Noun

• S: (n) National Rifle Association, NRA (a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) special interest, special-interest group, special interest group, advocacy group, lobby group, lobby, pressure group, third house (an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) National Rifle Association, NRA (a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) interest, interest group ((usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims) "the iron interests stepped up production"
• S: (n) social group (people sharing some social relation)
• S: (n) group, grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) political unit, political entity (a unit with political responsibilities)
• S: (n) unit, social unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group) "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
• S: (n) organization, organisation (a group of people who work together)
• S: (n) social group (people sharing some social relation)
• S: (n) group, grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form