PEANUT GALLERY
Dictionary entry overview: What does peanut gallery mean?
• PEANUT GALLERY (noun)
The noun PEANUT GALLERY has 2 senses:
1. (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance)
2. rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
Familiarity information: PEANUT GALLERY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PEANUT GALLERY (noun)
Meaning:
(figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery
Hypernyms ("peanut gallery" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Meaning:
Rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
family circle; second balcony; upper balcony; peanut gallery
Hypernyms ("peanut gallery" is a kind of...):
area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)
Holonyms ("peanut gallery" is a part of...):
balcony (an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium)
