Synonyms for pub
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Tavern
tavern, public house UK, beer bar, saloon US, bar, bistro, inn, local UK, liquor lounge, lounge, public, watering hole, drinkery informal, pothouse, rummery, taphouse, beerhouse, gin mill dated, groggery dated
2. Cocktail lounge
Other
diner, publisher, boozer slang UK AU NZ, boozing ken slang dated UK, bousing ken dated UK
Definitions
- n. 1
A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
- n. 2
A public server.
Related words
- Phrases
- pub crawl managed pub tied pub trad pub pedal pub
- Is a kind of
- building enterprise business establishment
Forms
- Plural
- pubs → taverns, saloons, bars, bistros…
Example sentences
- inn We put up at an inn at the foot of the mountain.
- tavern Saddled horses waited for us in front of the tavern.
- bistro In this bistro, there's always a lot of students.
- publisher Have you already sent your novel to the publisher?
- diner Chuck's Diner makes the best hamburgers in Boston.
By length
- 3 letters
- bar1, inn1
- 5 letters
- local2, diner2
- 6 letters
- public2, lounge1, tavern2, saloon2, bistro2, boozer2
- 7 letters
- rummery
- 8 letters
- taphouse, drinkery, pothouse, groggery
- 9 letters
- publisher3, beerhouse
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (local2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- estaminet