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Synonyms for public house

  • noun

Most common

public inn tavern bistro ale house cabaret roadhouse

All synonyms

Noun

1. Pub

pub UK IE, inn, tavern, public, local UK, hotel AU CA, bar, bistro, liquor lounge, watering hole, taphouse, saloon dated UK US, gin mill dated, drinkery informal rare, pothouse rare, rummery rare, groggery dated

Other

ale house, cabaret, roadhouse, gin joint slang dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A bar or tavern, often selling food and sometimes lodging; an inn.

    Near-synonyms: bar, taphouse, roadhouse (not always different); see also Thesaurus:pub

Related words

Is a kind of
house establishment place site
Other spellings
public-house

Example sentences

  • public Everyone more or less likes showing off in public.
  • 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.
  • cabaret Tonight there is a performance of a known cabaret artist.

By length

3 letters
bar1, pub1, inn1
5 letters
local2, hotel2
6 letters
public2, tavern2, saloon2, bistro2
7 letters
cabaret3, rummery
8 letters
taphouse, drinkery, pothouse, groggery
9 letters
roadhouse2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (local2 = 2 syllables).