
- movement
- neighborhood
- occasion
- omission
- opening
- operation
- opportunity
- orbit
- order
- own accord
- panorama
- parameters
- passage
- path
- pathway
- perimeter
- period of time
- periphery
- place
- play
- plenty of rope
- power
- prerogative
- privilege
- profligacy
- progress
- progression
- proliferation
- proportions
- province
- purview
- quantity
- radius
- rampancy
- range
- reach
- realm
- rein
- ride
- right
- rim
- road
- room
- rope
- row
- run
- run of
- scope
- self-government
- selvage
- shore
- side
- size
- skirt
- slot
- sovereignty
- space
- spaciousness
- span
- spectrum
- sphere
- spot
- spread
- stone's throw
- street
- stretch
- surplus
- sway
- sweep
- swing
- tendency
- term
- territory
- thataway
- thoroughfare
- time
- track
- tract
- trail
- trend
- trimming
- tune
- turf
- unrestraint
- vastness
- verge
- vicinity
- volume
- walk
- wide berth
- wideness
- width
- working
- zone
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