antechamber
Room before another
An antechamber is a small room serving as an entrance to a larger one—a waiting area before the main space.
The word appears most often in historical or formal contexts: Visitors waited in the antechamber before being admitted to the throne room.
Figuratively, it can describe any preliminary stage: The internship was an antechamber to a real career.
Enclosed space between doors
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
- hallInterior connecting pathway
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- passagewayEnclosed route between spaces
portico · narthex · atrium · alcove · gallery · archway · porch · porte-cochere
Point of beginning
access · approach · boundary · liminal · buffer · intermediate · between · prelude
Act of receiving guests
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- patienceCalm during delays
- anticipationState of awaiting something
usher · attendant · herald · announcement · summons · protocol · etiquette · ceremony
Trial venue or sports surface
- throne roomSovereign's formal audience hall
- royalOf monarchs
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- majestyImpressive supreme dignity
diplomatic · ambassador · petition · guard · footman · livery · ceremony · state room
vestibule
Enclosed space between doors
passageway · portico · narthex · atrium · alcove · gallery · archway · porch · porte-cochere · entranceway
threshold
Point of beginning
entrance · access · approach · boundary · liminal · buffer · intermediate · between · prelude · preliminary
reception
Act of receiving guests
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- patienceCalm during delays
anticipation · usher · attendant · herald · announcement · summons · protocol · etiquette · ceremony · formality
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- throne roomSovereign's formal audience hall
- royalOf monarchs
- nobilityTitled ruling class
majesty · diplomatic · ambassador · petition · guard · footman · livery · ceremony · state room · great hall
- building partsfacades, wall, door, windows, floor
- building spacesroom, classrooms, hallway, hallways, lobby
- chambersbedchamber
- Egyptian tombssarcophagus, mummy, mummies, canopic jar, sarcophagi
- GizaGreat Pyramid, Sphinx, Great Sphinx, Khufu, necropolis
- grand interiorsballroom, banquet hall, grand staircase, foyer, lobby
antechambermain hall
Primary gathering space
inner chamber · inner sanctum · sanctum · throne room · great hall