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Room definition

Room is a noun meaning "an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling." It has 5 meanings, as a noun and a verb, listed below with example sentences.

Part of speech
noun, verb
Syllables
1
Letters
4
How common
Everyday word

Room as a noun

  1. an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

    "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

  2. space for movement

    "room to pass"

    Same sense: way, elbow room

  3. opportunity for

    "room for improvement"

  4. the people who are present in a room

    "the whole room was cheering"

Room as a verb

  1. live and take one's meals at or in

    "she rooms in an old boarding house"

    Same sense: board

Synonyms and antonyms

All synonyms of room, sense by sense

How to say room

Room has 1 syllable and rhymes with whom. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with room

All 54 words that rhyme with room

ROOM in word games

Scrabble
6
Words With Friends
7
Anagrams
1

Is ROOM a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check ROOM in the word checker, or unscramble ROOM to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.