elbow room

Thesaurus

Noun

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elbow room - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" room, way seating, seating area, seating room, seats - an area that includes places where several people can sit; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom" standing room - room for passengers or spectators to stand; "there was standing room for thousands more people" spatial relation, position - the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" breathing room, breathing space - sufficient room for easy breathing or movement; "moved to the country to find breathing room" headroom, headway, clearance - vertical space available to allow easy passage under something houseroom - space for accommodation in a house; "I wouldn't give that table houseroom" lebensraum, living space - space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding parking - space in which vehicles can be parked; "there is plenty of parking behind the store" sea room - space for maneuver at sea

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elbow room

noun scope, room, space, freedom, latitude, leeway His speech was designed to give himself more political elbow room.