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Synonyms for saloon

Most common

beer bar pub lounge tavern sedan

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Barroom — A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting

barroom US CA, bar, pub, public house UK, tavern, beer bar, lounge, bistro, ale house, tap-room, local UK, public, watering hole, drinkery informal, pothouse, taphouse, beerhouse, gin mill dated, groggery dated

Other

sedan, dramshop US

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.

    Near-synonyms: pub; see also Thesaurus:pub

  2. n. 2

    A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.

    A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs a penny more than in the public bar.

Related words

Word family
salon
Phrases
oyster saloon
Is a kind of
car auto automobile vehicle

Forms

Plural
saloons → barrooms, bars, pubs, taverns…

Example sentences

  • pub When you were at the cinema, we were down the pub.
  • lounge Tom came into the lounge, carrying a cup of coffee.
  • tavern Saddled horses waited for us in front of the tavern.
  • sedan Ziri noticed a blue sedan parked in Rima's driveway.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
saloonrising
pubrising
loungerising
tavernrising
sedanrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bar1, pub1
5 letters
local2, salon2, sedan2
6 letters
public2, lounge1, tavern2, bistro2
7 letters
barroom2
8 letters
taphouse, drinkery, pothouse, groggery, dramshop
9 letters
beerhouse

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

In other languages

Français
berline
Italiano
berlina
Español
berlina