Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun special_interest

1 sense of special interest

Sense 1
special interest -- (an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor)
       => 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")